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Spotlight on the Suzuki GSR400: A Distinctive Middleweight With an Aluminum Frame and Twin Upswept Exhaust

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The 'Bikes Worth Watching' feature turns its spotlight on the Suzuki GSR400 (2006-18 models), a middleweight naked bike from an earlier era. With its distinctive combination of an aluminum frame and twin upswept exhaust pipes, it presented a fresh take on the middleweight naked at the time. This look back introduces its unique style and place in the market.

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To talk about the GSR400, you have to recall what mid-class naked bikes looked like in that era. Amid a lineup of safe, dutiful models, it asserted its own sense of mass with an aluminum frame and an upswept twin-outlet exhaust. This wasn't done for shock value. It was a machine that answered the era's demand for personality even in the mid-class. The very fact that it's still being looked back on today is proof of its presence.