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Like the title says? !000cc?

Same color blue on an 05 and 06, different decals?

 

[BillV]

On the K5 & K6 1000 blue/white LR5 models, the YBA deep blue, YBB medium blue, and YBD white are the same.

 

[TwistedMister]

wasn't there a mladin special or was that the previous years?

 

[Anthony D]

wasn't there a mladin special or was that the previous years?

That was the K4 1000 I believe...

 

[TheGeek]

I'm sure the graphics on the k6 are bolder and newer......

 

[SSGSXR]

Quick search found the OEM pics.

There similar, but there are key differences...


GSX-R1000 K5...

GSX-R1000 K6...

 

[TwistedMister]

miss my 05 a lot

 

[BillV]

The front rotor on the K5 above looks more like a K3/K4 part. It's a Suzuki studio pic so it's probably preproduction, i.e. K5 & K6 used the same rotor. Here's one, apparently even earlier, where the lettering on the muffler is different:

 

[SSGSXR]

Found these on my laptop, I saved / downloaded from online 17 years ago......

Some higher resolution pics...

Intermot 15 / 09 / 2004

 

[BillV]

^In your first pic you can see a slide of the back-torque limiting feature of the clutch, new for K5.

Your final pic looked fishy and I was about to call it as for some other model. But then I found page 6 of this 2007 catalog (also see 30-31). There are two supposed pics of the 99000-79N12-021 exhaust for K5/K6. Both are suspect. The top pic is a K5 but in 2005 the only exhaust was 99000-79N12-007 (non-catalytic and later replaced by 99000-79N12-021). It has a mounting strap around the muffler and the emblem is towards the front. However the lower pic, supposedly the same exhaust, shows a welded mount with the emblem towards the rear like yours. I don't think the welded mount ever made it to production so my best guess is that both pics are of a pre-production system that was never sold.

 

[SSGSXR]

Found some more long lost pics on my laptop, from years ago of K5 / K6...

Enjoy...

 

[Anthony D]

Damn I miss my K6... Was the best bike I ever owned.

 

[SSGSXR]

Found a couple more from my laptop...

 

[SSGSXR]

Found some more pics on laptop, of a K6 race bike from years ago...

 

[Süsser Tod]

So now that the hype for the 17+ GSXR is over... Which one is the best one, L7+ or K5/6?

 

[TwistedMister]

So now that the hype for the 17+ GSXR is over... Which one is the best one, L7+ or K5/6?

I know which bike won more Championships...

 

[Nightbat®]

I know which bike won more Championships...

If one has to mention a 15 year old bike alongside a newer one, the answer is already clear

 

[Anthony D]

In many opinions, the K5/K6 1000 is the best motorcycle Suzuki ever made, even to this day.

 

[Nightbat®]

In many opinions, the K5/K6 1000 is the best motorcycle Suzuki ever made, even to this day.

Even BMW had no qualms to admit they based their S1000rr on that model

 

[TwistedMister]

In many opinions, the K5/K6 1000 is the best motorcycle Suzuki ever made, even to this day.

agree'd, altho I haven't rode all the newer bikes with superbike forks and brembos, a couple but not all..