Right, two things. If you do your own tinkering then this is something to bear in mind. I have a 2014 DL1000 and I serviced it a few days ago.
My throttle was a bit sticky sometimes so I was determined to have a look at the linkage system underneath the air box, which is generally the cause. To remove the air box you need a really long Allen key to unscrew the clamp for the front inlet manifold. I bought the Allen key off eBay for about £12.
Anyway I got the air box off and it was horrible mess under there. Years of built up road grime, muck, oil and a family of illegal immigrants…. There’s two parallel linkages connecting both fuel injectors and the joints for the linkages were full of crap, the reason for the sticky throttle. So, after a lot of WD40, lots of cleaning and then greasing with silicone grease, I got her sorted. If you’re into your own tinkering and your bike is a few years old, it really is worth taking off your air box to do a little housework underneath. If you don’t do your own tinkering, then maybe the next time you have a service done, ask them to clean and grease the linkages underneath the air box. Also, there was rust on the back end of the throttle cable - so to give it a longer life, I gave that a good clean with a brass brush and slapped some grease on it. Again, something to think about.
Also, I changed my rear brake pads as the Suzuki ones I fitted last time didn’t impress me much. I opted for a pair of Brembo pads from SP Engineering. They were expensive, £46, but wow - what a difference. It’s like night and day. The rear brake on Suzuki pads was adequate - a device to help slow the bike down - but now I can actually stop the bike quite well just using the rear brake. They’re brilliant. I can’t wait for my front pads to wear now as when they do I’m buying brembo pads from SP - and bugger the expense…!
If you want to stop - go brembo…