Who says it is better? Have a test ride on both and you will most probably end up buying the CB 1300. As I did. However, I also found GSX as an excellent bike, even more torque than in CB, looks really mint (though I prefer CB´s outlook when it´s black), but sorry to say, handling of the Suzuki was not at the same level. It´s not that it´s bad, vice versa for this size of a bike, it´s just that the Honda is so damn good in this respect. You may find it even undesirable to buy yourself a huge bigbore muscle bike, but it handles like it was some 600cc. Please don´t get me wrong, as you can´t go wrong buying either of these bikes.