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    So flipping tempting

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    It's nice to see more naked sportstoys with actual silly power coming out
    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Ha...Thats true but life is full horrible choices sometimes Merv. Then sometimes just plain stuff happens... and then some more stuff happens.....




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    Quote Originally Posted by ducatilover View Post
    It's nice to see more naked sportstoys with actual silly power coming out
    Some of us have already made the move to the Dark Side. Indeed Kawasaki has been there for a while.
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    That looks like a sensible bike, be interesting to read a detailed road test. Price could be relatively friendly too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    That looks like a sensible bike, be interesting to read a detailed road test. Price could be relatively friendly too.
    and that's the death blow right there.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    and that's the death blow right there
    If what I have been told by a Normally Reliable Source is correct, then pricing should do little to stop these selling by the container load.
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    I have one question on this - why the choice of a 10 year old Engine? why not retune the current GSX-R engine?

    This makes me a little wary
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDemonLord View Post
    I have one question on this - why the choice of a 10 year old Engine? why not retune the current GSX-R engine?

    This makes me a little wary
    The K5 motor is a fuckin' weapon. Absolute rip-snorting beast. And it'd be cheap
    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Ha...Thats true but life is full horrible choices sometimes Merv. Then sometimes just plain stuff happens... and then some more stuff happens.....




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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDemonLord View Post
    I have one question on this - why the choice of a 10 year old Engine? why not retune the current GSX-R engine?

    This makes me a little wary
    http://www.motorradonline.de/verglei...-r-1000/405312

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDemonLord View Post
    I have one question on this - why the choice of a 10 year old Engine? why not retune the current GSX-R engine?

    This makes me a little wary
    A roadster/naked bike doesn't need huge horsepower, but it does need torque. In the real world 130 to 140kph cruise is about the maximum sustainable with no wind protection. (I'm talking about a trip, not a ride around the block.) It helps if the engine is well into usable torque at that speed. Some journalists then tend to complain that the bike has been "emasculated". If, however, somebody does give the journalists what they want, the same journalists will complain that the engine is too peaky, so fuck the journalists.

    When the Hornet 919 came out it had a "detiuned" Fireblade engine from a few generations previously and it worked just fine.

    The price should be reasonable because they'll have save a lot of tooling costs by using an existing engine. If that frame is from an earlier bike too they'll have saved a whole lot more. It could be a seriously good buy but it might be advisable to factor in a suspension upgrade.

    Then again, the only Suzuki I have ever owned was my SJ50.
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    so flipping ugly

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    Either way its useless to me - no pillion accomodation

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Either way its useless to me - no pillion accomodation
    Yes there is

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    Quote Originally Posted by iranana View Post
    so flipping ugly
    Oh .. I dunno .. it looks like a cross between a Bandit and a Gixxer - mostly Gixxer ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Either way its useless to me - no pillion accomodation
    That's what makes it appealing to some of us ... there's nowhere to put the wife/girlfriend/handbrake ...

    And yes - If I was looking or another bike I'd be tempted ..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    There's nowhere to put the wife/girlfriend/handbrake ...
    Mac McDonald in Tauranga modified the egregious back seat on my Z1000 to make it more amenable for a pillion over moderate distances. I am certain he could do the same thing to this new Suzuki.
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