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Thread: Suzuki to cease SV1000 production (NOT)

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    Is the V-Strom still being made?

    'cause was wondering if they're going to kill production for all of the litre twin engines.
    Was talking to a guy on the Ferry on Tuesday who's got a 1K Strom and he absolutely loves it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by swanny
    Time to try a little Korean boys.
    I feel saddened, when people refer to beautiful things in life as male... Come on people lets get it right. All beautiful things are female - boats, helicoptors, planes, gliders, starships, computers (hang on I'm starting to sound geeky...) and BIKES.... Please being around korean machines, you may have lost the touch of talking about objects as male and female (no such thing in Korean language) but while you're writing in english, please refer to bike as female objects, which they are....


    Ok... that's my ranting for the day...

    Nah... better go find more victims.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MAXIMUSDEMERITUS
    I thought the TL had been discontinued long ago... until I saw this today.


    http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/De...rcycletradernz


    What's up with that??
    Your bang on the money there mate! This is about SV 1000's.

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    A large combustion chamber is difficult to get burning efficiently compared to a small one, one of the reasons 4 have always been more efficient than twins. However, that doesn't mean it's impossible to make them efficient, just requires more work. So I guess Suzuki would have to start from scratch as the TL derived motors were always hungry (but fuck they go well) and it's more work to redesign something that exists to do things it was never designed for.

    Be good if they went back to making something similar to the TL though. The TLR was sexy sexy, even though it had it's problems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bobsmith
    I feel saddened, when people refer to beautiful things in life as male... Come on people lets get it right. All beautiful things are female - boats, helicoptors, planes, gliders, starships, computers (hang on I'm starting to sound geeky...) and BIKES.... Please being around korean machines, you may have lost the touch of talking about objects as male and female (no such thing in Korean language) but while you're writing in english, please refer to bike as female objects, which they are....


    Ok... that's my ranting for the day...

    Nah... better go find more victims.
    If you read what I said aloud it stands perfectly legiable.

    "Time to try some Korean BOYS" Boys implies you, the reader and Korean implies Hyosung, the motorcycle.

    Are people really that uneducated these days they can't comprehend simple sentences? I guess not.

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    Context is everything and everyone prefers the HAHA YOU'RE GAY context. Simple concepts for simple minds eh
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    Quote Originally Posted by swanny
    If you read what I said aloud it stands perfectly legiable.

    "Time to try some Korean BOYS" Boys implies you, the reader and Korean implies Hyosung, the motorcycle.

    Are people really that uneducated these days they can't comprehend simple sentences? I guess not.
    It's the product of me having come through New Zealand education system. Luckly I had some out of school tutoring to compensate, and I only came to New Zealand 9 years ago. Without out of school tutoring and foreign influence, my inglish uld luk sumting lik dis.


    EDIT: oh and I've reviewed your post, and for it to imply what you want, you would need a comma before the "boys" so it should read:
    "Time to try some Korean, boys."
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    Nothing to do with emissions.

    Aprilia will be back in Superbike in 2007 with a V4. Ducati should have their Superbike V4 going by 2008. The Sportclassic range will hold up the "traditional" end of the Ducati range, while the V4 will go in the "modern" range of bikes.

    Honda have dropped the SP1-5, the VTR1000 will be dropped soon.

    No one is going to be racing a twin (not that Suzuki ever did) with any success very soon, which renders Hyosung out of step with the marketplace. Don't be surprised to see a 1000cc Hyosung cruiser, but no GT1000. Watch them announce plans for a V5 sportsbike.

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    Apple has a TLR, hes happy with it? never liked the sv's wen they came out,and still dont?But......i should'nt knock others bikes?and i wont.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bobsmith
    I feel saddened, when people refer to beautiful things in life as male... Come on people lets get it right. All beautiful things are female - boats, helicoptors, planes, gliders, starships, computers (hang on I'm starting to sound geeky...) and BIKES.... Please being around korean machines, you may have lost the touch of talking about objects as male and female (no such thing in Korean language) but while you're writing in english, please refer to bike as female objects, which they are....


    Ok... that's my ranting for the day...

    Nah... better go find more victims.
    Der Uberfarter von Klunken is most definately male. There is NOTHING feminine about him! (Petal and Phoebe are definately female)
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    Hope that this isn't the end of litre twin sports bikes, will be a sad day.
    I love the smell of twin V16's in the morning..

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    Quote Originally Posted by WINJA
    IF APRILLIA AND DUCATI CAN MAKE A COMPLIANT TWIN THEN SUZUKI CAN , ITLL ONLY BE PERIPHERILS THAT EFFECT EMISSIONS ON A TL OR SV TWIN , I KNOW NOISE WILL BE A PROBLEM CAUSE YOU HAVE TO QUIET A 500CC POT ON EACH EXHAUST PHASE OPPOSED TO ONLY 250CC
    Bloody old Rotorua is a few years behind aye!
    SHIT whats that noise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MAXIMUSDEMERITUS
    I thought the TL had been discontinued long ago... until I saw this today.


    http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/De...rcycletradernz


    What's up with that??

    this was ment to be with my last post- good on y Jim hit the right buttons ya dick
    SHIT whats that noise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dynamytus50
    Does this mean they are not making sp's anymore or that they are not racing them?
    Stopped racing them 3 years ago.

    Stopped making them altogether.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2
    No one is going to be racing a twin (not that Suzuki ever did) with any success very soon
    Harley still race them in flat track and are still winning

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