A new Suzuki adventure bike?

[Monstaman]

KTM don't make cruisers Busas etc etc

Imagine if they did ..... cruisers and Busas that handle, look cool and are lite weight .. .endless possibilities.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Imagine if they did ..... cruisers and Busas that handle, look cool and are lite weight .. .endless possibilities.

Nothing wrong with the way a Busa handles I can assure you mate!

[clint640]

It's because KTM are a small niche market maker of mainly off road bikes. It's what they do. Just like Suzuki don't make several versions of the DR650, KTM don't make cruisers Busas etc etc

But many manufacturers make several versions of the same bike, & the bigger the company the cheaper it is to do so. eg Harley have 4 or 5 models wrapped around a 1200 Sporty engine, BMW have a similar number based on their 800 twin.

It would seem like a no brainer for Suzuki to have a rummage in the parts bin & turn out some mildy blinged DR's, probably cost them $200 worth of bits & they could add $2K to the price plus steal a few sales off the competition. Maybe the Freewind sold so poorly that it scared them off anything else based on a DR650?

Clint

[mazz1972]

I can only hope that its low enough for my short wheel base, and vaguely in my price bracket.

Wont be holding my breath tho

[dino3310]

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Simple & basic might not be dead yet though, I read recently that Honda have re-released the XR650L in several markets, totally unchanged from the last 10 years ones.

Clint

sure have, the yanks have got it

[LBD]

Its a hard job finding the perfect adventure bike lad.

Yup...you create a think tank of experts to develop the perfect adventure bike and they will come up with a number of concepts equal to the square of the number of people in the group

[.chris]

Yup...you create a think tank of experts to develop the perfect adventure bike and they will come up with a number of concepts equal to the square of the number of people in the group

But if you make them pay for them, they will be different again.

It is about time that Honda got a bike right, has been a long time since the XR650R and the Africa Twins (IMO the 2 bikes they got right).

[Ender EnZed]

It is about time that Honda got a bike right, has been a long time since the XR650R and the Africa Twins (IMO the 2 bikes they got right).

Build one with the VTR1000 engine, 21 inch front wheel and under 200kg.

[.chris]

Build one with the VTR1000 engine, 21 inch front wheel and under 200kg.

Nah too big.. 500cc v twin 20l fuel and 120kg.

*and so it begins*

[gazzerklr]

Time to grab the last Dr's
They will never come again

[Gremlin]

Its a hard job finding the perfect adventure bike lad.

No it's not

[NordieBoy]

Nah too big.. 500cc v twin 20l fuel and 120kg.

*and so it begins*

A better suspended 650cc BMW boxer would be quite nice I think.

650cc twin, 20L, 21" front, 150kg max wet.

[Ender EnZed]

Nah too big.. 500cc v twin 20l fuel and 120kg.

*and so it begins*

*It does*

I think my idea was more practical and immediately achievable. Honda doesn't have a 500cc v twin (that I can think of from the last 20 years) and what bike has ever had a 20L tank and been under 120kg wet?

Half a VFR1200 engine in an XR650 frame with a 20L tank.
EDIT: And a 21 inch front of course.

[Oscar]

No it's not

That bavarian pig is at is maximum depth before this happens:



Water tight they ain't..

[tri boy]

Nah too big.. 500cc v twin 20l fuel and 120kg.

*and so it begins*

Kannys KLE500 comes very close to that,
para twin though.