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Fellow XSives, Banditos, and those who appreciate naked art... uh, motorcycles:
In the "Preview 2004" article of the new (April '03) issue of Motorcyclist magazine (p. 28), there's a report of a possible new naked bike from Suzuki.
I didn't have a scanner handy, or I would have included the artist's concept picture. However, it looks something like this Hayabusa streetfighter I found at Gixxer.COM in the Streetfighters forum.
Any thoughts?
In the "Preview 2004" article of the new (April '03) issue of Motorcyclist magazine (p. 28), there's a report of a possible new naked bike from Suzuki.
Switching gears to the naked-bike segment for a moment, we're hearing Suzuki may finally build what we in the office like to call the Naked Bike from Hell: a GSX-R1000-powered super-standard that's not been performance-neutered or component-cheapened like so many other open-class Japanese naked bikes (Yamaha's fast and fiery FZ1 aside). We're not sure this Super Bandit would need all of the new-for-'03 GSX-R's 150 rear-wheel horsepower (the current GSX-R will toss you off the back as it is), but with 125 or so rear-wheel ponies and a heightened level of component quality (inverted fork, quality shock, lots of neat aluminum castings, etc.), this is a bike we -- and a lot of over-40-ish enthusiasts brought up on hardcore sportbikes -- could get emotional about.
Any thoughts?
but that's something else. The "B King" is Hayabusa-based and the Motorcyclist article was talking about something based on the GSX-R1000. Maybe my attached pic of the one-off Hayabusa streetfighter custom muddled the issue. Of course, the B12 is the best deal going in a super-standard.
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