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Offline carloseuromotor

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« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2005, 04:00:14 PM »
More photos, I,m waiting for something more but I,m happy because the SACS motor still alive.





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Offline Bazza

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« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2005, 04:03:48 AM »
I have seen the 650 in person a few times, and I do believe it looks better than the 2nd gen, feels better *But still feels like a Bandit.

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« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2005, 05:49:34 AM »
This is a step backwards. The clock surround on the N looks tacky, and the little side panel under the front seat doesn't fit in with the rest of the styling. And still no fuel injection! What's the world coming to lol

I personally think they should have:
- left it
- made it look more like the original Bandit 400 (or 250!)
- made it look more like the GSX1400 and ditch the 1400
- come up with a completely new design

Anything but this!

Still gonna get a K4 or K5 plate one next year  :wink:

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« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2005, 06:31:06 AM »
Billy, I'm with ya on the looks of the clocks on the N! There's nothing there in the styling dept that makes me wanna get rid of my 2G for a 3G either.

They couldn't make it look any more like the 400/250 than they already have/had. The SACS engines used in the bigger pair aren't designed to hang from the frame by their head. If you want a 1200 that looks more like the GSX14, then there's the GSX1200 Inazuma.

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« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2005, 07:20:49 AM »
Yeah don't think they're available in Britain though. I like this edition

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« Reply #20 on: September 17, 2005, 07:29:08 AM »
Dunno if Suzuki UK brought 'em in, but your gray market importers do if they don't. (I know they brought you in a few Bandit 750's.) I've heard of the Inazumas making it over to Contenental Europe, too.
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« Reply #21 on: September 17, 2005, 08:43:58 AM »
I'm a 3G fan.  Much sleeker and more modern looking, IMHO.  Anyone know what the US is getting?
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« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2005, 05:22:03 AM »
Heard rumors the US may not be getting any 3G Bandits.  :sad:
If we do, my guess is it would just be the 1200S.
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« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2005, 10:30:05 AM »
4 piston front calipers instead of 6?  :?:
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« Reply #24 on: September 19, 2005, 10:41:06 AM »
Quote from: "Red01"
Heard rumors the US may not be getting any 3G Bandits.  
If we do, my guess is it would just be the 1200S.


That's kinda what I figgered.   :banghead:
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« Reply #25 on: September 19, 2005, 11:06:15 AM »
Quote from: "B12Teuton"
4 piston front calipers instead of 6?  :?:


I heard they are the 2-caliper brakes from the GSXR... which are better than the 3-caliper Tokico on the 2nd gen.


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« Reply #26 on: September 19, 2005, 04:10:31 PM »
Kinda doubt that, when the GSXR went from 6 pots down to 4 they went to radial calipers - and those aren't radial calipers.
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« Reply #27 on: September 19, 2005, 04:18:06 PM »
Quote from: "Red01"
Dunno if Suzuki UK brought 'em in, but your gray market importers do if they don't. (I know they brought you in a few Bandit 750's.) I've heard of the Inazumas making it over to Contenental Europe, too.


On another forum we've wondered about this.  Several of us have toyed with the idea of trying to get a GSX1400 over here.  Who does this sort of thing?  By any chance do you know?

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« Reply #28 on: September 19, 2005, 04:37:59 PM »
Gray market STREET bikes in the US are increasingly difficult. There may still be outfits that do this sort of thing, but I don't know who. The gray market bikes I've known of were either brought in by a foreign national or were brought in from Canada. Licensing is the hard part, you've got to find a way to get it by the EPA, or some sneaky way to avoid them. This would make a GSX1400 pretty expensive. Keep in mind the US market is one of the cheapest for Japanese bikes, so you'd have to buy a GSX14 in a higher priced market, ship it here, pay import duty and pay to deal with the EPA issue. Given the GSX14 doesn't offer much over a B12 (a little more torque), you'd have to like it a whole lot more than a B12. You could make a B12 out-torque it for less than it would cost you to get one in the USA.

Other countries, like Australia and the UK, have less stringent rules and have a large market of gray bikes & importers.
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« Reply #29 on: September 19, 2005, 06:54:00 PM »
Looks like Suzuki went for a more angular look with the 06 Bandito.  I like the new tail section which should help with soft luggage, the panel being more narrow.  Don't know if I like the silver engine cases though.  I'm just glad the Bandit will still be produced another year.

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