congrats on the new bike by the way.
Thank you :)
Personally, I would of gone for something like the new GSF650, would of been a very nice step up from the B4 and its still a Bandit :) .
Lots of aftermarket parts there, engine never changes on that model really, theyve just tuned/bored up the 600 a bit more.
Part of the reason I liked the 919 is that the engine is the same as the one they've had in their cbr900s, with minor mods, forever. The engine is tried and true.
And I had looked at that bike,... the only reason I didn't buy it, is that it was 1. out of my price range and 2. I didn't really want a brand new bike,.. I'm still in the "drop phase".
Besides,.. I figured that the 919 has the same seating position, and I got it for $5500. (When I told the salesman that we know at Scona cycle what the price was, he looked at me and said "Go! Go get it!"
The 400 wasnt here that long to make enough of a statement to warrant alot of extra parts, unlike the 600/1200 models.
That's true, but the gs500 has been here long enough, and I had been looking for an RR for one of those. I was told 6- 8 weeks -after- they made it at the factory. A GS500 is a current bike... albeit not a hugely popular one, but it's been around for years.
I've had suzuki parts guys tell me that parts are a pain in the rear for many of their bikes. The salesman I bought the 919 off of ( At a suzuki dealership btw
) said that he figured that the problem was that Suzuki had too many models, and not enough parts budget. So the parts that a dealer would stock was much more limited than say Yamaha or Honda.
its really a fun bike, gotta work the rpms more than the B12 to get the response up, but otherwise, really fun :).
See this was a concern for me, since I may be doing more hiway now, I didn't want high rpms on the highway anymore. While I could change the sprocket, on the b4 or b6, I'm told (by someone who owns one and the specs support it) that 919 will run at about 4k rpms in 5th gear at 110kph.
Had it lowered an inch and got a gel seat and gen mar risers (Wife is 5'2") and a pair of engine frame sliders (just in case),
Who did the lowering for you? Do you know how made the lowering link or kit that was used? What brand of engine sliders did you get?