In contrast it is amazing how there are other new bikes who's forums are filled with recall issues for almost twice the price of the B1250. In comparison reliability issues posted about the B1250 are all but nonexistent. I believe this is due to the fact that while the B1250 is a completely new designed motorcycle Suzuki used the B1200 as a template to improve on rather then design from the ground up. Probubly taking into consideration all the improvements required by the GOV (EPA/EURO) and all the improvements needed to improve customers desires for improved handling, performance, versatility, value, and manufacturing longevity, while maintaining the best attributes of what makes this motorcycle product line popular.
Anytime you make improvements to an existing design it results in an improved product, while engineering a completely new untested product in the market place will almost always have some failures that need to be test bed by the public for a corrected design. This is why no matter how much I like any new market product, I always let the new product buyers test bed the item for at least 2 years. I even waited 1 year on the B1250 after selling my B1200 to see what was the deal. Turned out that at $7800 out the door pricing, it was an awesome deal and about as close as you can get to "too good to be true" as I have ever seen or experienced a street bike with such versatility, truly the only effective multipurpose street bike available.