Gladius - The new SV650

Well until I see the spec's I don't want to comment on anthing, other then I might like to steal the clocks.

http://www.gladiusstyle.com/

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by grinch

http://www.gladiusstyle.com/

I think they went to the same people that did www.sonystyle.com !!!

Thats SO not the image I would want to have to go with a bike.

Must avoid www.xyzstyle.com websites from now on.

I can't see it as my flash player can't be installed, bloody locked down laptops. I'll turn the home PC at some point.

FUGLY!!!

And three steps back. I can only hope that it is a gap filler, and that Suzuki are going to bring out a SV750 to move on from the 650....

A Very Hateful bike!!!!

"Suzuki's unique styling....blah blah"

Perfect choice of adjective - Can't belive they've still got the same stupid front nonfender - and what's with those footpeg hangers, And I'll continue to hate that style exhaust.

Other than that....

[Red ones]

I quite like.

Interesting how the oil cooler has gone again, but the water pump has gained pipework.
Shame the front fender has not been extended, and the butt ugly front brake pipe arrangement

I don't like the copy/past styling of the bike ... reminds me of a mixture between ducati 696 and Suzuki gsr600 , Suzuki designers team could do a lot beter ...

I'm intrigued on what will be the future of the SV650 , makes no sense to have 3 middleweight cheap bikes , sv , bandit , and gladius , the bandit is il4 new enginge so i believe it wont disappear!
Now for the SV , she looks a lite more expensive to build them the gladius , all aluminum frame and more work on plastics , even if the looks are little outdated.
On the other end Suzuki line up , only has 1 sport naked the gsr600 , and the very expensive b-king , so im hoping for a new sv to fill the gap between gsr600/bandit1250 and bking


The gladius , i bet is going to be a big success , cheap price tag , usable , and fashion looks sell a lot.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Jase22

Not sure I get the name, but fair play, numbers and letters don't exactly mean much do they?

It's a bit clever... Gladius, being a short european sword... Ie, short bike for beginners/womans, and targeted at the european market (looks at the moment like it's not getting a US launch apparently). I don't think it's a good name but it's clever. People probably said "Hayabusa? What the ****" back when it launched, that was a similiarly clever name and now it's an icon.

[fastdruid]

Well I was in my suzuki dealer today and the cheeky fscker said to my wife "I've got the perfect bike for you" and showed us a picture of it. Er hello, she's a trackday addict with an NC35, why would she want to downgrade to a cheap commuter? Far more interested in a GSXR750...

Anyway apart from that he was saying that with the current world economy Suzuki are concentrating on the cheaper bikes, so chances of a SV650R/SV750R are slim to none.

On the plus side it looks like it has a oil/water cooler rather than the oil/air cooler of the pointy, that may well fit onto the curvy which would be nice.

Druid