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29-12-10, 11:53 PM
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Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
I never knew this
 
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29-12-10, 11:59 PM
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Re: Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
Used to have one of those, great bikes.
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30-12-10, 12:09 AM
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Re: Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
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30-12-10, 01:36 AM
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Re: Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
Im pretty sure it was just a Suzuki rebranded. Why they did/do it? Dunno tbh.
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30-12-10, 02:01 PM
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Re: Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
Had the suzuki sorry, the KLV was built by kawasaki as far as i know, but was almost the same as the suzuki.
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30-12-10, 02:17 PM
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Re: Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
Like the DRZ400/KLX400 and few others they were assembled by Kawa from Suzuki parts under licence. Kawasaki would have built very little of it.
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30-12-10, 07:42 PM
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Re: Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
Been going on for a number of years, in the case of the Strom/KLV the Kwak was a better deal, better instruments and a couple of hundred quid less when new.
Kawasaki and Suzuki are by far the smallest volume of the Japanese bike maunfacturers, they did a deal to share some R&D and some model bases in about 2003.
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30-12-10, 07:48 PM
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Re: Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
Unfortunately the KLV was only available in colours that no-one in their right mind would buy, which is why it wasn't a huge seller despite the price.
I really liked the V-Strom 1000s I've ridden and would jump at buying a new one if they were still available |
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30-12-10, 08:42 PM
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Re: Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
Mine was great, big, soft and fast. It had GSXR brakes on to stop it too. But I had to sell it after I fell off it. Never felt right again.
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30-12-10, 09:48 PM
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Re: Suzuki building bikes for Kawasaki?
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 Last year's craze for white didn't last long did it. |
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