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BillyC · 02-09-05, 12:25 PM

Nope, I've looked closely at the images on the Suzuki site, and indeed they are BT020's fitted to the new Bandit 650.

It's a heavy bike (201Kg) and I expect that Suzuki felt that it needed the extra grip.

I also expect that the Bandit is extremely cheap to manufacture, being that it's been around for 15-20 years or so, and the margins allow such extravagance.

Can you imagine what it'd be like with 220's on though? There'd be accidents and resulting law-suits all over the place!

02-09-05, 12:25 PM	#3
BillyC Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The exiles of Kent Posts: 2,184	Nope, I've looked closely at the images on the Suzuki site, and indeed they are BT020's fitted to the new Bandit 650. It's a heavy bike (201Kg) and I expect that Suzuki felt that it needed the extra grip. I also expect that the Bandit is extremely cheap to manufacture, being that it's been around for 15-20 years or so, and the margins allow such extravagance. Can you imagine what it'd be like with 220's on though? There'd be accidents and resulting law-suits all over the place! __________________ SV650 K3 - Gone. Now a member of the SV650.org Kawasaki brigade!