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Old 05-07-07, 11:50 AM   #1
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Default What do you think of the B King

Is it just me or is the B-King a gross styling mistake by Suzuki? Yamaha seemed to have made the same c0ck-up with their MT01 and the sales reflect it. They both look like something out of a Japanese cartoon!

All in my very humble opinion, of course.
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Old 05-07-07, 11:55 AM   #2
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Must say I don't like the back end.

As for the MT, I find myself strangely drawn to it just because it look different. As well as it being slightly excessive in the engine department, I'm guessing the book price of nearly 10k when they came out had something to do with the sales problem. Dealers seem a bit stuffed and I've seen some discounting new ones by up to 4k...almost tempting!
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Old 05-07-07, 11:58 AM   #3
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This concept looks brilliant I think!


Whereas the finished product looks naff.
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Old 05-07-07, 12:06 PM   #4
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Agreed there DanDare - how can they make it and muck it up so badly??!
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Old 05-07-07, 12:24 PM   #5
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I think it looks ok apart from the hiddious exhausts out the back i mean whats that all about!! if they had trimmed the exhausts into the seat unit nice it would have looked alot better. Have to admit i like the idea of the yam but as already said the price is abit out there in la la land
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Old 05-07-07, 12:45 PM   #6
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There's not a great deal of diferences between the 2 really - but the differences that there are do definately detract from the production model.I still think it looks ok but agree with the comments about the exhaust.
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Old 05-07-07, 01:00 PM   #7
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Default Re: What do you think of the B King

Urgh its orrible.

Now the MT-01 I really like.
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Old 05-07-07, 01:55 PM   #8
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This concept looks brilliant I think!


Whereas the finished product looks naff.

Who ate all the pies!? Fantastic concept....horrendous proddie version.

Seems Suzuki are going to try and do a Yamaha and charge punters some extaordinary price (near 10k), just like the £9grand+ MT01 wet fart (needs thousands spent to make it go) and the original £8500 Fader sorry fazer.

SV650S wheels and tyres? Looks like it eh!
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Old 05-07-07, 02:50 PM   #9
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With 175bhp at the rear wheel i wouldnt care if it looked like a pink pig ..only thing is id need a mortgage to replace all the burnt out rear tyres


BTW - on Wednesday we will have one in the showroom between 4pm and 9pm for a pre launch...launch!!!
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Old 05-07-07, 02:56 PM   #10
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The problem is the tyre rear tyre isnt wide enough in the production model...

look... it narrows the back end of the bike knocking the massing out of proportion....
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