Gladius review from a proper publication. - Page 2 - SV650.org

Dave20046 · 05-02-09, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

More amusing than MCNs version too

aha, makes mo sense

05-02-09, 11:24 AM

Should we offer a prize for the first person to spot one in the wild heh. be interesting to guage take up.

yorkie_chris · 05-02-09, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sid Squid

'Proper publication'?

You've really lost it now Chris.

Heh, I like a mag that doesn't just say "new GSXYZBR1000RRR is 0.00001 seconds faster than last years. Buy one!"

Some of the contraptions in there are quite interesting, others little more than slightly faster cruisers.

05-02-09, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by zunkus

Will Suzuki sell any Gladius bikes I wonder, nobody seems to want to be associated with the name, and they thought it would be a great hit with the ladies. I think that recession or not we'll see a different bike next year or drop it off altogether. Suzuki should get people to research the market on the internet. If they put the money into giving us better forks and a 100 more cc's they would have broke even with what they spent on research, sold more bikes and everybodies happy!

+1. A factory SV750R (so without the insurance raping of a bored out bike) is just what the world needs.

05-02-09, 05:54 PM

they shoulda called it the suzuki ultra turbo v twin razor twisty assault motorcycle rr much cooler i'd of bought one.

yorkie_chris · 05-02-09, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by zunkus

If they put the money into giving us better forks and a 100 more cc's they would have broke even with what they spent on research, sold more bikes and everybodies happy!

No research needed. Very little money.

Stiffer springs, and slightly heavier oil would add maybe 1p to the build price.

northwind · 06-02-09, 01:07 AM

Yup, or if they'd done all that and bought emulators, one by one, over the counter at retail price and fitted those, that'd only have added about £150 per bike

yorkie_chris · 06-02-09, 01:15 AM

Or fitted some of SRADs front ends which they must have left over somewhere...

Or just made a cheap cartridge fork like h*nda manage to do with the hairnet...

northwind · 06-02-09, 01:22 AM

But since they couldn't even stir themselves to fit slightly stiffer springs and damping oil that damps, I suppose this might be asking a bit too much

06-02-09, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ceri JC

A factory SV750R (so without the insurance raping of a bored out bike) is just what the world needs.

What insurance raping????

05-02-09, 11:24 AM	#12
Brettus Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Gladius review from a proper publication. Should we offer a prize for the first person to spot one in the wild heh. be interesting to guage take up.

05-02-09, 05:54 PM	#15
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06-02-09, 01:07 AM	#17
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Re: Gladius review from a proper publication. Yup, or if they'd done all that and bought emulators, one by one, over the counter at retail price and fitted those, that'd only have added about £150 per bike __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

06-02-09, 01:15 AM	#18
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Gladius review from a proper publication. Or fitted some of SRADs front ends which they must have left over somewhere... Or just made a cheap cartridge fork like h*nda manage to do with the hairnet... __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

06-02-09, 01:22 AM	#19
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Re: Gladius review from a proper publication. But since they couldn't even stir themselves to fit slightly stiffer springs and damping oil that damps, I suppose this might be asking a bit too much __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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