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View Poll Results: What type of Bike should be representing Suzuki in the header?
Cruiser 28 59.57%
Sportbike 15 31.91%
Touring/ Standard 7 14.89%
Dirt Bike 0 0%
Scooter 3 6.38%
ATV 0 0%
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Old 02-13-2006, 10:22 PM   #21 (permalink)
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What about a Cruiser left to right followed by a Haya and then a Tourer Right to Left?

M109 > Haya 1300 <C90T
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Old 02-13-2006, 10:31 PM   #22 (permalink)
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OK I voted for a cruiser because thats what I have. But what the header should have is a row of different 'Zuki's. Or heres another thought: what if the Zuki was some old classic from the 60's?.... just for fun.
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Old 02-14-2006, 01:07 AM   #23 (permalink)
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I think the Hayabusa is what most people think of when they hear the word Suzuki, but we already have a sport bike (Yamaha) up there, so how about just adding a V Strom up there. Suzuki is the only one of the big four that is offering an adventure touring bike (dualsports don't count) in the USA. The Strom would represent Suzuki's willingness to think outside the box.

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Old 02-14-2006, 01:48 AM   #24 (permalink)
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We should have a GS1100 G as the header bike --- oops they don't make that one any more --- I think they should make it again.

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Old 02-14-2006, 07:24 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Who cares? I'm not here for the header. It should be used to attract new members. Once you're here for a while, you don't even look at the header.
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Old 02-14-2006, 08:32 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Suzuki is the only one of the big four that is offering an adventure touring bike (dualsports don't count) in the USA. The Strom would represent Suzuki's willingness to think outside the box.
Hey Rickster, do you think Kawasaki will bring out a V-Strom competitor soon? It would make sense with their "go after Suzuki" new bike lines of the Vulcan 900, Ninja 650R and ZX-14.
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Old 02-14-2006, 09:14 AM   #27 (permalink)
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I'd like to see maybe a sport tourer or a standard type up there. There is already a cruiser and sportbike. Maybe a tourer and a dirtbike. cover all of em.
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Old 02-14-2006, 09:21 AM   #28 (permalink)
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How about an actual photograph of a mixture of a few bikes on a ride traveling down the road together? Then most of the bases are covered.
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How about an actual photograph of a mixture of a few bikes on a ride traveling down the road together? Then most of the bases are covered.
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Let's not forget a Burgman somewhere in there.
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Old 02-14-2006, 09:56 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Let's not forget that this is now a multi brand site and whatever is used needs to be somewhat generic.

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Old 02-14-2006, 11:49 AM   #31 (permalink)
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What about a Cruiser, Sport followed by a Standard
M50/GSXr/Strom
doable!!

Put it to a vote. COunt on mine.
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Hey Rickster, do you think Kawasaki will bring out a V-Strom competitor soon? It would make sense with their "go after Suzuki" new bike lines of the Vulcan 900, Ninja 650R and ZX-14.
Kawasaki does sell an adventure touring bike over in Europe. It is in fact a rebadged V Strom. I can't figure out why they don't market it here. Honda, and Yamaha also both have big tallies that they market in Europe, but not here. If the VStrom keeps gaining in popularity, maybe Honda, Yamaha, and Kawasaki will offer us something over here.
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Old 02-14-2006, 07:44 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Anyway to get a bunch of banners and at random when you refresh or revisit you may get a different one??
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Old 02-15-2006, 05:50 AM   #34 (permalink)
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The top-selling bike in Europe last year was the *yawn* Honda CBF 600. Honda took a bunch of standard components and threw them together: A carborated inline-4 with a catalitic converter, and optional ABS. 600 ccm, 76 horsepower.

Not terribly exciting technology, but solid. And affordable.
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Old 02-15-2006, 01:52 PM   #35 (permalink)
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The KV1000 is no longer available AFAIK. The deal between Suzuki & Kawaski has ended and no more bikes/atv's will be shared acrosss platforms
I knew the share program had stopped in the USA, but they do a lot of things different for Europe. Seams like there is always some sort of cross-over going on over there. Do you know for sure that they are not shareing any bikes?
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