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Re: [ST] RE: Psycho-World's 10 Best



>>> Eric Sheley <Eric@xxxxxxxxxx> - 5/31/01 5:57 PM >>>
Agree with you here as well. There are going to be several changes / 
additions to this category in the next couple of years.

- -Eric


Did you read David Edwards' editorial? He practically said the FJR1300 is coming for 2002, and hinted there are some other exciting sport tourers coming soon. In a seemingly unrelated story, Motor Cycle News reported that production has stopped on the TL1000S/TL1000R. Here's my bold prediction: Suzuki stopped production because it is retooling the TL line for one or more new V-twin models. The no brainer is a Monster-esque naked SV1000. When Suzuki prohibited Cagiva from importing the Raptor/ V-Raptor, they practically announced the introduction of such a bike. But reading between the lines of Edwards' column, it seems some other high-profile (read: "Japanese") companies are seriously contemplating the sport-touring market. What better powerplant for such a bike than the TL engine? That would be my idea of the perfect motorcycle. Here's what I'd like to see

110+ rear-wheel horsepower
70+ foot pounds of torque
Sprint ST riding position
Sub-500lb wet weight, with bags attached

And in the name of all that is holy, could someone tell Suzuki to update its color palate? The reds and blues used on the SVs, current TL, Katanas and Bandits would have looked dated on a 1984 Madura (in fact, they did), the boy racer graphics on the Gixxers looked dated back in 1991, and the two-tone schemes on the cruisers are some of the blandest paint jobs in all of cruiserdom. About the only really nice paint scheme on any current Suzuki is the Silver Bandit 1200S.

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