New Suzuki 750 .

Went and had a look at the new Suzuki naked 750 today. This is what i saw through my eyes .

The worst exhaust system i have ever had the displeasure of looking at in my entire life . The welding deplorable .The o2 sen pointing to the
outside so it has to have a plate to stop it being knocked off .More bad welding .More wires with the cover cut too short .What is with that An ex-up type box on the exhaust with cables . Mid pipe that just
doesnt fit properly .Clamps used with a bolt that is 40 mm too long .For god sake SUZUKI get some shorter bolts!!!!!An end can that is just UGLY .

Lets go to the other side .
Rubber tubes going all over each other in all direction held on by those cheap bendy alloy things .If that was my back yard the council would be
onto me .

Lets go to the tail.
PLASTIC .miles of the stuff .Long and droopy . You would have to rip it off which makes the bike Illegal ,

The front - Try hard Alien want to be .

The good points
The red was a nice colour.

Was this bike assembled in Japan .Really,really disappointed Suzuki . In fact i was pissed off .I'm a Suzuki fan but i wont be if thats the best you
can do .

Sorry about this rant but what happened to build QUALITY .

Whats going on with bike shops these days , i'm not everyones BRO ther

V-Strom i was looking at .All the Drain type hoses exited the rhs of the motor and pointed 45 deg FORWARD . Whats going on .5 mins and their
blocked . 15 grand bike, who designed that ,who said thats ok. I'm changing my avitar to something more ANGRY.

Thats a dissapointment Gus because the GSR600 is a sweet looking bike.

I'm thinking 3 cylinders for my next bike.

Here's an angry pic for you

Actually take away the monicle and thats pretty close . :

I was so disappointed (in case you missed it ) Go and have a look , maybe i'm missing something .
Why use a bolt that leaves 40 mm of thread poking out the other side ?

Are these bikes being assembled in KOREA or somewhere else like that . The standard was that bad i'm finding hard to believe it came from Japan .

That is a shame Gus, and I hope it is not a sign of things to come as the job of selling 'new' bikes will just get harder and harder if the qaulity slips. I know that most new machines dont come fully assembled and that there is a small amount for the shop to do, so maybe it was the 1st year apprentice mechanics fault. By the way , what is the exact model 750 that you are referring to ?

GSR 750 naked .There lays the problem .Its not covered in plastic .Suzuki have forgotten how to build a handsome naked

I just had a look at some pics on the net and it aint my cuppa tea either, But, I suppose some of the young lads out there will find it the " Ducks Nuts ". Each to their own.

Its not the look of the bike that upsets me its the lack of thought gone into it .It wreaks of "dont worry about it , no-one will notice "
Slap it together ,come on ,any bolt will do mentality .

There was a bolt on the Triumph that was too long .When you sat on the bike it moved down wards and scratched the side of the swing arm .

I ve got a mind to go back and ask "why is that bolt 40mm too long " Aerodynamics probably.

You didnt comment on the ZZR250 looking rear swing arm Gus. Is it as whimpy as it looks in the pics?
The GSR650 has always looked like a great package to me and I was hoping the 750 would be as well but the first thing I noticed in pics was the girly swinger. Never seen one in the flesh. Some matkets have the GSR400 too and if they were LAMS they would flog the CB400.

Overall I think they are what the Bandit should have evolved into (think early hoon Bandits)

Yes it did look small compared to the bandit .The whole bike looked small which i quite liked .
I did comment to one sales guy (bro) on the exhaust .He said they were trying to make it look tough like an arrow system .
Better learn to weld first .You know how exhaust when they fit over other parts tend to have about 4 cut out so the can expand or the clamp
can tighten them up ? Well the slots were bigger than the clamps so you got to see where all the joins were.

This bike is sounding like a trip to the dealer IS worth while for a change . :

Look ,some people will love it .Maybe a sales hit ,its just what i saw .I didnt ride it maybe that will save it .I hope not ,i want better .

I'm going to see if I can get a test ride locally on a 750. The 05 GSXR750 I rode before buying the Bandit was a brilliant bike, but my leg kept popping out of it's socket because of the riding position. Other than that it was a blast to ride

2WA wrote:I'm thinking 3 cylinders for my next bike.

If the three cylinder beasty in my shed doesn't get better soon it may be morfing into something with less cylinders but gotta admit, 3 cyls is very nice

More info please .

gus wrote:More info please .

I'm thinking Italian

Yeah dhula whats the story?

Now i'm REALLY interested .I looked at an RSV 4 yesterday .The attention to detail it was BEAUTIFULL .I know expensive but you could
park it in your lounge room and admire it for 2 weeks before you even bothered to ride it .

gus wrote:Now i'm REALLY interested .I looked at an RSV 4 yesterday .The attention to detail it was BEAUTIFULL .I know expensive but you could
park it in your lounge room and admire it for 2 weeks before you even bothered to ride it .

You're a sick man