Agreed, and prediction: No one in 10 years time would actively be searching, nor paying a premium price for one like people do for a w650 (or an SRX-6
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Another new 250 - Suzuki TU250
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Agreed, and prediction: No one in 10 years time would actively be searching, nor paying a premium price for one like people do for a w650 (or an SRX-6
)A vintage look is something I can appreciate, but if it's also true vintage technology (and a parts bin special), then it should be priced accordingly. Old look is one thing, but sometimes old is, well, just old.
Who cares if it supposedly looks old? This would make for the perfect GTA commuter bike. Cheap on insurance, cheap on fuel. No fancy plastics to replace if it gets dropped or hit. Simple design, easy maintenance, light weight with a practical and comfortable riding posture for real-world commuter riding.
Perhaps, but price points are easy enough to change in response to the market.
87m6chris
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+1, but at the same time, why would anyone pay that kind of coin for a new bike when you can have virtually the same bike that was built 20 yrs ago for a 1/5 the price? There are all kinds of restored bikes for sale.
This cult of new I will never understand.
TorontoBoy
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I like the styling. Fellow forum members in the US say the bike is high quality and handles very well. Some are used in MSF courses, and are very newby friendly.
The price is way out of wack. We'll need near the US price to make inroads here. Should not single, air cooled bikes be cheaper than parallel twin liquid cooled ones?
The price is way out of wack. We'll need near the US price to make inroads here. Should not single, air cooled bikes be cheaper than parallel twin liquid cooled ones?
chidizzle
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I think it's great that they're bringing it to Canada, but that price is just plain silly. I guess Suzuki is hoping that they can cash in on the retro-cool factor, but I think they're setting themselves up to fail. It's a simple, bare bones but stylish l'il bike - price and market it as a cheap, practical beginner/urban commuter.
Some people don't want (or don't know how) to wrench. Then there's the comfort of warranty. FI is also a significant difference between a bike 20 years older. But I agree the price in this case is steep.
New product ? Its been for sale forever in other countries (usually carbed) and most of the parts have origins back to the 70's.
True, but you are talking a supermoto application, I don't think anybody else would ever try to do it on a bike different than sumo. I am not sure of the wheel sizes on TU250, but I doubt many would be buying it, forget about converting it to run tubeless radials.
At least they put in EFI. Kawasaki calls the Ninja 250R completely redesigned, yet they left carbs firmly in ..... so it's always left to interpretation.
skip
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Those were my thoughts exactly when I saw this bike.
Your logic makes no sense. You don't save any money when you drop $3.5k (US) to $5K(Cdn) on a 30yr old design when you can find tons of much newer low mileage bikes for less than $3K. If you really want a vintage look/feel then you can get mint vintage one for $2k or less that will appreciate instead of being worth 50% of its value a yr after you buy.
It's the exactly the same price as a Honda Rebel, and within $300 of the Marauder, VStar250, etc.
