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June 27th, 2011, 11:10 AM
Suzuki unveils 2012 V-Strom 650 ABS
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Suzuki unveiled its 2012 V-Strom 650 ABS that is aimed at the less aggressive adventure-tour crowd (http://www.sportrider.com/news/146_1106_suzuki_unveils_2012_v_strom_650_abs/index.html)After a somewhat questionable teaser ad campaign that was inadvertently self-sabotaged when Suzuki Europe accidentally published photos on its website last week, Suzuki has officially pulled the wraps off its new 2012 V-Strom 650 ABS featuring numerous upgrades centered around more comfort and better low-end and midrange performance. The V-Strom 650 has been in American Suzuki’s lineup since 2004, and despite little exposure or fanfare has done reasonably well, even outlasting its liter-size stablemate V-Strom 1000. But with only minor updates since its introduction, Suzuki decided to freshen up the “Wee Strom” to better appeal to its core audience.
And that audience isn’t what the disappointed that were expecting some sort of competitor to the recently introduced Triumph Tiger 800 or BMW F800GS consists of. While it might have given Suzuki some street cred to come out with full-on adventure-tour off-road-capable competitor to those aforementioned models, the V-Strom 650 has survived this long on being an extremely economical and versatile commuter-cum-touring motorcycle at an equally inexpensive price. So Suzuki spent some R&D time bolstering the V-Strom 650’s attributes.
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Suzuki unveiled its 2012 V-Strom 650 ABS that is aimed at the less aggressive adventure-tour crowd (http://www.sportrider.com/news/146_1106_suzuki_unveils_2012_v_strom_650_abs/index.html)After a somewhat questionable teaser ad campaign that was inadvertently self-sabotaged when Suzuki Europe accidentally published photos on its website last week, Suzuki has officially pulled the wraps off its new 2012 V-Strom 650 ABS featuring numerous upgrades centered around more comfort and better low-end and midrange performance. The V-Strom 650 has been in American Suzuki’s lineup since 2004, and despite little exposure or fanfare has done reasonably well, even outlasting its liter-size stablemate V-Strom 1000. But with only minor updates since its introduction, Suzuki decided to freshen up the “Wee Strom” to better appeal to its core audience.
And that audience isn’t what the disappointed that were expecting some sort of competitor to the recently introduced Triumph Tiger 800 or BMW F800GS consists of. While it might have given Suzuki some street cred to come out with full-on adventure-tour off-road-capable competitor to those aforementioned models, the V-Strom 650 has survived this long on being an extremely economical and versatile commuter-cum-touring motorcycle at an equally inexpensive price. So Suzuki spent some R&D time bolstering the V-Strom 650’s attributes.
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