verslagen1 wrote on 09/12/16 at 09:42:32:


Well, in the bike description they talk about "Advanced Suzuki Technology", Someone might have misunderstood ...  

norm92de wrote on 09/14/16 at 12:50:14:


Because they are made by tall people.  

If Suzuki came out with a standard like the Yamaha SR400 I would buy one in a minute. I think the Yamaha would be too 'viby' without a balancer.

I almost bought a tempter before my Savage.

If the 650 will go in that frame,,  mmmm mm..

I don't see how Suzuki would see Ryca as the enemy. If Ryca can generate interest in the savage that benefits Suzuki.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 09/16/16 at 12:48:46:



Of COURSE, everyone knew that, right?

Oooo really one whole bike,it was probably made into a bobber and sold. Suzuki don't give a crap , the savage is a niche bike , there are no others like it and they see the sr400 not doing so well here in the states , they are not about to build a standard, you want a standard buy a Yamaha , want a cruiser , that can be molded into any bike , buy the niche bike the s40 , it has its own market and Suzuki knows it they don't give a crap. Bet less than one percent of NEW s40's get bought and taken to RYCA to be transformed or are bought just for that purpose. It's a secondary market , all Suzuki cares about is the bottom line , how many they sell per year ! The secondary market means nothing,zero,zip,nada to Suzuki , no profit for them , they don't give a crap !
Now to us here this bike is many things to many people myself included , I think they are great bikes in all forms , especially Bots bike ! Don't ever be fooled by a Japanese businessman it has nothing to do with honor or any of that crap,it's the bottom line ,PROFIT !
The free bike was nothing but a business gesture, what was their cost/loss ,not much ! Might be a different story if the gave a 20 bike inventory to build bikes and honored a warranty with RYCA, but they don't do they ? Suzuki was just being nosy and don't forget they don't give a CRAP !