Believe it or no t, Suzuki
has a brand-new
GSX -R75 0 for 2004.
T he biggest news for Suzuki may b e the
GSX-R600. It's li g ht e r, m ore powerful and
has more aggressive geometry for 2004.
ext yea r looks like it' s goin g t o
be a banner ye ar for Suzuki with
a cou p le of bran d- n ew m odels and
sig nificant updates to two of its fla g ship sportb ik es - the OSX-R750 and
the OSX -R60 0 . Suzuki has absolutely
d om in at ed t he A MA 750cc Sup er sp o rt / Su perstoc k c lass f or yea rs wi th b ar el y a n y co m pe t i t io n until
recen t ly. D espite th e f a ct tha t th e
rules look like th ey will be sig nifi cant ly d ifferent for 20 04 , Suzuki felt th at
the re was still space in its line-up fo r
a 7 50 c c inline , fo ur -cylinder sp ort bike. A dd it ion ally , it was du e time fo r
the t it le- wi nn ing GSX-R600 ( A aro n
Yates in 2002 ) to rec eive updates, in
an effo rt to put it back in contention
fo r Supers port titles arou nd the world .
B esides the compe t ition -bred
mod el s, Suzu k i has a couple o f
ot her si g n i fi c an t mode ls fo r 2004 ,
the first of whi ch i s the brand-n ew
D L6 5 0 V-Stro m . a smaller br oth er
to the ve rsatile D Ll 000 . N ext up is
t he GS500 F. whi ch is a f aired ve r s io n of th e GS500 . Th e VZ 160 0
Mar auder is int ro d uc ed t o the Suzu k i l i ne u p fr om t h e co m pa ny 's
al lia n c e wi th K awasak i a nd is
es se ntia l l y a Vulc an M ean Stre a k
with a l a r g e r 16 0 0 c c m o t o r. (T he
Kaw asa ki origin all y ha d a 1500c c
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The DL650 V-Strom i s a brand-new model f o r 2004. The
motor i s from the SV650, while the rest of the bike is
based on it s bigger b r other, the DL 1000.
