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da's effort to allow "entrants to
race in MotoGP at a lower cost
starting from next season."
Development of the model is
currently slightly behind schedule,
but HRC tested the bike at the
Twin Ring Motegi circuit with an
unnamed test rider – May 23-24.
Honda plans to finalize development and introduce the new
model by the end of this year.
"The test showed more than
what we had expected, in particular, with its running perfor-
mance," said Nakamoto. "We
are very pleased at this stage
and we will announce more in
the not too distant future."
The price of the bike is expected to be around $1 million
Euro.
FIRST LOOK: THE NEW B.O.S.S.
A
pparently, one Boss wasn't
enough for Suzuki with the
introduction last week of three
additional blacked-out Suzuki
Boulevard cruisers – the Boulevard C90 B.O.S.S., the Boulevard M109R B.O.S.S. and the
Boulevard C50 B.O.S.S.
Much of the look and performance of the 2013 C90T
B.O.S.S. stays, but Suzuki
opted to strip away the touring
bike's windshield and factoryissued hard bags to deliver a
new Blacked Out Special Suzuki (B.O.S.S.) in classic fashion. The new C90 (90 cubic
inches/1462cc)
B.O.S.S.
features black treatments on
wheels, forks, exhaust, engine
covers and more.
The 2014 Suzuki Boulevard
M109R B.O.S.S. also gets new
styling with black wheels, handlebars, mufflers, fork tubes, engine covers, brake calipers and
more. The styling on the M109R
also includes a Marble Daytona
Yellow complement coloring
atop the gas tank, fenders and
headlight, and in detailed wheel
striping.
Based on one of Suzuki's
best-selling cruisers, the 2014
Suzuki Boulevard C50 B.O.S.S.
brings the same sleek appeal to
the middleweight cruiser class.
From its cast wheels to the handlebars and all along the slashcut mufflers, what was chrome
is now abundantly black.
The expanded family of
Suzuki Boulevard B.O.S.S.
cruisers will begin arriving
in Suzuki dealerships
across the U.S.
beginning in late
July.
