SuzukiSavage.com - Take my money, a twin I'd buy !

zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1459 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Take my money, a twin I'd buy ! 05/22/22 at 00:37:36 When I retired 12 years ago, bike styles were limited to cruisers or pseudo racebikes. Standard bikes are now becoming 'standard', lol! RE, MG Triumph etc. Here's a new one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ttEz2fYifE We need honda, suz, yam to jump back in to this market! Cheers!
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Take my money, a twin I'd buy ! Reply #1 - 05/22/22 at 17:46:14 I would like to see a retro cb450 , parallel twin or a cb360 , cl350 scrambler Better yet a cb500/600 single , thumpers are funner to ride We can only hope. Still ain’t got a BSA in the states yet !
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1459 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Take my money, a twin I'd buy ! Reply #2 - 05/23/22 at 00:02:30 Think how easily Suz could match/beat that new BSA! It is too overweight for me.The challenge for all OEMs is the new Euro-5 emissions. Cheers!
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Take my money, a twin I'd buy ! Reply #3 - 05/23/22 at 08:07:50 Hay I'm thinking Suzuki should get the jump on RE before they come up a 500cc Meteor. Thinking of SINGLES that should be in the marketplace , it seems like prime time right now !
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1459 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Take my money, a twin I'd buy ! Reply #4 - 05/23/22 at 15:14:19 Either that, or go for the whole enchilada, 650 with EFI. Maybe Suz doesn't know anything about singles, lol! Cheers! ps: how soon before mikuni is out of business? pps: saw a mention that the 400 Kaw could be a 4 cyl. Big mistake!
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Reply #5 - 05/23/22 at 16:54:55

Two carburetors is my max. I'd do a 600 parallel twin. No reason for it to weigh more than thirty pounds more. The Savage has a low seat and is light enough for a gimped up old man to handle. And if they would put a decent tank on it so it would make two hundred miles on the slab,and not screw up the seat so hanging bags and strapping a milk crate across the seat would still work like the savage,, well, I'd be excited about that.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Take my money, a twin I'd buy ! Reply #6 - 05/23/22 at 17:55:32 Two carburetors is my max. I'd do a 600 parallel twin. No reason for it to weigh more than thirty pounds more. Sounds like the RE 650 ?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28996 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Take my money, a twin I'd buy ! Reply #7 - 05/23/22 at 19:50:55 Ah, but if it's new, it will be EFI. all managed by computer.
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Reply #8 - 05/24/22 at 03:05:31

A 400cc twin with 45HP would be plenty of engine to get the job done well for a bike that would be ridden solo (not two up touring)......it could keep up with the 70-75mph speeds that folks run on the highway just fine. While we might like to ride slower on back roads - there are always those places where you have to get on an interstate for a while.

Honda could do a similar bike very easily by using their CB500F engine in a retro style "standard" bike.

Doing a similar bike in a single cylinder would require a 500cc or larger engine to provide the needed HP to work on US highways. And just like the BSA it will likely need to be water cooled as part of the process of making an emission compliant/fuel injected modern engine.

Would I buy a new bike? Probably not - I am pretty darn happy with the bikes I have right now.

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Reply #9 - 05/24/22 at 13:08:13

That is a very nice looking bike and since it appears to have the same engine as the Z400, it will definitely have all the power you need for highway cruising and for making most other bikes look bad in the 0-60 acceleration. I believe the Z400 does 0-60 in 4.4 seconds. I test drove the Z400 just before Covid hit and I was seriously considering buying one and was just waiting for the 2nd test ride which never happed because of Covid. That's ok, I got the Honda Shadow Spirit 1100 instead and quite happy with it. The Z400 though was a blast to ride. Handles great. Acceleration is amazing. Very light weight. But it is definitely meant for a shorter guy shut as myself. The only thing if I remember correctly the mpg was less than exciting for a 400cc engine. Nonetheless, I believe it was still in the 50 mpg range.

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