ppl are so stuck on I 4s.. i mean i love them too but there are better bikes than whatppl see on TV .. my SV will STOMP any other 600 class bike on a track... they are great for evey day use and sharp bikes. I love going to a bike meet and ppl look at my SV more than any gixxer.. suzuki is ******* stupied to get rid of the SV line up
whoa there deathwish... think you might be letting your anger on the issue take you a bit overboard there as thats a mighty tall claim.
Also , going out and buying a new SV tomorrow isnt going to solve the problem, as the higher ups have already decided. A quick spike in sales isnt going to bring the bike back.
Now as it was said before, could they be taking it in and doing a redesign and bring a bike, similar back in another year? Maybe. Could they be making room in their lineup for a new bike? Maybe.
Companies dont just go and discontinue a bike for no reason. The SV1000 went away because it wasnt producing numbers, and it was the 3rd 1000cc bike in their lineup and i guess was down at the bottom of the barrel. It also didnt have any competition, as its a 1000cc road bike. THe RC51 went away because Honda didnt need another race bred 1000cc bike, let alone one that was obsolete.
The surprising thing about this is the Kawasaki Ninja 650. There havent been any claims of the production of this bike stopping.
But overall the world stage is what we have to look at.
Yes europe gets a lot of cool bikes that we dont get. Why? Because a majority of their people use them for actual transportation and they sell very well. When you look at the States, the motorcycle is seen more as a toy or a recreation vehicle. And you also see that a very large amount of riders in the states are, forgive my bias, posers. You've got a huge amount of guys that buy harleys or metric cruisers, to either trailer them or polish them, and do the occasional weekend ride when the weather is between 75 and 85 and there is 0% chance of rain. Then you've got the sportbike posers who want to be all big and bad, so they need the biggest and the baddest bike out there. They'll ride to bike night, or hit the canyons on the occasional weekend.
IF you polled all the motorcycle owners in the states, not just those out on forums, because we know what we are, we're fanatics, I'd wager that between 1/4 to 1/2 of those who own a motorcycle do not use it to commute to work.
And to be fair I know of people at both ends of the spectrum on both kinds of bikes, those that ride to work everyday and those that when I call them and say lets go for a ride I get a weather report of "its too hot, its too cold, theres a 10% chance of rain, i just polished my bike..."
So while yes, the SV is a great all around bike, good on the track, good on the street, its not what sells here in the states in huge numbers, those are sportsbikes and cruisers.
Think of it this way. If you sell apples, oranges, and strawberries, and the apples sell well, and the strawberries sell well, but the oranges dont see nearly as much as either one of the two, wouldnt you consider removing some of the oranges to make room for the other things that you are selling well???
BTW i believe the Hyosung GT650R is made with SV components. That could verywell be another reason to get out of the market, as it would kill off a competitor
