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beansbaxter

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posted September 30, 2005 06:40 PM

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trenace

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posted September 30, 2005 07:21 PM

Holy shit! Suzuki is surprising me with that one!

If looks are any judge (of course they are only a very limited judge), a very nice piece of work. And to my eye anyway this is Suzuki's best styling effort ever, and by a very large margin.

Of course that winds up a poor way of putting it, as it could easily be, though it's not intended to be, damning with faint praise, as Suzuki historically and always has had easily and far and away the poorest eye of any of the Japanese manufacturers. So describing it simply as the best Suzuki has done leaves the statement rather unclear.

From this angle, all but the unfortunately-obligatory-for-Suzuki absurdly oversized "R GSX" logo and absurdly oversized SUZUKI logo on the belly pan, the bike looks very good indeed. Perhaps they are removable; or if the "R GSX" one is integrated with the stripes in that section and is removable as a whole, that also would work.

Very nice work by Suzuki on the overall appearance. New, unexpected, and aesthetic.

lizard

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posted October 01, 2005 07:48 PM

Dat is dope!

trenace

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posted October 01, 2005 09:34 PM

Edited By: trenace on 1 Oct 2005 22:37

BTW here it is with a simulation of being minus the logos...

I'd be interested to know the story of this design. Ain't no way this was designed by Suzuki's previously-existing personnel IMO... a sweet job, something never before sayable of a Zook:

trenace

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posted October 01, 2005 10:51 PM

Edited By: trenace on 2 Oct 2005 00:43

Another pic, from Raptors and Rockets -- actually the pic is unlabeled and so I don't promise this is the 750, if it's the case that the 600 may have the same look (dunno):

Update: just saw more pics in Sport Rider. Ah shit. The nose contour, which one cannot see in the first pic and not well in the second, one cannot see for good reason. It's the typical-of-late Suzuki ugly / awkward / ugly nose that just does not work at all visually, nor do I think is the right way to do ram air either. What a fuck-up: the rest of the bike has these excellent curved and flowing shapes, leading only into an ugly needle-plow nose. Does not fit at all.

You have to wonder, what the hell. Perhaps some talented guy or guys did all the rest of the bike, and some senior asshole demanded, You put this nose on the bike.

It's a real shame. A rounded, flowing nose that blended organically with the rest of the bike would have made this Suzuki a killer, a standout, the first truly beautiful Suzuki. Instead, it's another Suzuki abortion from anywhere you can see the nose.

(BTW, their car division is no better. Don't know what it is what that company, they have always had just the worst eye. However I still give considerable credit for the REST of this bike.)

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