I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE SIMPLICITY OF ONE SOLID COLOUR AND THE ABSENCE OF GARISH GRAPHICS
Suzuki has a long history of producing affordable and fun naked middleweight bikes. In fact, for many riders over 40, Suzuki’s 1996 Bandit 600 will be remembered as the original and possibly the best entry-level middleweight of them all. It was handsome, easy to ride, enormous fun and cheap – and a huge sales success across the world.
In 1999 Suzuki, seemingly with a golden touch for nailing this budget market, introduced the SV650 V-twin. Like the Bandit, it was offered naked or faired and was as undemanding as it was satisfying to own and ride. In time, the SV morphed into the Gladius then, by popular demand, back to the SV – and it is still on sale today.
Now Suzuki is introducing the all-new GSX-8S as, you’ve guessed it, an affordable, fun and easy to ride middleweight. However, despite the ethos being the same as its legendary predecessors, this is a completely new model for Suzuki which, having remained dormant for far too long, has erupted into life with the intention of grabbing a significant slice of the key middleweight market.
The GSX-8S is powered by Suzuki’s
