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How on Earth did a centrestand become a non-common feature on a street bike?

If I'm the "target demograpic", they missed the target.

I actually like the look of this (limited edition) one:

https://suzukicycles.com/katana

To be honest, though, if I were to buy a Suzuki (a brand I like), it'd be a GSX-R 750Z.

Sounds interesting 🤔 Nice colour too😉

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #3

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #2

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How on Earth did a centrestand become a non-common feature on a street bike?

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when the Japanese noticed people started removing them to save weight rather than go on a diet. Not sure when it happened but was certainly common when I started riding in the early 90s. I had to buy a paddock stand for my first big bike, a Honda NX650 Dominator.

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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #5

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If I'm the "target demograpic", they missed the target.

To be honest, though, if I were to buy a Suzuki (a brand I like), it'd be a GSX-R 750Z.

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If I had to buy a bike from one of the big 4, this would be the most likely candidate.

I could live without a center-stand but this (and XR) desperately need shaft drive, even as an option given their touring orientation. I like the whitey-silver version.

Usually when commenting down this line on the internet I get some pushback regarding 'loss of power' shaft over chain but we're talking 1000cc 150hp machines... you can run a shaft drive with couplings around the entire bike and back to the wheel and it would put down more power than 90% can use

I walked past a Suzuki dealership (Cresent) at the weekend and almost without exception the bikes were ugly, with cheap looking plastics in terminally dull colours. Ok the Hyabusa looked good, but the 800s and various other models were uniformly bland. Ok I know opinions are like …. But if the models I saw were anything to go by the XR can sleep easy for now.

Zitat von Valks im Beitrag #10

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I could live without a center-stand but this (and XR) desperately need shaft drive, even as an option given their touring orientation. I like the whitey-silver version.

Usually when commenting down this line on the internet I get some pushback regarding 'loss of power' shaft over chain but we're talking 1000cc 150hp machines... you can run a shaft drive with couplings around the entire bike and back to the wheel and it would put down more power than 90% can use

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Zitat von Valks im Beitrag #10

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I could live without a center-stand but this (and XR) desperately need shaft drive, even as an option given their touring orientation. I like the whitey-silver version.

Usually when commenting down this line on the internet I get some pushback regarding 'loss of power' shaft over chain but we're talking 1000cc 150hp machines... you can run a shaft drive with couplings around the entire bike and back to the wheel and it would put down more power than 90% can use

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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #13

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I believe, apart from the Goldwing, Japan has no shaft drive bikes since the FJR was binned.

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