New Katana ?

[fossie]

Yeah Pedda I have seen this.....but it is quite an old clip and I am so hoping that there is an update, because this is ....well non descript , if it didn't have th same graphics font as a Kat it would be just
an ..other motorcycle issued by any of the manufacturers .
Clearly touring and pillions are not expected from this either.

So here's hoping that it has been tweeked!

[PaulD]

https://youtu.be/mN1hphcxUN0

Well if it looks like that I would buy one
Mmmm, I wonder how much I would I will get for mine in part exchange

[johnr]

this isnt a suzuki though, not official from the factory anyhow, th bike in these vids is a mock up made by the french suzuki importers, its not official.

[pookie]

True John, but it was an Italian magazine who commissioned the earlier bike, but the last video clearly shows the same tank as the one on that one-off prototype bike, Suzuki are saying it will be a totally new class of bike which leans towards a turbocharged twin engine, if Suzuki just bung a bodykit on the existing GSX1000s (which is basically what Kawasaki did with the Z900rs by tweaking the Z900) there could be a lot of egg on a lot of faces.

[Pedda]

Well, I'm nosey, but nobody would ever see me visiting INTERMOT again. Too bad of an experience when I been there back in the day. I'll wait for proper official info.

[Uncle Bob]

Well, I'm nosey, but nobody would ever see me visiting INTERMOT again. Too bad of an experience when I been there back in the day. I'll wait for proper official info.

I was sort of tempted by a road trip to go and see (in the car), but maybe not then! Not a good show?

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Not sure from the small clip you see if it looks like it would be a "completely new category". Reading the Bennetts review linked above, it kind of made sense the twin cylinder 700cc turbo, as it would at least make the new Katana something different in it's own category, cutting edge(ish) - it sort of changed my mind that actually the twin would be a good idea, rather than a GSX-S re-cloth.

Looking at the video and freeze framing it looks like it might be a 4 cylinder so the GSX-S idea comes back. It does look fairly close ( from what I can see ) to the Motociclismo Katana from 2017 ). I guess based on the Z900RS it's going to be around a £10K bike, and if you didn't have a 1100 Katana already, that would buy you a nice one plus a 750 popup to keep it company (with prices that will rise), but then I am not possibly the market they are looking at.

They should have played the retro even more and got Target Design to give some input...

We'll see next week.

[Pedda]

Well, I'm nosey, but nobody would ever see me visiting INTERMOT again. Too bad of an experience when I been there back in the day. I'll wait for proper official info.

I was sort of tempted by a road trip to go and see (in the car), but maybe not then! Not a good show?

Long story.
They were advertising the very first INTERMOT back in the ninetees, location was Munich those days. In order to also attract bikers from far away, which I was, they announced that there would be sleeping places on the fairground in large tents, to be reserved free of charge for everyone. Campfire, beer, fuel talks after the exhibition. So I call there to reserve a place. Answer: we cannot accept reservations. We expect a too big rush, there can be no consideration for individual fates.
So I should travel 700km without knowing if I can sleep somewhere? Okay, so I put all my camping gear on the Katana and leave for Munich at four in the morning. Once arriving there I notice that I am the only motorcyclist on the whole area until then. A huge tent with straw beds and tumbleweeds. I unpacked the Katana and carried my stuff to the reception, threw everything on the counter. Then off to the exhibition, which was really well attended, to be honest. But there were still only a handful of bikers. The rest were businessmen in pinstripes pulling their laptop trolleys behind them. If I was interested in anything, they pushed me out of the market stalls.

Once I wanted to know something about stainless steel covered speedo cables that were really nice. Counter question After he locked up and down in me with a snobbish smile: "How many of these do you intend to buy?
I: "Well, one." Then I was fobbed off with a business card and the words that I should get in touch with them in the next few weeks. Which I never did, of course.

As for the bikes that were shown there, an estimated 90% were Chinese 125cc motorcycles. Never thought there would be so many manufacturers there.

At the end of the day I picked up my stuff from the counter and went towards the campground. I was actually the only biker who planned to stay overnight there. Fuel conversations would have been a bit boring, they just didn't want to start a campfire for me either. So in a kind of strange mood I packed the Katana again and went back home my 700km again at full throttle. Arrival exactly 24 sins after departure.

That was my first and my last visit of INTERMOT. An Exhibition not for the Biker, but for the businessmen.

[Uncle Bob]

I can see why that left a bad taste...

I have a client who runs an ATV parts supply (amongst other vehicle related business) and he tends to go so your "An Exhibition not for the Biker, but for the businessmen" tends to ring true I guess. He does like the beer though! I'll ask him to get some pictures.

Looking at the few glimpses of the bike so far it looks to me like the mock up they did last year, so I don't really think it will be worth making a trip for.

[pookie]

Looking at that last video it really does look like Suzuki are going to unveil a gsx 1000s with a bodykit similar to the one shown at the Italian show last year, under the first video on you tube there is the bold statement 'ON 2ND OCTOBER, A COMPLETELY NEW CATEGORY AND BRAND NEW BIKE WILL BE BORN' sounds like more fake news, Donald Trump will be proud of that one.

[PaulD]

Mmmm, Brembo radial brakes, upside down forks, looks like a four cylinder motor (Hayabusa?) four into one with big underslung silencer, Kat style bodywork
Yup I’ll have one please mr Suzuki