Comments on: Suzuki Goes After Kawasaki and Honda with Inexpensive Parallel Twin – The Inazuma 250 (Bike Reports) (News)

By: strogateta

strogateta — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:15:08 +0000

there are only four things this one needs to sell on the european market:

1) lose the B-king styling (yikes..) and use a more conventional round headlight etc.
2) shorten the tail-section
3) use beefier forks
4) stick pricing that’s aware of how good the CBR and Ninja actually are.

a tough call, yet we somehow need a naked “Bandit”-style 250 in this ever-growing
category.

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By: David Martin

David Martin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:57:10 +0000

I don’t mind the looks of this bike at all and I’d like to see a three-way with the Ninja 250 and the new CBR250R. However, Honda made a huge mistake as far as I’m concerned when they had the perfectly good VTR250 in the Asian/Aussie market. Look it up on YouTube and you’ll see, it’s an amazing quarter-liter bike.

By: George Krpan

George Krpan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:32:33 +0000

The above photos don’t do justice.
I saw some Youtube vids and it changed my mind about the looks.
I know it adds weight but I really like the way the twin exhausts look.

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By: MarkyMark

MarkyMark — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:15:56 +0000

Hear, hear! I wish that the TU250 came in a bigger size; I could go for a TU500 though…

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By: George Duncan

George Duncan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:43:56 +0000

Over the weekend,I left a post here commenting on how much I dislike the appearance of this bike. You must have a Suzuki-loving editor…because he deleted my message. Touchy-touchy!!

Well, maybe this post is watered down enough to pass muster, yet still get the message across. I repeat: I doubt that Honda is real worried about this bike vs the CBR250R.

By: mickey

mickey — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:28:23 +0000

by jove, I think you’ve got it!

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By: Artem

Artem — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:52:44 +0000

7800$ for Kawasaki Ninjia 250R is not too much for a motorcycle in the center of Russia.
It’s OK.
So. we do not know the prices for this this thing, because, this style is more known” i think

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By: todd

todd — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:48:46 +0000

OK, take off the side pods, simplify the front fender, put a regular, round headlight on it (and call it a Bandit two-fifty)and they might have something here.

Judging by the fact that it is impossible to get the TU250 here in California I imagine Suzuki never gave bringing this bike to the US much thought at all. Meanwhile, Kawasaki and now Honda are selling untold thousands of their 250′s here.

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By: westcanguy

westcanguy — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:19:22 +0000

Whats with the negative comments? It’s an entry level bike for teenagers, first timers and women just getting into riding. I doubt any of you fall into that. The bike doesn’t work for you. I get that…but the bike wasn’t built for you. Suzuki needs to have a bike in this class because Kawasaki and Honda has sold a buttload of them. I think in the next few years, we’re going to see a bunch of new bikes in the 250-650 range. Affordability and huge mileage is what it will all be about.

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By: Geo. Duncan

Geo. Duncan — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:43:21 +0000

Too bad it’s so effing ugly, like most Suzukis. I doubt that Honda is real worried…