Suzuki V-Strom 650 XT Teased; Other Big Bikes Discontinued

Suzuki Motorcycles India has crossed the barriers of stringent BS6 emission norms with their small capacity bikes and scooters whereas the big bikes are yet to clear the emission norms. Suzuki India has recently teased the new and updated V-Strom 650 XT which will be launched soon with BS6 compliance. However, all the other sports bikes and superbikes Suzuki India had on offer has been discontinued and there is no confirmation on their relaunch.

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Suzuki has listed down the holy Hayabusa, GSX S750, V-Strom 1000, GSX S1000 and GSX R1000. All these five bikes have been discontinued and there is no word on their come back. Suzuki Hayabusa is an ageing product and has been discontinued in the European markets last year. We might not get to see the relaunch of the legendary Hayabusa again. However, we expect Suzuki will launch the GSX 750 again with a BS6 compliant engine while the others are yet to be considered.

The upcoming Suzuki V-Strom 650 XT will draw power from the same 645cc liquid-cooled V-twin engine which, in BS4 guise, used to churn out 71 hp and 62 Nm of torque with power channelling to the rear wheel via a 6-speed manual gearbox. In the BS6 guise, power output is expected to remain the same as well. The launch of the V-Strom will happen just after the lockdown lifts off. The current V-Strom was priced from Rs 7.52 lakhs ex-showroom. We might see a minor revision in the price of the new BS6 model.

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While there is still some time left for the launch of bigger Suzuki sports bikes like GSX 750 and GSX 1000 series, Suzuki has updated all their small motorcycles like Gixxer 150 and 250 series with BS6 compliance. Suzuki Intruder, Gixxer 150, Gixxer SF 150, Gixxer 250 and Gixxer SF 250 are listed on the website with BS6 compliant engines. However, the pricing of the 250cc models isn't out yet. Not only bikes, Suzuki Access 125 and Burgman Street have also been updated with BS6 compliant engines.