Suzuki owners

carstensdj said:
There's nothing wrong with it, but to pick that over everything else available is what I don't understand. It's like saying of all the Toyota's a person could buy they want an Avanza or something... Like really?
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Well think of it this way, of allll the woman in South Africa you chose your wife>?
 
https://www.carmag.co.za/news/new-suzuki-swift-disappoints-global-ncap-crash-test/

Global NCAP has released a new crash-test result, with the fourth-generation Suzuki Swift “falling short” on safety and scoring just two stars.

The model tested was an Indian-spec Swift, built by Maruti Suzuki (which also produces the hatchback for the South African market). As with the SA-spec model, it comes standard with two airbags and Isofix child-seat anchors.

The Indian-spec Swift scored two stars for adult occupant protection and two stars for child occupant protection (as opposed to the three stars registered by the European model in an earlier Euro NCAP test). Its bodyshell was rated "unstable".

Global NCAP says the two-star result for adult occupants was “due to high compression to the driver chest, unstable structure and poor protection for the feet explained by pedal displacement on the driver side”. The child occupant protection score of two stars, meanwhile, was explained by “the forward-facing positioning of the 18-month-old dummy in the test, offering low protection”, plus the “low protection offered to the chest of the three-year-old dummy”.

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Maruti Suzuki builds vehicles with unstable bodyshells/structures it seems.
 
joshuatree said:
https://www.carmag.co.za/news/new-suzuki-swift-disappoints-global-ncap-crash-test/

The model tested was an Indian-spec Swift, built by Maruti Suzuki (which also produces the hatchback for the South African market).

Global NCAP has released a new crash-test result, with the fourth-generation Suzuki Swift “falling short” on safety and scoring just two stars.

The model tested was an Indian-spec Swift, built by Maruti Suzuki (which also produces the hatchback for the South African market). As with the SA-spec model, it comes standard with two airbags and Isofix child-seat anchors.

The Indian-spec Swift scored two stars for adult occupant protection and two stars for child occupant protection (as opposed to the three stars registered by the European model in an earlier Euro NCAP test). Its bodyshell was rated "unstable".

Global NCAP says the two-star result for adult occupants was “due to high compression to the driver chest, unstable structure and poor protection for the feet explained by pedal displacement on the driver side”. The child occupant protection score of two stars, meanwhile, was explained by “the forward-facing positioning of the 18-month-old dummy in the test, offering low protection”, plus the “low protection offered to the chest of the three-year-old dummy”.

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Maruti Suzuki builds vehicles with unstable bodyshells/structures it seems.
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We seem to get all the Indian and Thai built "****" down here... I miss the 80's and 90's when we actually got PROPER cars
 
carstensdj said:
Pretty dumb comparison, lol.
Not sure sh1z you into but I didn't pay for my wife, nor was she a lineup in a window or magazine.
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Nee man, what I'm trying to say is that's the one you like and screw anyone who has anything to say about it.
 
Like other posters here I am also very underwhelmed by the current Swift, I prefer the previous generation, this one just looks cheap, something about the rear screams Datsun Go.
 
CT_Biker said:
Honestly these are actually great bikes. Fugly, but great.
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They always looked way better to me than their softroad cousins, the V-Strom.

I seem to have a soft spot for V-twins overall, now that I do think of it. Something about that exhaust note when paired with a nice Akra/Remus/Yoshi/Termignoni :love:
 
PhireSide said:
They always looked way better to me than their softroad cousins, the V-Strom.

I seem to have a soft spot for V-twins overall, now that I do think of it. Something about that exhaust note when paired with a nice Akra/Remus/Yoshi/Termignoni :love:
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I rode an SV-1000 for a while, surprisingly forgiving bike.
The only thing I can compare it to is the VTR1000 SP2....please excuse me, I have a semi I need to tend to.
 
PhireSide said:
I'd like a Suzuki, but it has to be this one:

sv650s_2.jpg
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At least yearn for the SV1000.
 
CT_Biker said:
Honestly these are actually great bikes. Fugly, but great.
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No one said they were bad bikes :giggle: I just couldn't believe that an SV650 was the pinnacle of his hopes and dreams... Oke needs to live a little :p @PhireSide (You know I'm just messing though)
I don't disagree that they're great, reliable bikes because they are. They just a bit... ?boring? compared to other Suz bikes.

Hyosung (Korean bike maker) used the SV650 for their GTR650 Superbike. It was an awesome looking bike when it came out and still is in my opinion. They are great fun but go ride a CBR600RR or GSX600R or my personal favorite, the Daytona 675, and you realize that as trustworthy and reliable and fun (at first) the SV (or GTR650) is... It's boring compared to the others. It's a comfortable daily commuter though.
 
The Swift has a tiny boot and the new one has a bad NCAP rating (2 stars). I'm looking at the Baleno myself.
 
I have an Ignis, not 2 years old and it is slowly busy falling apart. The one bolster in the driver's seat has ripped and has basically collapsed. It does not have a frame, just a piece of foam glues on, It also has started creaking something awe full, it sounds like you are sitting on a church bench. Some of the plastic bits around some of the buttons are coming loose. The black pillars next to the windscreen has discolored.

It is also not a real comfy ride.

The one thing I will give it is that it is economical.

Given what I know now, I would have stayed away. My first and last Suzuki.
 
carstensdj said:
No one said they were bad bikes :giggle: I just couldn't believe that an SV650 was the pinnacle of his hopes and dreams... Oke needs to live a little :p @PhireSide (You know I'm just messing though)
I don't disagree that they're great, reliable bikes because they are. They just a bit... ?boring? compared to other Suz bikes.

Hyosung (Korean bike maker) used the SV650 for their GTR650 Superbike. It was an awesome looking bike when it came out and still is in my opinion. They are great fun but go ride a CBR600RR or GSX600R or my personal favorite, the Daytona 675, and you realize that as trustworthy and reliable and fun (at first) the SV (or GTR650) is... It's boring compared to the others. It's a comfortable daily commuter though.
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I guess my younger self had dreams that weren't too ambitious, but I do remember the SV650s being R36k brand new out of the box in one of the issues of BikeSA, and the SV1000s was around R53k as well. I think growing up around bikes I guess that was, in my mind, quite achievable as it was a relatively affordable. Most superbikes of the era were R100k+.

I do remember the Hyosung bikes as well, think they made that V-twin bike and then a cruiser too, it could have been called the Aquila??

I had, many moons ago, a Yamaha XT550 that I unfortunately wrote off on a dirt road outside Steytlerville about ten years ago, and the KLR650 I had I also sold last year when I bought a house.

Come to think of it I've ridden many bikes over the years, off the top of my head that I can remember:

Honda CTX200
Honda MTX200
Honda TransAlp 650
Honda CBR600RR
Kawasaki KX125
Suzuki GSX-R750
Suzuki Bandit 400
Suzuki Djebel 200
Suzuki Djebel 250
Suzuki Freewind 650 (Very underrated bike IMHO)
BMW F800GS
Yamaha TTR-250
Buell XB12S

I wasn't particularly impressed with the CBR600 as I felt too big for the bike. I'm not exactly large either, 75kg and 1.7m. It felt like a toy to me, if I am being honest, but it was quite nimble through the turns. The GSX-R750 pulls really well, but the power delivery at lower revs felt unnatural. It was an absolute screamer above 10k rpm though. Of the above I have the fondest memories of the Buell for the gobs of torque in that small frame, the Freewind for the smoothness of it on the open road (for a thumper) and the F800GS for the very smooth and forgivable power delivery. But that Buell though. I am still upset that they don't manufacture them anymore :(

Sorry for the thread derail:p
 
dielaksman said:
I have an Ignis, not 2 years old and it is slowly busy falling apart. The one bolster in the driver's seat has ripped and has basically collapsed. It does not have a frame, just a piece of foam glues on, It also has started creaking something awe full, it sounds like you are sitting on a church bench. Some of the plastic bits around some of the buttons are coming loose. The black pillars next to the windscreen has discolored.

It is also not a real comfy ride.

The one thing I will give it is that it is economical.

Given what I know now, I would have stayed away. My first and last Suzuki.
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It also comes from India right? What you are describing sounds like most Indian built cars, it is across the range, not just Suzuki, the Toyota Etios is the same.
 
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