[JtownJJA]

I’m starting to see rumors flying around on the Ohio Rider sites that Suzuki will not be sending any new 2010 street bike models here to the USA. They’re saying that there are currently too many 2009 models still on sales floors… more than enough to meet the 2010 demand. This is, again, an unconfirmed rumor. Obviously not what I wanted to hear, but difficult times call for difficult measures.

Here’s a link to one article…. http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/11/no-2010-suzukis-planned.html
(I’m not sure how reliable the site is.)

[Bob Harley]

After reading the above article, I looked up the suzuki website for USA which only shows 07 to 09 models, while the Canadian website has 09 and 10 models.

http://www.suzukicycles.com/Product%20Lines/Cycles.aspx

http://moto.suzuki.ca/Product%20Lines/Cycles.aspx

If this is true, they must be trying to control inventory by limiting supply. I wonder how this will affect Suzuki’s image long term and demand for their products? I guess they could wait till Summer and surprise everyone with “early” 2011 models? As a global company, they should be able to weather this, but what does that say for the USA if major motorcycle company writes our market off as a lost cause?

Maybe if we wait a few more weeks they will change their minds…

[eon]

The link now has Suzuki USA confirming this is true. Should mean you are able to get a good deal on a new Suzuki I would think. Are they suffering more than other brands?

[briderdt]

Or just making a smart decision? Only time will tell.

[SantaCruzRider]

If you’d have seen their booth at the Nor Cal Cycle World show this weekend, you’d have thought that they were already out of business and are just liquidating their stock. They had more quads than bikes.
It’s too bad.

[eternal05]

Might be a good time to check out that DR-Z I keep talkin’ about. Local dealer is doin’ 20% off all purchases for black friday and 1% APR financing for 5 years….

I’ll let you guys know how it goes.

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