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Question New bikes arriving soon - Suzuki, BMW, Yamaha and what else?
In lots of other threads there are various references to what bikes may be offered to the public in 2008, and this is the time of year for the rumour mill to work overtime - just in front of the bike show season that will kick off in the near future.

So, here is a thread to pull together all of the rumours that will be around in the next few months - one place where you can spread the information that you have seen or heard somewhere else, but, hopefully, some information that has a modicum of substance to the story!


I have just picked up the August copy of the freebie Motorcycle Monthly that is distributed here in the UK: MOTOR CYCLE MONTHLY NEWSPAPER - FREE Motorcycle Newspaper for real riders - www.motorcyclemonthly.co.uk
This "confirms" that Suzuki are bringing out a 450cc motocrosser, RM-Z450, with fuel injection for about £4500 list price (does anyone pay list price for a brand new bike nowadays?). Available around Nov 07 for those who are holding their breath at present. I guess that the 450 motor will turn up in other Suzi models in due course.

So, what else is new??
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Hmm, when, at what price and how will it differ from the current Supermoto model would be nice to know (or at least have some amount of rumour in circulation!).
So, when does it arrive in the Netherlands?

Here in the UK you can now have the BMW HP2 in supermoto version for around £12500 (same source of information as my first post) unless you negotiate a discount with your dealer - could be the bargain to have between now and Christmas!
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Yamaha ...the world gets the "new" Tenere" but not the US,
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What new Tenere?

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What new Tenere?

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Ian,
This one, if the speculation is correct (hence my post to see if there is any substance to all of the rumours that go around and come around):-

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...a-tenere-28195
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Cool bmw gs800 dakar
looks like the new dakar will be inline twin same as f800s due early 2008 same weight as gs650 dakar
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honda xr250l
can you buy one of these in the uk or is there another 250 dirtbike you can register, these are $9000 nz
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can you buy one of these in the uk or is there another 250 dirtbike you can register, these are $9000 nz
kiwiron,
Here's what Honda are importing into the UK, officially, at present:-

Honda (UK) - Motorcycles

Not a very inspiring range for dual sport, considering how little things have changed for so long now (that will be another new paint colour for this year then!); maybe Honda are happy with their sales figures and won't change, but you might think there would be some developments and announcements soon, in light of what their competitors are doing (not to mention Euro 3 exhaust emission rules which should turn everyone toward FI).

For the "08 Dakar": have you heard something new? There are lots of stories around (see my post of about 3 days ago on here).

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new dakar
the dakar info was from a local dealer that had an e-mail from bmw,looks like yam will have a wr250 road legal in uk/us.
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the dakar info was from a local dealer that had an e-mail from bmw,looks like yam will have a wr250 road legal in uk/us.

True = WR250R.
There is at least one other thread asking questions about this bike; it weighs about 20 Kg more than the F model, but I have no idea where that weight comes from!


Footnote.
There is a thread running in the Yam Tech that tells the tale about the weight; an Alu frame has become steel basically.
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Here's what Honda are importing into the UK, officially, at present:-

Honda (UK) - Motorcycles

Not a very inspiring range for dual sport, considering how little things have changed for so long now (that will be another new paint colour for this year then!); maybe Honda are happy with their sales figures and won't change, but you might think there would be some developments and announcements soon, in light of what their competitors are doing (not to mention Euro 3 exhaust emission rules which should turn everyone toward FI).

For the "08 Dakar": have you heard something new? There are lots of stories around (see my post of about 3 days ago on here).

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It appears that Honda will have a developed Transalp for 08:-

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...524#post151896

Shame that the Honda UK webpage does not tell anything about it, but I suppose it would not do to reveal too much, too soon (even if Yamaha & Kawasaki, to name 2, have got their whole 08 range on their webs).
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Kawi's back in the dual sport game too...
Check out the new KLX250S.
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