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Old 03-09-2011, 09:40 PM   #3
Phenix_Rider
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Originally Posted by Porkchop View Post
You have the first gen right? How is the wind protection? The fairing on gen 1 looks rather small compared to the new ones.
I like the smooth fairing. And are you kidding? I'm bigger than the entire bike LOL Want a big fairing? Get a ZX14 or busa or fat ST bike... or an HD... blech

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Originally Posted by derf View Post
They replaced it with the gladius, which is way down there with the standards. Since I have never seen one in the wild, I am assuming that it sold rather crapily and really was just a way for suzuki bean counters to take an otherwise decent bike and make it cheaper to build thus also making it crappier and stealing its soul
I didn't care for the gladius I rode. Steering is sketchy and the seat has some horrible ridges. The ER-6n is a better choice.
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