A week ago we offered you some images of the ¿V-Strom 700 or DR700?, the trail that now mounts the new parallel twin.
Now we get these spy photos of the same bike that MCN has published, accompanied this time by the naked bike that will replace the SV650 and that for now we will call the Suzuki GS700, honoring the historic parallel twin GS500.
The photos are taken in the same curve where we saw the new trail.
The images show a camouflaged motorcycle, but that allows you to see many of its details.
Aesthetically it follows the line of the latest GSX-S1000, with a new overlapping double headlight. The rest of the lines that can be seen, despite the camouflage, are reminiscent of those of the 1000.
In the cycle part we cannot see the chassis, although everything indicates that it is a tubular steel. The swingarm itself is aluminum, a double arm. Also behind is a monoshock absorber, possibly with linkages. In front we have an inverted fork, of good dimensions.
The front discs mount Nissin radial mount calipers.
The engine is the parallel twin that we saw in last week’s V-Strom and that will replace the reliable and veteran V2 at 90º, which dates back to 1999. We assume that it will be 700 cc since the turbocharged prototype seen in the The Recursion prototype was of this displacement, although it could also reach 750/800 cc. An output of 75-80 CV is expected.
Unlike the trail, the GS700? It has the exhaust under the engine and not with a side outlet.
The instrumentation is by monochrome LCD screen, not TFT. We imagine that it will have the usual driving modes and the usual traction control.
The entire cycle part is different from that of the new V-Strom, which could be called DR (700, 750 or 800), like those first Suzuki adventurers in the 80s.
This bike will become part of the orbit of the parallel twin engine middleweight naked bikes, which make up the Yamaha MT-07, Aprilia Tuono 660, KTM 790 Duke, BMW F900R, Benelli 752s, as well as the future Honda Hornet 750 Let’s also include the Triumph Trident 660 which, despite being three-cylinder, falls squarely into the category…
Will we see the new Suzuki in the fall shows? It’s possible.
