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(04-05-2015, 04:22 PM)pekingduck_imp Wrote: Gladius. What a great bike! What a terrible name! What were they thinking?
btw, the bike looks great with the plastic covers over the frame tubes removed.[/align]
agree on all counts lol. At least they changed the blue/white paint scheme. Yea he was talking about removing the frame covers, he already has a shorty pipe coming for it, and a set of handlebars and bar end mirrors. Farkle fever all around.
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(04-05-2015, 04:22 PM)pekingduck_imp Wrote: Gladius. What a great bike! What a terrible name! What were they thinking?
btw, the bike looks great with the plastic covers over the frame tubes removed.[/align]
Hmmm.. Gladius.
That was the Roman Short Sword (?).
Probably very effective combined with a shield.. but the Suzy Gladius has no shield !
So I guess if I got one and added a windshield, I'd have a Gladius AND a Shield.. ready to battle !
(edit: I'd be a true Gladiator with my Gladius AND a Shield ! sorry, couldn't resist :-) nyuck nyuck nyuck... )
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You could always name your 'Zuk Gladys and that lays open many hyphenated options.
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I believe for 2015 they dropped the Gladius name and just call it an SVF 650, but alas the damage has been done. Everyone knows it's a Gladius lol
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That's the problem with using a cool name from history on an uneducated public.
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I had no idea those were such great looking bikes! I really like that a lot.
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Suzuki should have stayed with the SV name brand to begin with but still a lovely and capable bike. I agree with mickey on the blue and white color scheme though.
here was my 05
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