EICMA 2015 and The Year of the Scrambler

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It's funny, but for me the most interesting news has been something not quite so "new" — the return of Suzuki's SV650. I gave up on waiting around for Honda to release an updated version of the Hawk GT a long time ago. So its kind of fun to see Suzuki pull off what I had long hoped Honda would do by bringing back the SV.

I saw that and almost included it on my post. I was focusing more on the Scrambler trend and what was new or exciting. I see the reintroduced SV as Suzuki seeing the error of their ways. Not saying the Gladius/SFV650 wad bad, but it's hard to justify paying new bike money when a used SV was such a great buy.

I am impressed with the claimed 74 hp they are getting out of the new SV. I will be curious to see if this is yet another revision of that basic engine architecture or if they carried over the Gladius engine and simply revised software and maybe cam timing. A lot of people with the Gen 2 V-strom 650 have been playing around with swapping cams out of the Gen 2 SV engine to gain a little power. It's pretty cheap and easy to do if you already have the valve covers off for a valve adjustment.

The different scramblers really appeal to me, the Guzzi especially. Would love to own one or more of these new models but would never sell my CB. Looks to be a good time to be a motorcyclist.

The Guzzi is the most pure of the new Scrambler crop. I could have one in my garage.