The result is the typical upper-body obsessed muscleman look. The same 100 section front and 140 section rear from the Gixxer is the maximum size Suzuki could use for this level of power before sacrificing on both performance and efficiency. The front section up to the rider seat is quite striking and does a good job of hiding away most of the small engine, but there’s not much Suzuki could do about the relatively skinny tyres. You could very well mistake it for a 400cc bike, or bigger and there in comes the undoing of the design.
So how does it all come together in person? Well, the Intruder is designed after some huge motorcycles and it too is remarkably large in the flesh. At the tail, wide and chunky plastic panels extend a fair bit over the rear wheel, while the rounded grab handle and sleek LED lamp add some flavour of the bigger Intruder and even the Hayabusa. The rear of the fuel tank tapers down towards a wide and accommodating rider seat which is split away from the flat pillion perch. The front of the fuel tank features enormous extensions that swoop down to encompasses a big imitation air duct and a large Intruder logo. Above this lies the informative digital instrument display borrowed from the Gixxer, which sits within an angular cowl. The Intruder offers a similar long and flowing design to the bad-boy M1800, with a head turner of a headlamp and a long fuel tank which looks substantial, but actually holds a litre less than the Gixxer. Boys and girls, brace yourself for the new Intruder, and brace you should, because this bike looks like nothing you’ve ever seen at the price point.īased off its big brothers – the Intruder M1800 and M800 – this motorcycle is billed as a modern, sporty cruiser and it lives up to the sporty bit by sharing a majority of its mechanicals with the Gixxer naked. Now, just a month after that announcement, we’ve got our hands on the first of these premium new motorcycles. Suzuki recently announced that it was moving its focus away from the volume segment and training its sights on premium machines instead.
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