[SPECULATION]

How does 1255 CC, 95 BHP and oodles of torque sound in 9 Lac rupees? That too a practical touring machine with the trademark Japanese no-nonsense reliability. I can already see you drooling! So am I!

Come June 2010, India might just finally see a whole new era in motorcycling touring on legal and affordable high capacity bikes. Suzuki is finally done with brand building using their flagship motorcycles, the Hayabusa and the Intruder, and now it wants us to really get down and dirty with the Bandit 1250. The Bandit might prove to be a motorcycle which can be taken almost anywhere, except places where probably a KTM Adventure (to be launched later this year) would feel more at home. But never the less, gone will be days where man people (who own high capacity bikes) have to take low capacity Indian bikes and rev their socks off in order to get anywhere closer to the three digit mark across the astounding More Plains in Ladakh.
Now the question is, do you think the Bandit 1250 will be a good, practical buy at approx 9 L on road? (considering bikes like R1 and Blade are 13.5 L each on road in Delhi).
Lets speculate, debate and enjoy, but while maintaining the following etiquettes:
• No SMS or Slang English
• No mudslinging or getting personal
• Clean and logical debates invited