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Buy used Suzuki B-King properly

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Buy used Suzuki B-King properly

This motorcycle needs persuasion. The mighty format frightens many, but after a test drive everyone is caught under the spell of the king.

Jorg Lohse

02/02/2012


Buy used Suzuki B-King properly

Suzuki B-King from the first model years.

More than ten years ago, the motorcycle community was turned on its head: Suzuki presented a brutal eye-catcher with a supercharged engine from the Hayabusa at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2001. But the B-King remains a pure study for years, even if the scene is hooked and wants the powerhouse. It doesn’t help that ex-racing driver Katja Poensgen appears in the ex-motorcycle magazine “mopped” with the B-King in poster format or that Suzuki dealer Joachim Hertrampf from Nordhorn knitted a Hayabusa into a B-King in 2003 on his own. In 2006 the original was finally available at the Intermot trade fair and almost a year later at dealers. The problem: there it really was. Because in real life, the 184-horsepower part scared off many interested parties with its massive appearance. Pragmatists turned to the B-King, but turned to the comparatively filigree 1250 Bandit. And the PS junkies prefer to stay with the Hayabusa, which scores with real wind protection and touring suitability. “The customer,” says Suzuki dealer Walter Ziegler from Neustadt / Donau, “simply has to experience the motorcycle. Only then does it work! ”Ziegler manages almost 40 B-kings in his customer base:“ After almost every test drive, the motorcycle was as good as sold! ”Because thanks to the first-class chassis, the 259 kilos can be moved almost playfully. “To ride good-naturedly and predictably”, judged the MOTORRAD top test. This is also convincing in the long term. “For my customers,” explains Ziegler, “the B-King is an acquisition for life”.

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Originalheimers will have a hard time finding a B-King that suits their needs. Because the Suzi is usually retrofitted with zero mileage before the handover inspection at the authorized dealer. Biggest construction site: the underseat exhaust hidden under two opulent covers. Nine out of ten B-Kings that Suzuki dealer Frank Flesch from Gelsenkirchen (www.oeler.de) looks after are equipped with accessory rear silencers, but mostly with expensive high-end parts like those from Suzuki’s in-house tuner Yoshimura. This experience is also shared by other Suzuki workshops. Further points of attack for the customizer: license plate holders and LED indicators. It is definitely worth asking about any original parts that are still available when viewing the site. Otherwise, the B-King shines in the authorized workshops with its reliability: “A typical pass-through”, explains the Frankfurt dealer Holger Funk (www.holgers-zweirad-shop.de). Problems are not known, the controller affected by the recall should have been replaced on all B-Kings by now.

Market situation


Buy used Suzuki B-King properly


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Hard to hear: the eye-catching original silencers are frowned upon in the B-King community and are quickly exchanged.

Dedicated dealers who literally press the B-King on their customers’ eyes have no sales problems. For others, on the other hand, new motorcycles built in 2008 and are gathering dust. 2009. Private sellers of used B-Kings can have a hard time: The “old” new vehicles depress the price of well-maintained used vehicles with low mileage. For royal candidates, this means a good basis for tough price negotiations. However, this fact is made more difficult by the only moderately busy private market: B-King drivers are reluctant to move their vehicle out. It really starts at 7,500 euros for 2008 B-Kings, which were first registered in 2007. ABS models are very sparsely offered, for them at least a thousand must be added. Demonstrators and daily permits are available from 10,000 euros. In return, the equivalent value with well-maintained fair-weather machines and an opulent extra list, from the luggage system to the adjustable footrest system.

Price level in euros Years of construction mileage Low 7500-8500 2008/2009 15000-25000
Medium 8500-10000 2009/2010 7500-15000
High 10000-11500 2010/2011 1000-5000 Type in program Sales * WVCR since 2008 2027

* until December 2011

Technical data


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184 PS and 146 Nm of torque promise a lot of driving pleasure.

Type WVCR; Model year 2008

engine
Water-cooled four-cylinder four-stroke in-line engine, four valves per cylinder, wet sump lubrication, injection, regulated catalytic converter with secondary air system, hydraulically operated multi-disc oil bath clutch, six-speed gearbox, O-ring chain.
Bore x stroke 81 x 65 mm
Cubic capacity 1340 cm³
rated capacity 135 kW (184 hp) at 9500 rpm
Max. Torque 146 Nm at 7200 rpm

landing gear
Bridge frame made of aluminum, upside-down fork, fully adjustable, two-arm swing arm made of aluminum, central spring strut with lever system, fully adjustable, steering damper, double disc brake at the front, disc brake at the rear, ABS optionally available.
Cast aluminum wheels 3.50 x 17; 6.00 x 17
Tires 120/70 ZR 17; 200/50 ZR 17

Dimensions + weights
Wheelbase 1525 mm, steering head angle 64.5 degrees, caster 107 mm, spring travel f / r 120/137 mm, seat height * 810 mm, weight with a full tank * 259 kg, payload * 201 kg, tank capacity 16.5 liters.

Measurements
(MOTORCYCLE 20/2007)
Top speed ** 247 km / h
acceleration
0-100 km / h 3.1 sec
0-200 km / h 8.1 sec
Draft
60-140 km / h 7.6 sec
consumption
5.0 l / 100 km (country road), super

* MOTORCYCLE measurements; ** Manufacturer information

Model chronicle


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Markus Jahn

Model GSX 1300 BKA K9 with ABS.

2006 
Five years after the first study was presented in 2001, the series version of the B-King will be presented in autumn at the Intermot motorcycle fair in Cologne.

2008 
First model year of the Suzuki B-King (model GSX 1300 BK K8, type -WVCR) with engine from the Hayabusa throttled to 184 hp due to minor modifications to the airbox and new exhaust system. The first vehicles will be delivered in 2007, the ABS version (GSX 1300 BKA K8) will follow in spring 2008. Colors: matt black and gray / silver, prices: 13,290 euros / 13,590 euros including ABS.

2009 
Model GSX 1300 BKA K9 with ABS and modified control lights in the cockpit (yellow instead of red ABS warning light). Color: white, price: 14,270 euros.

2010
Model GSX 1300 BKA L0 without technical changes, color: blue / white, price: 14,490 euros.

2011 
Technically and visually without changes, price unchanged.

Recall campaign:
Replacement of the regulator / rectifier unit on all models from 2008 to 2010 (K8 to L0).

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