Ultimate Edition: crisis puts an end to Suzuki B-King

The adventure of the B-King is coming to an end: Suzuki France has just announced the arrival of a limited edition of only ten copies with the unequivocal name: the Ultimate Edition, available from mid-June…

The B-King adventure is coming to an end: Suzuki France has just announced the arrival of a limited edition of only ten copies with the unequivocal name: the Ultimate Edition, available from mid-June…

Suzuki unveiled a rather daring concept bike in Tokyo 10 years ago: the B-King (read). "The B-King was a real challenge for Suzuki," Hamamatsu brand managers remind Site.

Bye bye B-King !

"The objective of this model was not to seek volumes, but to improve Suzuki’s brand image through its unique design and maximum speed for the roadster category. At the time of this model’s launch in 2007 , we already knew that we would have a limited number of customers for this model ".

Presented in its road version duly approved in 2006, the "Transformers motorcycle" (read our), "unique in motorcycle production, will have been sold in France in more than 1500 copies", however welcomes Suzuki..

But "after the global economic crisis, we were forced to reduce our production capacity to concentrate on optimizing production", Suzuki tells us: "through this process, we unfortunately had to stop the B-King. "…

The time has therefore come for the B-King to retire: "the L0 production was the last", confirms Suzuki who offered him a limited edition for his departure: "a white / blue color unheard of in France", with part cycle, black engine and exhaust pipes, and gold rims.

Available from mid-June, these ten units equipped with ABS will therefore be "the last 10 B-King available in France and the only ones in this color", insists the French subsidiary. The price is set at € 13,999, or 2,000 euros more than the “other” latest B-King ABS, and 1,000 € more than those equipped with Yoshimura.

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