The news comes as a reason to rejoice for all biking enthusiasts. It has finally been confirmed that Suzuki will be launching the 250cc sportbike, labelled the GSX-R250 (Gixxer 250). We expect the quarter-litre bike to be unveiled at the 2016 International Motorcycle, Scooter and E-Bike Fair. Also, a new spy picture of the bike has surfaced online and is most likely that of the production version of the motorcycle. The said bike, completely masked in blue guise, was first spied in December last year at the company's production facility in Changzhou, China. Now, the bike has been spotted in a dual tone, red-black, colour scheme and has the "Suzuki" and "GSX" branding on the fairing.
Some company officials from its Australian wing have also announced that Suzuki Motorcycle is going to introduce a couple of new products at the upcoming INTERMOT and EICMA events in the month of October and November respectively. And we believe that one of these new products is the upcoming Suzuki GSX-R250, which might be introduced as the Gixxer 250 in some of the markets, including India.
The bike has been spotted near the Haojue Suzuki plant in China, where the Inazuma GW250 and GW250F (semi-faired) are also produced. Now, some reports suggest that the Gixxer 250 will share the parallel-twin engine and some other components with the Inazuma, while others are claiming that the bike will get a new single-cylinder mill. If the company uses the twin-cylinder motor from the Inazuma, we can definitely expect a performance boost to meet the level of a fully-faired sportbike.
The styling of the upcoming Suzuki GSX-R250 looks much inspired by its elder siblings. The bike features sharp, edgy body panels along with a sporty full-body fairing. The bike gets a tall windscreen and the position of the clip-ons and the foot-pegs suggest that it could be a sport tourer. The baby GSX features telescopic front forks, monoshock at the rear and lightweight alloys with meaty tyres.
After unveiling the GSX-R250 in the coming couple of months, Suzuki might launch it in various markets in 2017. And India is also one of the expected markets for this upcoming quarter-litre offering, which will compete with the like of the Honda CBR250R, Yamaha R25 and the KTM RC 200.
Source: BikeDekho.com
