New Ducati Gladius...

[Super T.I.B]

Oh my!  

If anyone thinks that after seeing that ad campaign and still is going to buy that bike, they are gheyer than all the ghey people in ghey land at the gheyest time of the year.


FOR F*CKS SAKE!

[bullet boy]

WTF..just when you thought things couldn't anymore gay..Bullet boy throws that one into the ring. 

Good thing I didn't mention it was when you were coming out of the shower in my loft!

I was getting ready to blast you guys for being homophobic jerks .... then I looked at the website. 

I'm pretty sure even homosexual bikers wince when they look at that...



(but I don't care what anybody says, I'm gettin' me some of them shiny pants!)

[Oldfisti]

Suzuki seems to have a habit of taking the best swords in history and naming crappy bikes after them. Think Katana.   

[duclvr]

Actually, that looks cheap by Suki standards... more like a Hyosung than 696 to me. FTR the colors 

That is the first word that came to my mind when I saw it.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Does it still look cheap?

[Buckethead]

Suzuki seems to have a habit of taking the best swords in history and naming crappy bikes after them. Think Katana.   

+1

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[Super T.I.B]

Does it still look cheap?

OMG!

That bike is HOT!

[Buckethead]

Does it still look cheap?

That's scary, Dave.

Really scary.

[dbran1949]

445 lbs 

[PizzaMonster]

I TOLD you guys the 696 looked Japanese! 

[Scottish]

Does it still look cheap?

Yeah I circled all the parts on the Sukati that look cheap to me.... the tank isn't circled because of the Ducati logo... it's the contours.

[duclvr]

Yeah I circled all the parts on the Sukati that look cheap to me.... the tank isn't circled because of the Ducati logo... it's the contours.

Yep that's it

[devils haircut]

The Ducati dealer near me had a  brochure that they let me look through(it was their only one).
All I can say is it looks very different than the Ducati. There are some similarities, the frame, but overall IMHO
I don't think you would ever confuse the two.  They have also launched a webiste.

http://www.gladiusstyle.com/

Maybe ducati owners wouldn't confuse the two.  I wasn't confused, but the first thing I thought was "looks like a 696".  Keep in mind I don't own a ducati, (I tried trading my harley in for one, but the bank didn't like the numbers), but someone who has little interest in either ducati or suzuki will look and see the "same bike".

[Oldfisti]

^^^^^^ +1   Def. a 696 rip off. I can certainly see how the layperson couldn't tell the difference.

[teddy037.2]

I'm pretty sure even homosexual bikers wince when they look at that...

did y'all forget that queer eye for the straight guy ad that featured the monster?