With winter in full swing, now is the best time of the year to bag a new bike bargain, with Suzuki slashing £1,000 off the price of a brand-new V-Strom 1050DE, and also giving away a free set of aluminium side cases with every bike.
While deals on new bikes aren’t rare in the run up to Christmas. when you add in the fact Suzuki is also offering 0% finance on the V-Strom 1050DE, along with a seven-year or 70,000-mile warranty, the offer becomes enough to win ABR’s New Bike Deal of the Month accolade.
Packed with goodies
It’s all yours for £12,999.
Bearing in mind that the adventure bike also comes packed with goodies like cruise control, a quickshifter, cornering ABS, adjustable traction control, handguards, and an adjustable screen as standard, the V-Strom 1050DE is ready to take on anything from weekend adventures to long-distance tours as soon as you ride out of the dealership, all for just £12,999.
With a £2,550 deposit and payments spread over 37 months, you’ll end up paying just £98.98 a month for one of the most capable and entertaining adventure touring bikes in its class.
So, why does Suzuki, along with so many other manufacturers, offer such big savings and rock bottom interest rates on new bikes at this time of year?
A seasonal pastime
Suzuki is offering free luggage with the V-Strom 800DE (left) and the 1050DE (right).
Partly it’s because motorcycling is a seasonal pastime for many people here in the UK. From September onwards, interest in buying new bikes tends to dip. Dealerships are also keen to clear out any unsold stock to make way for new models come the New Year.
As a result, plenty of deals can be found, which makes this time of year the best opportunity to bag a new bike bargain, even if you keep it covered up in your garage until the Spring.
Suzuki V-Strom bargains
ABR rode the GSX-S1000GX from the UK to Copenhagen to test its touring credentials,
But it’s not just the 1050DE that Suzuki is offering deals on to try and woo winter customers. You can get £1,000 off a V-Strom 650, while the immensely capable V-Strom 800DE and 800RE are being sold with free side aluminium side cases at 4.9% APR.
And if you’re after something with more of a sport touring flavour, you can get the excellent GSX-S1000GT (one of my favourite bikes of the past five years) and the more upright GX model with free side cases, at 0% APR, both of which also come with a free Akrapovic end can. And all Suzuki’s bikes come with that seven-year or 70,000-mile warranty I mentioned at the top of the story.
Tried and tested
ABR has tested all of these Suzuki models over thousands of miles both at home and abroad, and while this isn’t the time or place to revisit all those reviews, you can watch two of the bikes in action, the V-Strom 1050DE and the V-Strom 800DE in the video below. It follows Billy and I as we ride The Spine of the Dragon, a sensational two-day route through the heart of Wales.
So, while the V-Strom 1050DE wins ABR’s New Bike Deal of the Month accolade because, quite frankly, £12,999 for a premier class adventure bike with this much spec from an established Japanese manufacturer represents incredible value for money, if you’re pondering buying any type of new motorcycle, now is a great time to scour manufacturer websites for a great deal.
For example, Suzuki is also offering £1,000 off all its 125cc motorcycles. And there is also 0% finance off a Hayabusa if controlling 187bhp of butt clenching power is more your thing.
You can find all the offers on all of the bikes I’ve mentioned HERE. Good luck with the bargain hunting.