The BeNeLux importer has created a FB page for SWM. They will post all their SWM news on there. https://www.facebook.com/pages/SWM-Motorcycles-Benelux/815217725188306?sk=timeline They also posted the new colors for the RS and SM 650!
It just a cycle - no pun intended. Successful capitalism always leads to socialism as the uber successful capitalists (industrialists, speculators, and lawyers) figure out how to steal everything from the masses resulting in what we're seeing in America today. On the flip side, successful socialism always leads to capitalism as the uber successful socialists (bureaucrats, party bosses, and lawyers) figure out how to seal everything from the masses resulting in what we're seeing China today. The only real difference between them is that the hyper-capitalists generate products and jobs while the hyper-socialists generate nothing useful, which is why capitalist cycles tend to last longer than socialists cycles. Yin and Yang.
The secret is to learn how to be happy healthily....beyond confusing pleasure for happiness. Watch people everywhere disintegrate thru unearned pleasure....emotionally starve as their self worth diminishes. That takes 5 to 10 years. Never taught how to hunt for emotional nourishment. Hard stuff with bikes helps. Yin and Yang.[/quote]
Sweet! If these (both models) arrive in the USA I think there's a market for them. Any plans for a 450cc street legal enduro with Fuel Injection and a 6 spd gearbox? They can use the old TE450 (not the TE449) as a basis for it. That's a model sorely missing here. NOBODY is offering a 450cc street legal enduro here. All you can get that are FI with 6 gears is a Yamaha 250, KTM/Husky 350 and 530 models. They race a 450 class in Dakar and Supercross, but NO 450 street legal FI enduros, WTF??? Beta offers a 430 but it's still got a carb. 450cc is a great all around size.
Sadly no, but there is a 500! It used to be 450, but the "crowd" wanted a 500. Picture is from the 300 btw (but to give you an idea). Not sure about the US ! I think they have someone though. SWM main focus is Europe, Australia and the US!
The production dates have been set! Production for the 650 starts in July and for 300/500 in September Source: https://www.facebook.com/swm.benelux Erik Italhusky.com
One option may be the CCM 450, which should arrive in the US at some point this year (http://www.ccm-motorcycles.com). Fuel range is 370km. Guessing its Rotopax if you want more range. Simon Pavey loved his TE449 for the Dakar. Would be incredible to see a Dakar SWM entry one day :-)
According to the SWM Benelux page all SWM specs are known! Source: https://www.facebook.com/swm.benelux
Sorry but that video looks very unprofessional and should not be a corporate offering in this day and age.
From the youtube page... "We couldn't no longer resist...we just had to make a short test ride with the recently arrived and brandnew SWM RS 650 R. ;-) Sorry for the bad video quality...it was a spontaneous idea and we just had at hand a cellphone and an app for editing the files." Tacky as hell. Not to mention the graphics are stickers that will soon peel off. The starter sounds sluggish too. SWM better have some professionals overseeing things. Clearly not at a level that should go public for a new brand.
To be fair, this is a vid from a German motorcycle dealer authorized to sell SWM, its not a corporate offering. On the other hand, those few seconds of video are currently the only thing out there showing the new 650 actually running... SWM should have sent demo bikes on Hard Alpi 2015, not around a car park!
