The Suzuki Katana will have an RRP of £11,399 when it arrives in dealerships this spring, while a special Samurai accessory pack will also be available launch, with an RRP of £999 that saves customers £383 over the cost of the individual items.
Included in the kit is a fly screen, red and black accessory seat, carbon effect front mudguard and engine covers, a protective tank pad, wheel rim tape, and a subtle-yet-sharp red top fairing and seat unit decal.
The new Katana – the vision of Italian designer Rodolfo Frascoli – takes styling cues from the original 1980s icon and cult classic, yet applies them to create “a modern and distinctive design, all of which is wrapped around a chassis and engine package from Suzuki designed to deliver optimum performance”. It also gets three-mode traction control, plus Suzuki’s low-RPM assist function.
The Katana has set off on its travels around the UK, and over the next couple of months it will visit almost every authorised Suzuki dealership as punters get a chance to see one in the flesh and try it out for size.
Here’s a full list of the roadshow dates;
BERKSHIRE
Pro Bike, Newbury – 15 April
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Ford & Ellis Motorcycles, Chesham – 13 March
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
St Neots Motorcycle Co, St. Neots – 14 – 15 May
Wheels Motorcycles, Peterborough – 15 – 16 May
CHESHIRE
Single Tracker Motorcycles, Crewe – 19 – 20 March
Road & Racing Motorcycles, Hyde – 20 – 21 March
Bill Smith Motors, Chester – 29 – 30 March
CORNWALL
Damerells Motorcycles, Indian Queens – 23 – 24 April
Anton Parris Motorcycles, Camborne – 25 – 26 April
DEVON
Bridge Motorcycles, Exeter – 20 – 21 April
GT Motorcycles, Plymouth – 22 – 23 April
DORSET
Crescent Motorcycles, Bournemouth – 18 – 20 April
ESSEX
Alpha Motorcycles, Southend-on-Sea – 30 April – 1 May
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Fraser’s of Gloucester, Gloucester – 11 – 12 April
Fowlers of Bristol, Bristol – 17 – 18 April
HAMPSHIRE
Dearden Motorcycles, Southampton – 15 – 17 March
HERTFORDSHIRE
Waltham Cross Motorcycles, Cheshunt – 8 – 9 May
KENT
Laguna Motorcycles, Maidstone – 29 – 30 April
Robinsons Foundry, Canterbury – 3 – 4 May
LANCASHIRE
Preston Motorcycles, Preston – 3 March
Youles Motorcycles, Blackburn – 2 March
Robinsons of Rochdale, Rochdale – 22 March
Bolton Motorcycles, Bolton – 25 – 26 March
LEICESTERSHIRE
Arnolds Motorcycles, Leicester – 4 – 5 April
LINCOLNSHIRE
Robspeed, Grimsby – 27 – 28 February
B and B Motorcycles, Lincoln – 17 – 18 May
LONDON
Motoden, Hackney – 5 – 6 May
Daytona Motorcycles, Ruislip Manor – 6 – 7 May
Johns of Romford, Romford – 2 May
MANCHESTER
Manchester Bike Show, Worsley – 23 – 24 March
Wigan Motorcycles, Wigan – 26 – 27 March
MERSEYSIDE
Millenium Motorcycles, Saint Helens – 28 -29 March
NORFOLK
C J Ball & Son, Norwich – 11 – 12 May
A visit to Northern Ireland has already taken place with the bike featuring at Millsport Motorcycles Ballymoney on 12 February. For more information on the new Katana click here.