Podcast 671: Suzuki's Biggest Flop, The Gladius

Podcast 671: Suzuki's Biggest Flop, The Gladius

Is the Suzuki Gladius a good bike? Yes. Then why did it fail so big? It was the next version of an already popular bike, the SV650. Known for being great performance at a great price, the SV650 became a hit on the road and on the track. So where did Suzuki go wrong? They marketed it to women. This backfired in 2 ways. Men labeled it a 'girls' bike, and women were insulted that they substituted aesthetics over performance. Suzuki learned their lesson, and the follow up to the Gladius was the gen 3 SV650. We go into detail about what went wrong and also talk about why the SV650 was so great (and still is). With Liza, Stumpy John, Miss Emma, Naked Jim and Bagel. www.motorcyclesandmisfits.com motorcyclesandmisfits@gmail.com www.breakingawayadventures.com/shop/p/mi…-rally-v4 www.patreon.com/motorcyclesandmisfits www.zazzle.com/store/recyclegarage www.youtube.com/channel/UC3wKZSP0J9FBGB79169ciew womenridersworldrelay.com/ motorcyclesandmisfits.com/shop www.leodescapes.com/ adifferentagenda.com/products/10-days-wrwr-ada2026

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Podcast 657:Retro episode It's All in the Design w/Darrin Caddes

Podcast 657:Retro episode It's All in the Design w/Darrin Caddes

Darrin Caddes may not be a name you know, but you know his work. Darrin is a designer who has worked for many companies, most recently Plantronics. But it’s his time with BMW and Indian that made a ma...

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Podcast 656: When Tech Goes Too Far

Podcast 656: When Tech Goes Too Far

At what point does new technology go too far? Many of the new features on bikes, such as the adaptive LED Matrix headlight on the new Tracer GT, are there for safety but they come at a price. Sometime...

29 Dec 20252h 6min

Podcast 655: Why Do Men Farkle?

Podcast 655: Why Do Men Farkle?

So many things to talk about, so here's the highlights: -Cycle World's Top Bike list of 2025 is wrong and we've got something to say about it -Why do men spend so much money on upgrades that they will...

22 Dec 20252h

Podcast 654: Replay: History Hole Heaven

Podcast 654: Replay: History Hole Heaven

We've got a great episode for you, bringing 4 History Holes together into one show. We start with the story of Zeppo Marx and the Marman motorcycle, then we talk about the true history of the cafe rac...

15 Dec 20251h 38min

Podcast 653: L.A. to Barstow to Vegas aka Charley's Blown Bearing

Podcast 653: L.A. to Barstow to Vegas aka Charley's Blown Bearing

The LA-Barstow-to-Vegas (LAB2V) is a famous, long-running annual two-day dual-sport motorcycle event that covers over 400 miles of mostly off-road desert terrain between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and...

8 Dec 20252h 6min

Podcast 652: Shrimp Burns and Board Track Racing w/Billy Choi

Podcast 652: Shrimp Burns and Board Track Racing w/Billy Choi

Albert “Shrimp” Burns rose from a teenage mechanic in Oakland to become one of the most feared and beloved racers of the 1910s. Competing on the dangerous wooden motordromes —nicknamed “murderdromes” ...

1 Dec 20251h 58min

Podcast 651: Fast Way Round w/Ryan F9

Podcast 651: Fast Way Round w/Ryan F9

16 days and 23 hrs. This is how long it takes to ride around the world, and Ryan has the film to prove it. Departing from the classic Fortnine style videos, Ryan and his team set off to make a world r...

24 Nov 20251h 57min

Podcast 650: Replay: Jocelin Snow, Shawn Thomas and the GS Trophy

Podcast 650: Replay: Jocelin Snow, Shawn Thomas and the GS Trophy

We are digging back into the past to two of our favorite episodes, and presenting them back to back. In Oct 2017 Jocelin Snow joined us to talk about her experience trying out for the GS Trophy for th...

17 Nov 20252h 58min

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