Suzuki’s Parallel-Twin Engine Development Gets New Twist

New patent shows there’s still life to the long-running 700cc project.

The drawn-out saga of Suzuki’s efforts to develop a new 700cc parallel twin that will form the basis of next-generation replacements for the SV650 and V-Strom 650 has taken its next step with the publication of a patent that gives a glimpse of another new machine that’s being created around the same engine.

Parallel twins have been a clear trend in new middleweight bikes over the last few years.

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