Wonjan / Suzuki amd the GN250

[MJH]

Its pretty simple, to just take the technology you currently have and apply it….

I struggled with it for some time, why a company like Wonjan did not capitalize on the existing GN250 engine, then I figured it out, they can certainly make it but it would be relatively speaking an expensive model. Comparing it to their distributions channels who they sell to and were, it would be considered high end and high priced.

However in the markets they do not have access to it would be a very affordable product, that being North America and Europe . However they do not have any real access to distribution and market exposure in those markets.

That bike could be sitting on a dealer floors for under $3,000.00 easy but not unless it is part of a distribution mix that already exists in the market. For example if Suzuki agreed to support a small offering of Wonjan models in these markets then they would literally fly off the floors, if priced low and supported with a comprehensive warranty through established Suzuki dealers.


Wonjan does not get access to what really maters and that’s is the Suzuki dealer networks, in that they do not get the inventory management and product support needed to get the bikes exposed, they never get to the big dealer showrooms.

In nut shell they get technology and production sharing, but not distribution sharing. It is not that Suzuki may not allow that, it may be that they would charge a fee for that and that fee might price the bike out of the market range they need to be in?

This version would have to be priced very low to get attention, it would and should be reliable it is pretty basic technology behind it and likely could cross reference on many existing Suzuki parts.

So what Suzuki will not offer as models in certain markets may be due to it not being low priced enough to rotate quickly through inventory. Not profitable perhaps because it is manufactured in Japan and cannot be priced low enough to attain high sales numbers.

So they could manufacture a line based on the 250...but they would need access to the distribution that Suzuki already established.

This is the version sold in Japan, it has the 249cc type engine that is employed in Qingqi 250 models, it also is the same engine offered on the TU250 sold in the USA. It is the 10th anniversary of the Bigboy in Japan.










This is the original and it employees the GN250 engine that Wonjan is licensed to manufacture. It is the same engine employed on the Suzuki GZ250 sold in the USA and also the GN250 manufactured in china.


That would be nothing more then to be able to see them on a Suzuki dealers floor, or if not stocked be able to order one through them.