It appears the Suzuki Belang 150 kapchai and the Suzuki GSX-R150 and GSX-150 will be appearing in the Malaysia market as soon as the end of March 2022. Sources close to the matter in Suzuki Malaysia informed paultan.org the initial proposed launch date of the end of 2021 was missed due to the uncertainty of the pandemic and lockdowns but it now looks like things are a go for launch.
As ‘new’ entry to the Malaysian kapchai segment, the Belang 150 will likely not carry the Belang name locally. In Indonesia, what Malaysian riders know as the Belang carries the “Satria F150” name, which, for obvious reasons, will likely not be used to avoid confusion with the national car maker’s hatchback coupe.
The 150 cc kapchai market has several existing competitors for the Suzuki, namely the very popular Yamaha Y15ZR (RM8,168), the Yamaha Y16ZR (RM10,888) and the Honda RS-X (RM8,688), among others, it remains to be seen if the Suzuki Belang 150, in its new iteration, can carve out its own niche. Expect the Belang 150 to be priced somewhat similarly with its competition, give or take a few hundred Ringgit.
For the 150 cc class motorcycles, the Suzuki GSX-R150 sportsbike and the GSX150 naked sports, primary competition comes in the form of the Yamaha YZF-R15 and the Yamaha MT-15 priced identically at RM11,988. Meanwhile, Honda offers up the Honda CBR150R sportsbike, with a retail price tag of RM12,499.
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Malaysia was formerly the centre of Suzuki small bike R&D in South East Asia, until it was moved to indonesia.
The formerly slow sales of the Belang is attributed to the design without leg shields, which is not liked by many, and why all the high sales underbones like Y15, RS-X and even benelli and SYM underbones have leg shields.
With those prices, better buy a second hand car…
Belang aka Raider 150 was an upgrade of Raider 125, itself a modified version of the infamous Suzuki FX125 launched in 1997.
It is perhaps a smart move if Suzuki Malaysia would carry a similar name to continue the family roots. Something like Suzuki FX150. Or FX150R
Belang is Panther TXR 150 reincarnation…
I know that Suzuki kapchai engine is very good but can it sells? The design seems outdated. China makes design even much better.
Leg cover takde kurus depan, rider malaysia kurang minat. Lepas tu cover ekzos jangan lah chrome, tu style 90’s.
Sebab yang design belang tu orang indo, orang indo sendiri pun tak suka design tu sebab design 80’s
Hope Suzuki Malaysia will launch scooter Suzuki Saluto 125. It’s a good-looking vehicle with a ton of features and great performance. It should attract a lot of buyers in Malaysia.I’m waiting to buy Saluto 125.
Hope Suzuki Malaysia will launch the 2022 version Suzuki Saluto scooter in Malaysia.
underbone design justlike naked, no long fairing..but better performance than typical Ysuku malaysian rempits favor bosskurr hahaha