The new sci-fi film Priest based on a Koren graphic novel features a Suzuki Gladius racing around a post-apocalyptic world, taking a renegade warrior priest to save his neice, who has been abducted by vampires. More special effects than weird plot, the Suzuki Gladius is virtually unrecognisable, but was created by Cinema Vehicle Services and Ghostlight Industries for the film.

The model is designed as a superfast, jet-engine style motorcycle dragster and MCN quotes director Scott Stewart as saying: “There was sort of an idea that the Priest bike was like the weapons that are being handed to an elite force… we wanted these bikes to feel like you’re sitting on a jet engine.”

Check out the trailer to see how the Gladius got transformed.

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A smaller Suzuki Gladius will be presented at the Tokyo Motor Show this month, called the Gladius 400 ABS. It is equipped with a V-twin, 400cc engine, on a truss frame with the same livery as the bigger Gladius. No news is available as to distribution, but it’s expected to be bike adapted to new licence holders, with the added comfort and safety of ABS brakes.

Source | Suzuki Global and Motoblog

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This pic comes from Daniele, who’s reworked the Suzuki Gladius 650 in Suzuki MotoGP colours. If anyone else is playing with some renderings, let us know what you’re working on and why!

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Infomotori.com has come up this interesting idea for a new entry level naked motorcycle, the Cagiva Planet 501.

Created by designer Luca Bar who used the engine of a Husqvarna SM510R and the rest from a Cagiva Planet 125 to contain costs and thinks that it could sell for less than 6.000 euros.

Could this Cagiva stand up against a Suzuki Gladius or the Yamaha XJ6?

Cagiva Planet 501

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