Hi folsk having just renewed my insurance I was getting mighty peeved with continually having to explain my glee was the new model and not 2004-2011 model as the drop down online offered v-strom DL650 and then subsection by years but not showing beyond 2011. Turns out that for some reason this makes the insurance more expensive than if you go to the bottom of the Suzuki model bit and then there is the v-strom 650 ABS which is the new shape. Finding this made my quote 40 quid cheaper......money robbing bastards.