V-Strom

[SteveWilko]

One of these caught my eye on the car park the other day… have any of you had any experience of them?

I liked the look of it and it pretty much suits my criteria....

is it the TL motor by chance?

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[Shep]

Great bike, it is a detuned TL1000S engine

The 650 V Strom is incredibly good i rode one this summer, it feels like a modern Africa Twin very comfortable with a peach of an engine.

Just Suzuki build quality would worry me a bit, nothing wrong with the engines, and they allways build the best gearboxes. But the rest looks secondhand very quickly finish and build quality not in Honda,s league

[Robster]

Odd that eh? I've never had a Suzuki, but I've always felt that way about them. That they just dont have the same quality as a Honda or a Yam.

Only one I've really had experience of was a Bandit 600 3 years ago when I got pranged off my Fazer I had at the time. Dreadful, dull and slow. And I'm sure it weighed just as much as the Vara!

Saying that though I did manage to pick up my only points on my licence so far on it!

I do like the look of the 1000 Strom's though, but not really much to choose between that and a Vara though really is there? The 650 might definitely be worth a go though.

[SteveWilko]

Was thinking more towards the 1000 version for extra ponies when 2up...
The old @ struggles from 80+ ...... not that I want to blat around at those speeds.... just want to be able to do it without killing a good bike...

Only problem with the V-Strom is its "ugliness" ..... just dont know if I could take to something with huge dollop of plastic hanging of its front end......

Please Honda...... re-run the Africa Twin with a 900 motor....

[Robster]

..... just dont know if I could take to something with huge dollop of plastic hanging of its front end......

Hey if Peter Andre can manage it then so can you!

[Tarka]

All the Stroms just look like those Super Scooter things when in traffic.

[Rubberchicken]

Stroms look fine as long as you're not looking them in the face...

(and pimped up a bit...)


Vara's, hmm, have to be seen from in the seat I guess.

[Shep]

Ox

If you want a 1000 go for a Varadero. Superb bike, i have an Africa and Vara but to be frank i am now much preffering the Vara especially now it is winter !!!!

You get what the V Strom 1000 does but also Honda quality.

[SteveWilko]

..... just dont know if I could take to something with huge dollop of plastic hanging of its front end......

Hey if Peter Andre can manage it then so can you!

[SteveWilko]

Ox

If you want a 1000 go for a Varadero. Superb bike, i have an Africa and Vara but to be frank i am now much preffering the Vara especially now it is winter !!!!

You get what the V Strom 1000 does but also Honda quality.

Shep.... does the Vara cope with 2up+luggage? (I mean LUGGAGE) my lady wont leave home without taking home with her.... if you know what I mean...