Re: Looking at new Suzuki C50
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:09 pm
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I have been riding my V-Star 650 for over 46,000km. (5 years) A couple of weeks ago I went for a demo ride on a Suzukiflw wrote:First is the Suzuzki C50 (currently Vulcan 500 LTD 6-speed and its starting to feel cramped as I ride farther now than 3 three years ago.
Question:
-How does the stock seat compare to other bikes for a long trip?
-What is the HP and torque?
- What is the HP and torque?
-Any user isues that I should be aware of like saftey, reliablity or lack of add on's availble
-Last is retention of value?
The other bike I'm comparing it to is the V Star 650.
You must have got a Monday or a Friday built bike...just like we figure my V-Star must have been a Monday or Friday built bike.Marvin wrote:I owned a Suzuki M50 and it was a nightmare, never run right, backfired, rear shoe brakes never worked, wiring and fuel problems, underpowered, uncomfortable with the lean forward riding postion, heavy and hard to ride and handle!
A much better alternative would be either the Honda 750 Shadow, or the Yamaha V Star 650, the Kawasaki 900 Vulcan is in the same class but wouldn't recommend it, its really slow and underpowered for a 900cc, the older 800cc Vulcan was faster and better!
We used to have a Marauder 800. Marauder handlebars were modelled on drag bars, and are a lot further away from the rider than regular handlebars on a touring bike, for instance. If the ergos of the M50 are like the Marauder, I can see it would feel a lot different from the C50T. Someone with short arms might be leaning forward.blues2cruise wrote:I don't know why you would have been leaning forward. The handlebars were so well designed and placed for this bike I was sitting up straight. The handlebars enabled my arms and shoulders to be in a neutral position.