Overweight/Heavily loaded? - choose a Suzuki 800RE if mid range is your thing.
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2023
- This one tiny detail, adjustable rebound damping on the rear shock, will give you a superbly controlled and comfortable ride. A heavy rider or heavily loaded bike will get choppy in no time when challenged by poor roads. A lot of mid-range bikes offer no damping adjustment at the rear but the 800RE does. Treat your pillion today! :-)
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Terry
You're Killing me here! 🤣
YES, rebound damping is King. If you can't adjust the rebound damping all you have is a Po-Go stick rear end/front end. I think too many folk confuse compression damping with rebound damping. But when things go down nice, controlled and soft and all of a sudden Boing back up too fast you get the BIG EYEBALL look!
Great video SIR!
RIde SAFE and BE safe Terry!👍👍
Thanking you Sir 👋. Yes, if that’s all the damping I can have on my “mid range bike” I want it on the rear 👍.
You nailed it! I am 6' 4" and weigh about 270lbs. I am not considered overweight, just very large. Suzuki also nailed it by providing a value driven ADV that is easily adjustable. I do not ride pillion, but do carry gear on long trips. Being able to properly adjust and tune a suspension is a must for a safe and comfortable ride. Cheaping out on a suspension is a no-no. Thank you for making that clear.
Thanks for your kind words Vincent. It’s amazing how many people will make do when they could have so much more. Cheers!
Wise words Terry, especially as I'm considering an 800 RE!
Good luck! Sat on one, it's quite a substantial bike, nice.
Great video Terry, very informative and amusing as always. 👌
Too kind 👍.
I like the benefit of a little screw 🙂
Ooh er Guv...
Good look, my friend. Excellent video very informative and approachable. I learned a great deal thank you
Excellent, glad to hear it. Cheers!
That's one for me to use on dating sites now - I'm not overweight, I'm heavily loaded!
Oh yes, definitely 😁!
I’ve only gone and ordered a re , hope to have to have it next weekend 🫡👍👏
Ooh Tony, which one?
@@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff
The vstrom 800 re , metallic green, getting it from ami in gory 🫡👍
thats the big problem of the transalp.plus a fast bike with tubed wheels...is a problem
I reckon it won’t be long before they release a cast wheel version of the Transalp, it will improve their sales no end.
@@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff Can't see that happening Terence, the Transalp is what it is, a more street version of a T7, unless they put that engine in something and give it a new name.
The spoked tubed wheels would put me off buying any bike that's mainly for road use.
If the put that engine in something that's built for touring/commuting like the old deauville 700 it could be great, just don't call it dullville again😆
thats why im looking more to the vstrom800se@@roadwarrior8560
I think I have it on my F750GS
Worth checking out, I would imagine so.
saw the heading on this video and thought who did a video on my ex wife?
She's round my gaff now! So I've got you to thank, cheers David. :-(
When you can buy a basic Tracer 900 which come better equipped for just under 10k., it makes this Suzuki a very hard sell
I have them down as £11,010 UK but yes even at that it’s a decently equipped bike with fully adjustable suspension and a 6-Axis IMU. I’m not sure I could get passed those goofy clocks though.
As a Tracer 9 GT owner myself I thought I'd chime in. The Tracer has a great engine, very fun and also rather sporty handling. However, for everyday and long distance riding I'd say the VStrom 800 RE is better. More low down torque where you want it and I found the RE more comfortable for an all day ride. Sure the Suzuki doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but had the RE been available when I purchased my Tracer I think I'd have bought one. That's how good it is at what it does. The Tracer is a very sporty ride and just rather different to the calmer VStrom. Just my opinion though!
@@Englishbikerdan Great to have a perspective from a Tracer 9 owner and from someone who has just ridden the Suzuki at the press launch. 👍. Top Channel Sir, watch every release 👏🏻.
@@Englishbikerdan I haven’t rode the 800. RE but I have rode the GS800s or whatever they call the naked bike. I guess there isn’t much difference in the engine tuning. If so, I’d disagree. The Cp3 engine is so much more characteristic and has more about it everywhere. After the initial shove, the Suzuki runs out of puff quickly and I find it has that annoying buzz at motorway speeds. I do think the torque of the Suzuki is exaggerated by the short gearing.
@@Steve-motorcycles I've found all of the Suzuki 776cc engines to accelerate much quicker initially than the Tracer. The Tracer needs more revs to build while it only has a 15Nm torque advantage. An easy test is to turn TC off, gun it in first gear and see which one wants to wheelie more. It's not the Yamaha, which wants to wheelie later in the rev and much less aggressively. I agree, the Suzuki loses out at the top, but it has a 30bhp deficit. But my comment is my opinion, having ridden both bikes with a view to which is better at road touring and all-day riding comfort. I think the V-Strom 800 RE will do better.