posted July 07, 2006 11:26 PM
Edited By: BigBoreBiker on 8 Jul 2006 00:33
Suzuki M109R From a earlier post it seems some people were interested in the M109R, I recently picked up a black one and it is a helluva croozer and a nice change from the sportbikes, it has a shitload of torque (118 ft.lbs.) and you definitely can feel it.
posted July 08, 2006 03:35 AM
I kind of like them, myself. They're still too heavy, though. I hate the "mass appeal" of cruisers has gotten so out of hand, they make them heavier than they have to...
posted July 08, 2006 06:39 AM
My neighbor recently purchased one. For what it is, I find it to be awesome~!
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posted July 08, 2006 07:35 AM
A guy with one of those rode with us two weeks ago... unfortunately, he was trying to keep up with us - and we weren't really going all that quick through a tight-ish twisty section... he ended up with a moderately bashed-in bike, scrapes on his shoulder and knee, as well as some bruised muscles on his back. He's fine, and the bike didn't do too badly considering where he landed (rocky ditch), but the bike's probably gonna need $2k worth of cosmetics before it looks normal again.
He's got a lot more riding miles than I do, so I really don't understand why he lost it, but looking at the set of corners that he went off in (3 in a row), he didn't have a good line through the first, and he never tried to slow down to get back online before it caught up with him. Live and learn, right?
I still love the bike though, if I was in the market for a cruiser, the M109R would be it!
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posted July 08, 2006 09:57 AM
I rode cruisers for years. Had a couple in the last couple, three years. You'll laugh, but if I had to buy a cruiser right now, I'd get a United Motors (UM) 650 "Cruise." UM is somehow related to Hyosung, if that rings a bell, and it uses the same/similar 650 V-twin as the Suzuki SV650. In any event, it actually worked quite well. The lightest, most nimble, sportiest cruiser I've been on. Felt like a more modern, lighter, torquier, slimmer version of a Honda Magna, sort of. Inverted forks, 180 rear tire, revved well past most cruiser twin motors, etc. It was a lot of fun. Quality wasn't up to Jap. standards, I'm sure, but I didn't see/feel anything that offended me. It was quite fun and very comfortable. I actually can't get it out of my head. If only it was a grand, or so, cheaper...
posted July 08, 2006 11:47 AM
Nothing beats the handling and pickup of a sportbike.I just spent a year riding a v-max after recovering from totalling my blackbird....yeah its quick,but it doesnt have the platform to support the power.....croozers....snoozers!!!
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posted July 08, 2006 01:28 PM
Rode my buddies V-max. After lusting after one for years when I was younger, I wasn't impressed. A cruiser for cruising is pretty cush, though. When you're in the mood.
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