Suzuki V-Strom 650 XT video review

Suzuki's solid, reliable, good-value middleweight remains just so #Suzuki #motorbike #Visordown

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THE SUZUKI V-Strom 650 is a bike that has always been just-so.

It’s a bike with a strong existing image of being sensible, functional and great value; a bike that does what it is meant to and not a huge deal more. In short, it's always been lacked that something that made me excited to ride one.

When testing bikes, context is everything. Putting a bike in its optimum environment can transform your opinion of it. For example, if you take a litre sports bike trail riding, it’ll suck. But you wouldn’t do it because it is an inherently dumb idea.

There is a point to my rambling: the Suzuki V-Strom 650 is a great bike. Let me tell you why...

All my previous V-Strom experiences have been in a non-suitable riding arena: a V-Strom on a dried riverbed, a V-Strom up a dirt track in the depths of a forest, or a V-Strom on an icy winter's day without heated grips.

The point of this extended introduction is that on the V-Strom 650 launch, Suzuki put the bike in an environment where it shone far brighter than I knew it could, as it ate up endless epic ribbons of grippy tarmac.

Read the full review here: bit.ly/2eUali3

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