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Daily Archives: April 13th, 2008

bike shopping - final contender: Suzuki DL650 V-Strom ABS

13-Apr-08

update: I purchased this bike!

Needs
(and what the V-Strom offers):
- comfort: upright riding position, feet flat on the ground at stop, no major fatigue from just cruising
(fairly hard to judge from intarweb reviews and a brief sit on it at the dealership)
- great mpg: would love 60+
(concensus seems to be ~52)
- safety: high speed travel [...]