…forgiven in a bike, being merely satisfactory most certainly cannot. The nice people at Road and Racing Motorcycles in Manchester (0161 377 5167) had a DL1000 demonstrator and, after a courteous but thorough pre-flight briefing, told me to have a long ride and then let them know my thoughts. No pressure,…

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…stable are the dirt-specialist KTM 950 Adventure and the Aprilia Caponord which we felt was an overpriced clone of the returning 2007 Suzuki V-Strom DL1000. The other change was to swap the erratically scored Buell Ulysses for the all-new 2007 Triumph Tiger 1050. Returning for another go-round is the 2007…

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…-Strom fell short in many of the areas that a budget-oriented rider might forgive, with a strong engine and comfortable ergos.Fifth Place: Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom (72.8%)Despite its mediocre rating, the $8999 V-Strom has to be seen as the bargain of a group whose nearest price-point competitor is the…

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…line was to create a "Sport Enduro Tourer," and the?V-Strom 650 gets top marks for living up to the monicker. In combining the SV650 motor with the DL1000 chassis, Suzuki has built its parts bin special into a bike that defines a new market segment. It has the power and smoothness to dust a BMW F650,…

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…Then came Aprilia's EVT1000 Caponord and Ducati's Multistrada - being Italian, they were more street-focused. Japan hit back with the bargain-priced DL1000 V-Strom from Suzuki, followed by a new dirt-worthy rival from KTM in the form of the 950 Adventure. For 2006, Buell has thrown its entry into the ring…

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