The 90-degree V-Twin of the V-Strom was a perfectly willing motor. We like the way it hums up to speed without hesitation or vibration, and though it doesn't have a gear indicator, it does let you know when it is in overdrive so you don't keep searching for higer gears.Day 3 Continued...After our Oregon…

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When Melling started looking for?a solid do-it-all motorcycle,? Suzuki's V-Strom kept coming up in conversations. Okay, okay, okay. Don?t hit me again with the rubber truncheons. Remove the electrodes from my dangly bits and turn off that bright light. Yes, it?s true. Despite being MCUSA?s resident classic…

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…most desirable bachelors, Beatle John Lennon. Obviously, there was more to her than meets the offended eye. And so it is with the new Suzuki DL650 V-Strom, a wonderfully competent bike that might be overlooked because of an appearance that might be diplomatically termed as "funky." So we ask you to overlook…

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…Touring Comparo takes a few old faces and introduces a new breed of AT machine. The contenders, left to right, BMW 1200GS, Triumph Tiger, Suzuki V-Strom and Ducati Multistrada 1100sLast year's Adventure Touring comparo was the ultimate tale of dust and mud as our motley crew set about on a monstrous…

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…be on tighter sections, not to mention the slick state of the road, I traded out the CBF sport-tourer for another faithful dual-sport, the Suzuki V-Strom 650. As opposed to the Tourance shod T?n?r?, the?Suzuki rolled?on Metzeler?s Tourance EXP tire. Although the Tourance and Tourance EXP are similar…

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…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 with…

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…for the do-it-all Yamaha. The Honda 599 doesn't have fuel injection, an aluminum frame or wind protection, plus it costs $600 extra. The new DL650 V-Strom is actually a pretty good match-up for the FZ, both with a fairing, aluminum frame and a tall, upright seating position. But although identically priced…

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…on the 'Zook than pounding pavement - the opposite of the Kawasaki.Suzuki makes the extremely popular dirt-biased DR-Z400 and the street-savvy 650 V-Strom. The DR650SE fits somewhere in between, but having spent lots of time on the KLR and other big DS Singles, we were expecting it to be fairly tame in…

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…against the Suzuki SV650 last year, and this new design figures to carry on the user-friendly habits of its Ninja forebear while challenging Suzuki's V-Strom 650 for market share in the entry-level Adventure Touring class. Actually, the new Kawasaki seems to have taken styling cues from all of the aforementioned…

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…through Pacific Grove, California in the springtime on $25,996 worth of reality.We were amazed at how many of you wrote in wondering how the DL650 V-Strom was going to fare in this comparison, so we'll cover that quickly. The DL is more of a touring bike than the four in this test, offering better wind…

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