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Category Archives: suzuki
There Are Tires and There Are Tires
Earlier this spring, a friend rode his Suzuki TU250X from Santa Fe to the west coast and back. On the way back, he got hammered by winds that were almost enough to exhaust that little single-cylinder 250 into a low … Continue reading
Posted in maintenance, performance, suzuki, technology, tu250x
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The High Cost of Being Stupid
About a year into the pandemic, I was marveling at the anti-vaxers willingness to test their own immune systems often followed by their panicked attempts to jump to the head of the line in healthcare and even begging for a … Continue reading
Posted in biker culture, crash data, engineering, hippobike, motorcycle, my motorcycles, noise, suzuki, wr250x, yamaha
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Product Review: Sargent Cycle Products World Sport Performance Seat
04/2022 This is another really old (2009) MMM review/Geezer column. There are two interesting, at least to me, things about this review: 1) It is a great product that I lived with for 70,000 miles and 2) This was the … Continue reading
Motorcycle Review & Bikes I’ve Owned and Loved (a lot or a little): Suzuki TU250X
All Rights Reserved © 2009/2015/2021 Thomas W. Day This started off as a “review” and a really brief one (see [Initial Review August 2009] below). In May of 2021, I stumbled into decent buy on a TU250X and bought it, … Continue reading
Posted in motorcycle review, my motorcycles, suzuki, tu250x
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Back from the Dead
In early 2017, I first experienced ocular symptoms of myasthenia gravis and by the end of that summer I felt that not only my motorcycling days were over but my driving days might be too. Double-vision is a show-stopper and … Continue reading
Posted in aging, suzuki, tu250x
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My Motorcycles: Suzuki V-Strom 650
Me and Wee All Rights Reserved © 2007 Thomas W. Day The concise, well-edited, more politically correct version of this article can be found at the Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly website: http://www.mnmotorcycle.com/mmm/pages/2007/96/review96.htm Sport bikes, including the “standard” SV650, are for kids … Continue reading
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My Motorcycles: 1974 Suzuki RL250 Trials
The Suzuki RL250 was one of the few bikes I’ve owned that was a constant disappointment and a complete competitive disaster. The RL was an awful trialer, with little torque, a poor suspension, too much height, and poor reliability. It … Continue reading
Posted in my motorcycles, observed trials, suzuki
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Bike Review: Me and Wee
All Rights Reserved © 2007 Thomas W. Day [The concise, well-edited, more politically correct version of this article might be found at the Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly website: http://www.mnmotorcycle.com/mmm/pages/2007/96/review96.htm%5D Sport bikes, including the “standard” SV650, are for kids (meaning anyone under … Continue reading
Posted in DL650, motorcycle review, product review, suzuki, V-Strom
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