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As expected, Suzuki has upgraded its V-Strom range with a 1050 flagship in honour of their legendary DR-BIG. Not only is the flagship V-Strom bigger with 5kW more power to 79kW at 8500 revs, but it is also more techno. Some of the hi-tech features include cruise, hill hold, slope and load dependent controls, ride …
Suzuki is tipped to unveil a revamped V-Strom range with an updated and maybe bigger engine with a cosmetic makeover to match the reborn Katana. The company’s latest teaser video clearly shows the flagship 1037ccc model in all its glory with a squared LED headlight to reflect the more angular styling of the Katana model. …
Suzuki Australia is giving adventure riders an opportunity to test a new V-Strom on their third Suzuki Adventure Ride in the Queensland-NSW border region. The two-day adventure ride from the Gold Coast to Kyogle leaves at 9.30am on 20 October 2018. Saturday’s 200km route will cross the Border Ranges National Park via Canungra, Tamrookum, Cougal and Cawongla. …
Two years after the unveiling of the Suzuki V-Strom 250, the Baby-Strom is finally here, joining a new baby adventure touring sector for novice riders. The DL250 ABS ($7190 ride away) joins a burgeoning crop of baby adventurers: Benelli Leoncino Trail ($9590 ride away), BMW R 310 GS ($5790 + ORC), Ducati Scrambler Sixty2 ($11,990 …
Suzuki plans to extend its two-day adventure rides throughout Australia with their third adventure ride heading to Bathurst from Lithgow at 9am on May 26. The event is free and open to riders on any adventure motorcycles, says Suzuki Motorcycles Australia marketing manager Lewis Croft. “Ideally the ride group works well with around 60 – …
Suzuki Australia is giving adventure riders an opportunity to test a new V-Strom and win some prizes on their second Suzuki Adventure Ride. The first Suzuki Adventure Ride was held in November last year in Dargo, Victoria. The next is a two-day Wirrina Cove adventure ride departing from Kessner Suzuki in Klemzig at 8am on …
The Australian V-Strom Riders group AuStrom is celebrating its second birthday with a roundup event in motorcycle-friendly Crows Nest, South East Queensland, in March 2018. Organiser Graham Strang says the group has more than 800 members around Australia and New Zealand and he is hoping to attract the biggest single gathering of V-Stroms in Australia …
Suzuki Motorcycles will not be exhibiting at the Moto Expo in Melbourne, but has confirmed eight of nine new models unveiled recently will come to Australia. The missing model will be the V-Strom 250. Suzuki national marketing manager Lewis Croft says the V-Strom 250 is “still under market evaluation”. The baby adventure market is only …
The rise of sub-500cc bikes continues with Suzuki ramping up the baby sports bike brigade and introducing a 250cc version of the venerable V-Strom. The GSX-R250 and V-Strom 250 were unveiled at the Eicma show in Milan although Suzuki only last moth previewed the V-Strom as a concept in China. Both are powered by the 248cc SOHC …
As promised, Suzuki Australia has given some adventurous Aussie touches to the V-Strom 1000, just as they did when they created the V-Strom 650XT. The new 1000 GT arrives at $19,990 ride away and now includes a Suzuki 35L top box, side case set, centre stand, lower engine cowling, crash bars, large touring screen, LED indicators, …