Okay I'm going to come out and say it, I've fallen in love with this bike. But don't stop reading there, there are still pros and cons to this like any other bike, just for some reason I really connected to the V-Strom 650 and it brought back the spark that has been missing from my road riding for quite some time. Now if you keep tabs on me like a stalker you'll know I came off my personal 650 last April, and ever since I've struggled with road riding. Sure I can ride on the road no problem, but the enjoyment has been seriously lacking for the last year. That all changed as soon as I swung a leg over the Suzuki V-Strom outside of Coleman's Suzuki in the Auckland CBD. The 'Stom hasn't really changed much of late, at least not since it had a major aesthetic upgrade in few years ago, but as anyone who knows Suzuki will know, they don't change anything unless they have a very good reason, and the V-Strom as is, is a very well composed package. At
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