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PJ.zook
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Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 845 Location: Melbourne
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:48 pm |
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This is my street Suzuki. Your Suzuki may have four wheels compared to my two, but my engine's bigger than yours! The pic is when it was pretty much new. It's a Suzuki Boulevard C109RT, that's the top spec 109ci cruiser. Only got the RT model as it was going for cheap, would have been fine with the base model. Really nice and comfy to ride and handles well. Biggest problem is the fact that its a cruiser and was not meant to scream around corners. This is why I'm having to spend $800 on tyres every 3000km and have scraped half the running boards away. Have had a few brown undies moments chasing CBR1000's due to corner speed. Sportsbikes can simply lean further if they enter a corner too hot, I can only lean till the chassis scrapes on the ground, then the Armco gets very close... Can you fit a milk carton in each of your cylinders? I can!
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Brenno
Joined: Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 925 Location: Hobart
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:57 pm |
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Thanks sick Peter, whats the specs of the engine?
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tim80z
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Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:09 pm Posts: 722 Location: Parkes NSW
Vehicle: 2006 Jimny - SOLD
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:05 pm |
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109in³ = 1786.2cm³ That's big. - Tim.
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sideways
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Joined: Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:53 pm Posts: 5885 Location: Northcliffe, W.A.
Vehicle: LJs, Sierra, Jimny, Swift.
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:36 pm |
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Your engine is almost 5 times bigger than an LJ10s.
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PJ.zook
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Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 845 Location: Melbourne
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:00 am |
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Brenno wrote: Thanks sick Peter, whats the specs of the engine? Yeh as someone already converted, its a 1.8 litre inline twin, and fuck can it rev! I knew that I would not be able to take corners like I did on the sportsbike, but I didn't think it would be quite as bad. Even if I modified the chassis to get it to lean more, the tyres just would not take it, trying to throw 360kg of bike around a corner fast with all that torque; the tyres just don't last.
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want33s
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Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 8136 Location: Sunshine Coast Qld
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Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:32 pm |
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PJ.zook wrote: its a 1.8 litre inline twin,.
Nice bike but looks like a V twin to me.. A guy I work with has a late 09 Boulevard for sale. 5000km $5k worth of extras. $16K negotiable. PM me if you know anyone that may be interested.
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Dan85
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Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:43 pm Posts: 389 Location: laurieton
Vehicle: 2012 jimny
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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:24 pm |
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dont feel so bad mate my bike gets somewhere between 1500 and 3000kms out of a set of tyres if im being a silly bugger. even when im behaving i only get 5000kms out of a rear and maybe 8000 out of a front.
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DarkHorse
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Joined: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 5414
Vehicle: 08 SV650
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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:09 am |
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Mines due for new tyres now, will be the 4th set and it's got 16,000km on it Nice bit of gear PJ... not my style (yet) but nice all the same. Oh, and yes it's definitely a V-Twin
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PJ.zook
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Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 845 Location: Melbourne
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Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:33 am |
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Argh yeh just reread my post, I'm still thinking of my previous bike, Yamaha TRX850
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PJ.zook
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Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 845 Location: Melbourne
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:53 am |
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Just put a nice new set of whitewalls on it. Did I mention its for sale!
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schmiffee
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:16 pm Posts: 123 Location: Gold Coast
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:43 am |
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PJ.zook wrote: Argh yeh just reread my post, I'm still thinking of my previous bike, Yamaha TRX850 Once you've ridden a TRX850 you will always want another one - great bike....I have TWO!
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