Faults:

Fuel tap/reserve supply would not work.

General Comments:

Down sized because of increasing age and wanted to ride into my eighties (68 now).

Wanted a lighter,simpler bike to ride so I swapped bikes with my next door neighbor (I got cash too :) ).

It was the best deal I could have done. The bike goes great and handles well. Great economy, and since I have purchased an Air Hawk seat cover, it is very comfortable to ride.

Way easier to ride around town than the Virago, and handles our hilly, twisty roads with no problems.

The bike had been stored in a lock-up for 17 years, so took some time to sort a few problems out from that, and that is why the mileage/kilometers are so low for the year.

Plan on doing some touring in our beautiful country on it very soon. Can't wait.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

I just bought this when I met my soon to be wife. We had no problem riding around 50 to 100 miles at a time. She had never been on a motorcycle before. It was easy for her to get on and off while she learned how to ride behind me. The whole experience led us to having a motorcycle wedding and traveling from upstate NY to TNN for our honeymoon.

General Comments:

I have a 1976 Triumph T140, which is off the road at the moment. Bought this Suzuki only a week ago to get me to a bike rally in Scotland, a round trip of over a thousand miles. Bought it from a dealer, serviced and MOTed, had 1 day to get used to her and off we went to Scotland. Stopped off every 90 miles or so for fuel, never went into reserve once, mostly motorway riding averaging 70 mph, never once skipped a beat. Handled very well on the ride out on the winding Scottish roads. It's a bit noisy in the lower gears, but once in top it's great; plenty of power there if you need it and comfortable to ride. A very lightweight bike, easy to ride, ideal for smaller dudes like me being 5'6".

Faults:

This size of bike is really meant to be driven around town and not on extended highway trips. The drawbacks are the overall weight of the bike and maintenance issues. In cold weather or heavy rain, I would have a hard time starting it up. The bike stalled on me in traffic in a heavy rain. I also had a problem with an oil leak. The bolts on the head were stripped and it was never properly repaired. Because of its age, and the fact I did more highway driving than city driving, I had to trade it in and purchased a Yamaha V Star 1100.

General Comments:

This was my second Suzuki. My first was a 2009 Suzuki GZ250. I bought the 650 as a step up. I like the bike's handling and low seat height. I live in the mountains, and "The Banana" as my bike was called loved the curves.