2003 Suzuki VZ800 Marauder from United States of America

Summary:

Good handling bike if you have good tires and make sure the neck bolt is tight below the handle bars

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong with it yet... been a good bike. I have 2 Honda's in the garage.. older bikes, but are good ones.

General Comments:

This Suzuki Marauder is a cool bike, I like it a lot, & have gotten a lot of positive comments on the looks and sound...

The only complaint I have is at higher RPMs near (65 mph), the motor seems to over work! And over rev.. due to the poor design of the gearing by Suzuki. So I guess I am going to change the front sprocket & rear sprocket... Also change to a high dollar chain.. o-ring. I am going up to a 16 tooth on the front, & down to a 47 tooth on the rear to see my results on the top end.. I hope this fixes my problem..?!!!

Would you buy another motorcycle from this manufacturer? Don't Know

Review Date: 22nd August, 2011

2nd Sep 2011, 14:49

Just curious if the sprocket changes fixed the high rev/over-rev problem you've described?

27th Jul 2013, 04:22

Hello! How does it work with the 16 tooth sprocket on the front and 47 on the rear?

In reply to 27th Jul 2013, 04:22

19th Mar 2014, 23:34

Hi, I'm interested in how your sprocket change went? You stated you were going to change the front to 16 & the rear to 47. How did this work? OK or NOT at 60mph / 100km/h?

In reply to 19th Mar 2014, 23:34

11th Mar 2016, 09:06

I don't know what he did, but I changed my sprockets and it helped a lot. It increased my range from 110 miles per tank to 150. My gas mileage increased to 50 MPG. I put on Vance & Hines pipes, 15 inch ape hangers and an engine guard. It is the VZ800, but it runs with the big bikes all day. I would say the only need thing that happened is when you start, it's like starting out in 2nd gear. But it has enough torque to pull right out.