So the thinking is “Don’t buy something to do one thing and expect it to do another thing”, right?
Don’t buy a Corvette and get ticked because you cannot haul plywood panels in it.
Don’t buy a pickup truck and get ticked because it cannot win a race at the local track.
And, Don’t buy a Suzuki TU250 and expect it to perform like a Ducati M1100. So what did I do on Saturday? I took the ‘Zook out to some of my favorite Ducati country roads!!!
Expectation level?
Low
Expectation met.
I spent a LOT of time with the throttle WIDE OPEN and losing speed in 5th gear. 4th gear would hold speed but dependent on wind direction and landscape inclination, 5th gear was a losing proposition. It was FUN around the sweeping corners and I NEVER had to use the brakes! Not because of my extreme motorcycling prowess, but rather because I could never get it going fast enough to need to slow down!
And I saw far more of the landscape than I had ever seen before due to the relaxed acceleration of the Suzuki.
After a little over an hour of pretty aggressive riding I was back home, no worse for the wear. And I felt pretty good until I accidentally hit my hand on the countertop and it vibrated like a tuning fork! “Odd”, I thought. I let it die down and clapped my hands together. BUUUUUZZZZZZZZ!!! I don’t remember ever feeling any significant vibrating on the handlebars, but clearly there must have been a fair amount. It took about 20 minutes for it to go away.
So this morning I got on my Suzuki and happily commuted my way to work perfectly comfortable knowing that that is what I should expect from the bike.
Mark
