Low back pain SUCKS! Shopping for lighter bike, Vstrom?

[Gadjet]

If Suzuki would have a V Strom with radial tires it would be a great bike, ever notice all new Suzuki bikes come with the junkiest, cheapest tires they can get. Any bike can handle and ride like a racer bike if it had the right tires.

so you put racier tires on it. As far as I know there isn't a rule that says you can only use the same tires that the factory puts on the bike.

That being said, I've scraped the pegs on my KLR using both the stock Dunlop 750's (a 50/50 tire) as well as the more street oriented Kenda 761's that I currently have mounted. Rider skill plays a huge part in how well a bike handles, regardless of the tires that are mounted.

[MotoF150]

The point I was making is Suzuki can't sell a new bike with good tires, doing this makes both Suzuki and the tire manufactures look bad, Suzuki is the only co that does this, new Honda's and Yamaha's all come new with the best and top of the line tires, Yes I can buy a new V Strom and spend another $400 on better tires but why couldn't Suzuki save me the time and the money by having good tires on it in the first place? I think doing that would help Suzuki's reputation, but Suzuki uses the junkiest and cheapest tires they can get and that makes Suzuki look bad, plus when it comes time for the owner to replace the orginial tires the owner will always buy a different brand of tire cause the owner has learned to hate that orginial brand.

[PYSCHOWard]

Mark,
Maybe you just need some Back support for riding,backrest or back brace.
I've had back trouble over 20 years and support makes a world of difference.

[Johnj]

Now these are death tires.

[qwerty]

That's an air compressor, 250cfm, I think. Powered by a 3-71 Detroit diesel. At least the one I had that looked like that was owered by a 3-71 detroit diesel. Eventually i welded a V-tongue on it and swapped the wagon wheels for a beam axle on a couple leaf springs, and 12-22.5 truck tires. It sure pulled a lot better after that. It was tough getting it registered because I had no receipt for frame rails, just welded the trailer parts to the compressor frame.

[Koss]

the mountain in the background reminds me of where I live, although I can tell alot of differences between them. The dirt looks completely different though. But for a second I did a double take

[atom]

You know I think MotoF150 is on to something.
Suzuki really does suck and makes cr@p products and the m50 really is the worst motorcycle in the world. Moto, you know who would do something about this: Ralph Nader, consumer advocate. If you have $3000 bucks lying around for a Katana you might do more good for this world buying a ticket for you and Mr. Nader to Japan and let the Suzuki corporate office know about their cr@piness. You could even offer your engineering insight into how to improve their product. I'll bet Suzuki would fix your M50 out of gratitude so it doesn't smoke anymore or even give you a Katana 600 and Mr. Nader might let you run as his Vice President in 2008. I've read that people tend to vote based on charisma and not issues, and if you are as handsome as you claim, you would give Mr. Nader's campaign a needed boost.

[BlueBomber]

You know I think MotoF150 is on to something.
Suzuki really does suck and makes cr@p products and the m50 really is the worst motorcycle in the world. Moto, you know who would do something about this: Ralph Nader, consumer advocate. If you have $3000 bucks lying around for a Katana you might do more good for this world buying a ticket for you and Mr. Nader to Japan and let the Suzuki corporate office know about their cr@piness. You could even offer your engineering insight into how to improve their product. I'll bet Suzuki would fix your M50 out of gratitude so it doesn't smoke anymore or even give you a Katana 600 and Mr. Nader might let you run as his Vice President in 2008. I've read that people tend to vote based on charisma and not issues, and if you are as handsome as you claim, you would give Mr. Nader's campaign a needed boost.

I<3 you right now.

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[MotoF150]

the main reason why no dealer can't fix my M50 is because all Suzuki Dealers hate my guts, they could fix it if they wanted too, but they hate me so bad, that they want me to suffer and complain, they are happy when im not happy! You guys don't have the same problem I have, when you guys walk into a biker dealer ur greeted and treated friendly, when i walk into a dealer they tell me to leave and threaten to call the cops. Im giving my honest opinion on Suzuki bikes, to me Suzuki is the most cheapest made bike out there, but at the same time they are the lowest price bikes compared to the other bikes of the same size, so you do get what you pay for

[Wrider]

the main reason why no dealer can't fix my M50 is because all Suzuki Dealers hate my guts, they could fix it if they wanted too, but they hate me so bad, that they want me to suffer and complain, they are happy when im not happy! You guys don't have the same problem I have, when you guys walk into a biker dealer ur greeted and treated friendly, when i walk into a dealer they tell me to leave and threaten to call the cops. Im giving my honest opinion on Suzuki bikes, to me Suzuki is the most cheapest made bike out there, but at the same time they are the lowest price bikes compared to the other bikes of the same size, so you do get what you pay for

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