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Seadragon7
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Date Joined Jul 2004
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| Posted 7/2/2004 3:22 AM (GMT -8) |   | Overall, I don't have a problem with the name change, but that is where my good nature ends. I can't believe you journalists are gonna treat these bikes like they are some totally new bike. Suzuki is gonna charge more money and screw up more features on the Intruder line and expect people to love them for it. Not me. They take a great street cruiser like the Intruder 800(which most people without motorcycle knowledge,understand is a decent sized bike) and do the following: Take away the standard sissybar chrome accessory, add drag handle bars which when moving up from a learner 250 isn't really a good idea., and change the universal 800 to S50? simply for the metric system conversion nuts out there. I was ready for the Suzuki lineup to change, but not like this. I can only hope they have something new up there sleeves, but I doubt it. While they may have a few new POWER bikes on the way, and nothing wrong with that, It still leaves all us Intruder Owners pineing for something new after all these years. These are not new bikes, just old lineups with new badges, less accessories and higher prices! Not well done so far Suzuki,  I own a 2001 Intruder, and as far as I am concerned, if it acts like an Intruder, runs like an Intruder, and all the old Intruder parts fit on it like an Intruder...guess what, it's an Intruder. S40, S50, S83....Pleeezzzzz, yuck! The boys over at Victory Motorcycles will be glad to pick up the extra buyers from Suzuki. I'll be one of them. | | Back to Top | | |
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Seadragon7
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| Posted 7/3/2004 8:07 PM (GMT -8) | | It doesn't work like that. The S40 is the 650 all right. but it does not come in a C40 or 650 with different fender skirts. The S50 is the old Intruder 800, It doesn't get made with different size fenders and called the C50. The C50 is a different style 800 all togeather. Yamaha on the other hand does. It has the 650 Custom and Classic Same style bikes, but with different style fenders.
S40-650 Savage
S50-800 Intruder
S83-1400 Intruder
C50-800 Intruder Cruiser Class | | Back to Top | | |
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croozer
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| Posted 7/4/2004 7:51 PM (GMT -8) | | No, dropping all the old, familiar names doesn't seem to make much sense,
but they are taking the longer view, and if they really are coming up with
several new models, it may be the name changes'll work out for Suzuki, and
we'll all get used to the new names. I haven't seen anywhere that there's going
to be any major price hikes on the 2005s. I'm planning on making a major bike
change in a couple of years anyhow, so if they want to call 'em 'Backroads' it's OK with me.
Never picked out a bike yet based on the name. I mean, Low Rider, what kind of name is
that? And that was my first HD. | | Back to Top | | |
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Seadragon7
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| Posted 7/5/2004 8:17 PM (GMT -8) | | | I really think Suzuki messed this up big time. I don't want to go into a dealer ship and have to choose a bike with Boulevard on it and have to tell everyone "Oh, this is the Boulevard C50, not the Boulevard S83." I mean, granted I don't buy a bike solely on the name but geezzzzz,part of the fun when talking with people is the distinction between name models, It tells people just what bike your talking about. "I ride a 800 Intruder, what do you ride?" I ride a Volusia." See, there you know what the heck everything is. Now it's Boulevard C50, Boulevard S40, Boulevard C90, etc... Just Stupid. It's like getting Vanilla Ice Cream, only difference is designations of one scoop, two scoop. It's still Vanilla right? | | Back to Top | | |
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Texas Jay
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| Posted 8/10/2004 4:52 AM (GMT -8) | | | I'm a newbie. In fact, I'm not even a newbie yet - I haven't got my motorcycle license. But I do have a degree in business/marketing, so I know little about brand names, etc. I think what Suzuki has done with the 'Boulevard' grouping of their cruisers is a wise long-term move, but it may cost them a little in the short-term because there will be some resistance and confusion. Suzuki wants all of their cruisers identified under one name, sort of what GM has with all (or most) of it's luxury cars under the 'Cadillac' name. In time, it is hoped that motorcycle consumers will automatically think "cruiser = Boulevard", just like some car consumers think "luxury = Cadillac". No one knows if it will work, but I hope it does. I don't know much about motorcycles, but I've had two Suzuki cars and I'm a loyal customer. Their quality is equal to Honda, Toyota, & Nissan. I'd like to buy a used Intruder 800 when I'm ready. | | Back to Top | | |
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Mr Casual
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| Posted 8/12/2004 10:01 PM (GMT -8) | | I've been looking into big Japanese cruiser offerings lately, and I was kind of interested in the Intruder 1400. Big honkin' engine in a relatively lightweight bike, shaft drive and hydraulic valves for Buick-level maintenance, split-pin crank for less vibration . . . all very attractive. I also kind of liked the Yamaha V-Star 1100 custom, but the Intruder 14, for almost the same money, kicks the V-Star in the nuts in the performance department. "But if I bought it," I said to myself, "I'd have to change the bars. I'd like lower bars. And I'd have to do something about that seat."
Lo and behold, here's the new Boulevard S83, and Suzuki fixed it up exactly the way I would have fixed it myself.
Maybe the name "Boulevard S83" doesn't quite roll off the tongue like "Intruder 1400." So what. It's on the top of my list now. | | Back to Top | | |
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piper
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| Posted 8/17/2004 1:41 PM (GMT -8) | | |
I hear that the new Ford Mustang is coming out. Only, it's not going to be called a Mustang anymore. They're trying to make a segway into a new market, so they're taking the same car, adding more horsepower, new paint schemes, and new seats, and they're calling it the Ford Stallion, actually, the Ford Stallion S3.6. The Ford Mustang GT will be the Ford Stallion S5.0, and the Ford Mustang Cobra will be the Ford Stallion S5.0 Plus. . Then they're making a really bold move by taking the Taurus and renaming it the Ford Stallion F1! The big new is that the Pinto is making a comeback being brought into the fold. It'll be the Ford Stallion F.75
Yeah, Suzuki really knows its market.
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Tros
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piper
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| Posted 8/20/2004 12:07 PM (GMT -8) | | | | |
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