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bmadson
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| Posted 6/23/2008 10:57 AM (GMT -8) |   | | | |
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Desmolicious
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GAJ
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| Posted 6/23/2008 1:23 PM (GMT -8) | | Jon, would you buy it again?
Do those absolutely hideous exhausts roast your ass? | | Back to Top | | |
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flickmeister
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| Posted 6/23/2008 3:16 PM (GMT -8) | | | I love this thing. Sounds like a total hoot to ride. The only negative I see is that it is priced higher than the Happybus. I don't understand that except Suzuki must feel the stretfighter crowd is willing to pay more for less. I'd love to have one in my garage. Cheers, Jack | | Back to Top | | |
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GeoffG
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| Posted 6/23/2008 7:05 PM (GMT -8) | | Uh...Boss Hoss, anyone?
Really, what's the difference? Big, heavy, ugly, and overpowered--sounds like a winner to me! | | Back to Top | | |
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Somec
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| Posted 6/23/2008 7:24 PM (GMT -8) | | Did I hear the video reviewer correctly when he said .."It could use a little more power"??  | | Back to Top | | |
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Edmond
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| Posted 6/24/2008 7:27 AM (GMT -8) | | I don't get it.
Too heavy and powerful to be a stunter.
Too open to be a sport bike
Too much of a gas waster to be a tourer.
Too Ugly to be a show off bike
Novelty bike anyone?.....just because you can, doesn't mean you should. | | Back to Top | | |
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jon
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| Posted 6/24/2008 8:42 AM (GMT -8) | |
Nodian said...
“Uh...Boss Hoss, anyone”?
I guess for some people’s minds it is hard to understand the difference between an inline 4 and a V8 engine, an aluminum chassis and tubular steel chassis, and 578 lbs. and 1178 lbs, a bike that turns and stops and a bike that just doesn’t do either.
Comparing the B-King to a Boss-Slob is like comparing a Winnebago to a four door hatch back. yes, it's sad but some will never know or have the ability to tell 'the difference'....i can see various opinions i.e., ugly, hideous, futuristic, badass, transformer, darth vader, etc., because perceptions vary but to not be able to tell the difference between the king and the hoss is just plain sad. | | Back to Top | | |
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GAJ
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| Posted 6/24/2008 11:59 AM (GMT -8) | |
jon said...
GAJ said...
Jon, would you buy it again?
Do those absolutely hideous exhausts roast your ass? 'buy it again?'....yes!!!!!
'roast your ass?'....nope and those plastic covers do a fantastic job absorbing the heat from exhausts ( i can touch the exhausts after a ride and it won't burn me), and i love 'those absolutely hideous exhausts!...it looks exactly like the way it looks on the concept of 01' in tokyo.
the only negatives for me so far is the fuel range (which i knew about before buying) and the waste of a feature, 'B' mode that i'll never use. Hey, it can't get worse than the 35 I get on my TL and I'm glad to hear someone has figured out how to keep an underseat exhaust from roasting your ass 'cause I understand the Italians and Brits have not!
And I certainly ride a bike many people would consider "weird" looking (Supermoto) but I don't care.
It's the grin the rider gets that counts regardless of the bike.
Enjoy.
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Black Shadow
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| Posted 6/24/2008 8:38 PM (GMT -8) | |
Edmond said...
I don't get it.
Too heavy and powerful to be a stunter.
Too open to be a sport bike
Too much of a gas waster to be a tourer.
Too Ugly to be a show off bike
Novelty bike anyone?.....just because you can, doesn't mean you should. What serious motorcyclist gives two shits about stunting?
what tourer gets better mileage that is capable of this kind of performance? RedDog's Gixxer Thou, notwithstanding (though less than 35 mpg).
Ugly is subjective--ever see one in person? When I saw the B-King at the dealer, I was in shock. There's no doubt this is the 'King'. I knew what it was before I knew what it was...
Just because it does many so things well, in fact, better than any narrow-focused bike, DOES mean you damn-well might!
And to the posters clamoring for better videos in bike reviews: I dunno...I heard a hella lot of engine in the video.
My only gripe is the name, and that's lame.
Anymore, when I'm looking at bikes, I'm looking at compromises and for what works on the street, twisties, and the super-slab yet has sick acceleration. The B-King is less of a compromise (weight being the ony one I can see--on paper,some lighter bikes FEEL heavier and vice-versa).
So, IMO, with the exception if the much pricier Tuono R  lol, there are no perfect bikes but this is very close.
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Edmond
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| Posted 6/24/2008 10:03 PM (GMT -8) | |
Black Shadow said...
Edmond said...
I don't get it.
Too heavy and powerful to be a stunter.
Too open to be a sport bike
Too much of a gas waster to be a tourer.
Too Ugly to be a show off bike
Novelty bike anyone?.....just because you can, doesn't mean you should. What serious motorcyclist gives two shits about stunting?
what tourer gets better mileage that is capable of this kind of performance? RedDog's Gixxer Thou, notwithstanding (though less than 35 mpg).
Ugly is subjective--ever see one in person? When I saw the B-King at the dealer, I was in shock. There's no doubt this is the 'King'. I knew what it was before I knew what it was...
Just because it does many so things well, in fact, better than any narrow-focused bike, DOES mean you damn-well might!
And to the posters clamoring for better videos in bike reviews: I dunno...I heard a hella lot of engine in the video.
My only gripe is the name, and that's lame.
Anymore, when I'm looking at bikes, I'm looking at compromises and for what works on the street, twisties, and the super-slab yet has sick acceleration. The B-King is less of a compromise (weight being the ony one I can see--on paper,some lighter bikes FEEL heavier and vice-versa).
So, IMO, with the exception if the much pricier Tuono R lol, there are no perfect bikes but this is very close.
You have the way you feel and I have the same....
Whats the use of that much power on a 600lbs standard bike?
There's one a my local dealer I've seen it up close and sat on it, and I still think it's ugly.
but by all means if you're in the mood for a standard, and you don't don't care about wind protection, or nimblenes(which the write-up sugar coated) or gas milage, or looks.
Be my guest.
I like my standards light and flickable for in city riding.
imo Theirs not alot of point in having anything over 120hp in a standard.
you can't take a standard to the track, and you go straight to jail if you ride over 90mph on public roads.
So are you saying you like the fact it'll be able to get-up and go before you reach 70mph?
Because if you just like that, then I could see you liking this bike.
If not, whats the point?
But there's no right or wrong when it comes to personal preference....
Having owned a Moto Guzzi V11 that weighed about 550 wet, you feel the weight, there's no cheating that....
and while I respect you're outlook on this bike, it looks like a nightmare to me. | | Back to Top | | |
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GeoffG
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| Posted 6/24/2008 10:30 PM (GMT -8) | | An air force pilot told me once, "The F4 Phantom is America's proof to the world that, if you put a big enough engine in it, even a brick will fly." Suzuki seems to be following a similar philosophy with the B-King, and I believe my comparison to the Boss Hoss is valid--the B-King is just a Japanese production model of the concept. These are bikes of excess, built to appeal to American consumeristic tastes--and as even this thread shows, they do that very well.
I agree with Edmond, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should."
jon said...
yes, it's sad but some will never know or have the ability to tell 'the difference'.
BTW, just because I don't like the bike, doesn't mean I don't have "the ability" to tell 'the difference.' I simply don't care for 'the difference.'
Black Shadow said...
Ugly is subjective--ever see one in person? When I saw the B-King at the dealer, I was in shock. There's no doubt this is the 'King'. I knew what it was before I knew what it was..
Yes, I've seen one in person--and I was in shock, myself. My Gawd, that thing was ugly--and it musta been 3 feet wide! Put the ol' CBX to shame. "Lithe" and "Agile" it ain't!
Maybe "it does many so things well," like wash the dishes and take out the trash--but I expect a motorcycle to be light and nimble and look good doing it. I can't see the B-King doing any of those... | | Back to Top | | |
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jon
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| Posted 6/24/2008 10:44 PM (GMT -8) | |
Edmond said...
1. Whats the use of that much power on a 600lbs standard bike?
2. nimblenes(which the write-up sugar coated).
3. you go straight to jail if you ride over 90mph on public roads.
4. So are you saying you like the fact it'll be able to get-up and go before you reach 70mph?
Because if you just like that, then I could see you liking this bike.
If not, whats the point?
1. that is the only engine available so the customer really have no say in it. given your logic, what's the use of that much on any street bike? and where does it say it's '600lbs'?
2. obviously you haven't ridden one. granted it's not as nimble as say a supersport liter but the king is plenty nimble for any public streets, roads and highways. the nimbleness gap between the king and say a gixxer 1000 is about the same as the gap between a gixxer 1000 and the gixxer 600 based on my experiences from riding those bikes.
3. that would apply to almost all of the available street bikes.
4. that would also apply to almost all of the street bikes...maybe your bike can't reach 90mph or even 70mph and you like that fact but i haven't encounter any street bike that can't do those speeds with ease. | | Back to Top | | |
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