Re: [St] I'm having a tough time seeing the 2008 1050 ST in these post

[Bill Pitt <billpitt3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

    I HATE TO COMPLAIN BUT WHEN YOU'RE CHANGING TOPICS PLEASE CHANGE THE SUBJECT, 
OTHERWISE YOU'RE SUBJECTING THE REST OF US TO SOMETHING WE MAY HAVE LITTLE INTEREST IN.
THANKS,
BILLYBOB

> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 11:00:02 -0500
> From: ashmite@xxxxxxxxx
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [St] New spec for 2008 1050 ST
> 
> Yeah, you might think that, but my SV650 (~75 HP?) would pull all day at
> highway speeds (no fairing) w/o any stress. I wanted to see Suzuki make that
> into a commuter/micro-tourer for years (tall bars, full fairing, hard bags).
> 
> At 500lbs wet, the older ST makes 108HP and 72 ft-lbs and that seems plenty
> for this group.  At 400lbs wet, and 123HP and 53lbs, the daytona 675 sounds
> like a good start for a light weight micro-tourer.  Some engine work to draw
> a little more torque out of it, and *poof*, the perfect commuter bike.
> 
> FWIW, I concieved the SV Micro-Tourer during my 10 year stint in the DC
> area, where I was riding 80 miles a day pretty much year round, and never
> really knew what the weather might bring, so it was nice to have the hard
> bags to store rain gear, heavier clothes, tire repair kit, etc.
> 
> The longest trip I ever did on my ST was the Hawk GT ECHR rally last year w/
> Jeremy W.  This year, I might be taking a DR650 and my brother will ride his
> Hawk 650.
> 
> All Good!
> 
> -Joel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 9, 2008 8:51 AM, Nathan Maher <nate@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Joel Ashman wrote:
> > > Uh.. 675?  I'm thinking that the 675 will be offered in more forms,
> > > like the rumored Tiger, and hopefully a baby Sprint (maybe more
> > > comuter oriented)
> > > Joel
> >
> > Joel,
> >
> > 675cc strikes me as just a bit undersized for even a short range tourer,
> > especially if you don't want to have to be wringing every last bit of
> > power out of the motor.  Not saying it wouldn't be a heck of a lot of
> > fun, I always kind of liked the concept of the MZ Scorpion. :)
> >
> > It'll be interesting to see what, if anything, they do with that power
> > plant.
> >
> > Nate
> > 00SprintRS
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