Reflection on bad weather...
Roadtest - Suzuki VZ800 Marauder
This road-test was originally published in 1997 on the original SOC Geocities hosted website and transferred over here when Yahoo killed off Geocities. When Suzuki offered to let me have the VZ800 Marauder for a week or two to test, I was very happy to have a 'free' bike for the duration of two big runs to the BMF/ACU National Rally and a Suzuki Owners Club Scotland trip. At the southern entrance to Glen Coe The only factory custom bike I have ever ridden before was an early Yamaha XS400 back in the early Eighties. It had not endeared me to custom bikes! After a trip to the FIM Rally in the Czech Republic in 1995 with a riding partner on a Suzuki Savage, I had begun to think that although not actually my cup of tea, with real perseverance, these bikes could be more than 'canteen cowboy' outfits. Near Loch Ness So it was with a bit of trepidation that I picked the bike up from Ken Fulton, the SOC's magazine Editor (at the time), who had in turn ...
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I ride my bike periodically through the winter every few weeks but it is usually just to coffee and back. Not enough to warrant a fuel fill up for a few months.
Is that an iPhone app ? I was thinking of getting one, but which one ?
My bike has a larger than usual tank, it holds nearly 23 litres and I can travel nearly 500 kms per tank in the city, more on the highway
even so, I have filled up twice this season already. There's nothing wrong with riding in fair weather. I do it all the time, but sometimes it starts our fair and then it's not fair anymore
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
It is called mpgcalc on the itunes site.