2016 Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABSWith the goal of creating a “comfortable adventure tourer,” Suzuki gave its 2016 V-Strom 650 a powerplant with good torque in the low- and mid-range, plus a high-rpm horsepower boost.The bottom-five gear ratios are fairly close for increased performance, leaving sixth as an overdrive. Ergonomically, the fairing has good protection, plus an adjustable windscreen. There are three seats available so the rider can personalize the V-Strom 650 ABS. Bags and additional protection are optional.
Hello everyone and welcome once again to Motos and Friends, the weekly podcast brought to you by Ultimate Motorcycling. My name is Arthur Coldwells.
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In this week’s first segment, Editor Don Williams takes the smallest BMW ADV bike on an urban adventure in Los Angeles. The BMW G 310 GS is a full size motorcycle with a modest engine, so of course we wonder if it is a little too underpowered and might struggle. Don put it through its paces and gives us his take.
In the second segment, Neale Bayly and Kiran Ridley have returned from the Ukraine to Paris where Kiran is based.
Kiran is an award winning photojournalist, and as an accomplished documentarian, he has covered stories as diverse as drug smuggling around the Mexican border, to the devastation of the Australian Bush Fires, to the tragedy of the Mediterranean migration crisis. Neale and Kiran reminisce about their motorcycle adventure in the Ukraine, and their observations and experiences with the incredibly resilient people of Ukraine, who have been put through such brutal hardship.
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