Suzuki S40 Boulevard

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  • Ken Talbot
    XS-XJ Super Guru
    • Jun 2002
    • 4251
    • Revelstoke, BC
    #1

    Suzuki S40 Boulevard

    Anybody have any experience with one of these? A friend is looking at one as a step up from her 535 Virago, mainly to get a decent range between fill-ups. The fuel range on her Virago makes the 11 Specials look like long-distance cruisers!
    Ken Talbot
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    • motoman
      Master of XSology
      • Aug 2005
      • 8413
      • Grand Junction, Colorado
      #2
      Ken, think REFFI's wife rides one or similar. Maybe he will chime in with an answer.
      81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.

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        • MacMcMacmac
          Truly XSive
          • Dec 2006
          • 127
          • Ottawa, Canada
          #3
          Consider it a downgrade. At 31hp, I think she would find it quite a step backwards.

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            • MaximPhil
              XS-XJ Super Guru
              • May 2004
              • 4119
              • Mississauga, ON CANADA
              #4
              Originally posted by Ken Talbot
              Anybody have any experience with one of these? A friend is looking at one as a step up from her 535 Virago, mainly to get a decent range between fill-ups. The fuel range on her Virago makes the 11 Specials look like long-distance cruisers!
              Hi Ken,
              The larger boulevards are a nice bike. I knew a guy who had a 535 Virago years ago. He could never keep it running long enough to need to refuel so she is doing better already
              1981 XS1100 H Venturer ( Addie)
              1983 XJ 650 Maxim
              2004 Kawasaki Concours. ( Black Bear)

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                • Ken Talbot
                  XS-XJ Super Guru
                  • Jun 2002
                  • 4251
                  • Revelstoke, BC
                  #5
                  Turns out she found a sweet deal locally on an '04 V-Star 1100, very much like this one:



                  Now I get to give her husband the gears about him riding pillion this summer when they tour with SWMBO and I. Either that, or he tries to keep up with us on his KLR.
                  Ken Talbot

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                    • R.S.
                      XSive
                      • Apr 2010
                      • 24
                      #6
                      My GF and I looked into those, and decided to get a Boulevard S50, because it was better as far as weight/performance was concerned.

                      shes 5'2'' 130 lbs and its perfect for her.

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