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Message started by bentwheel on 07/29/05 at 08:28:10

Title: Beware the Burgman
Post by bentwheel on 07/29/05 at 08:28:10

Some hipster dufus on a scooter pulled up beside me at a red light, and motioned he wanted to drag. My initial thought was "get lost", but instinct took over and I obliged. Man, I was never close to him. He blew me off the line and kept getting farther away every second. I could just imagine him saying (with a Cheech Marin voice) bye bye lard ass. At the next red light I sheepisly pulled beside him and he lifted hid dark visor. It turned out I knew the guy. He said " Don't feel bad Gord, yesterday I blew away Terry on his 850 Guzzi." He was laughing in his helmet as he took off.

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by Savage_Rob on 07/29/05 at 08:39:44

LOL!

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by Karen627 on 07/29/05 at 08:40:18

You know what would be really creepy? If he lifted the visor, said, "Don't worry, Gord," and rode away -- and you'd never met the guy before. :o

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by vroom1776 on 07/29/05 at 10:38:04

So what the heck is a Burgman, besides a scooter, and why is it so fast?

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by Savage_Rob on 07/29/05 at 10:49:49

vroom1776 wrote:

So what the heck is a Burgman, besides a scooter, and why is it so fast?

Here you go. (http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewBikeCatalogue/2003/Suzuki/Burgman/Burgman_650.htm)

... and Suzuki's site... (http://www.suzukicycles.com/Products/AN650K5/Default.aspx)

Thay also make a 400cc version.

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by Ed_L. on 07/29/05 at 11:41:13

Jeez, it's getting wierd, a high performance scooter that costs more that a crotch rocket. Wonder how many you will find riding the Tail Of The Dragon :D.

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by shawn_b on 07/29/05 at 12:06:45

it looks like it handels like crap pure drag bike :o

shawn

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by Dynobob on 07/29/05 at 12:10:00

Watch out for geezers on their scooters. The Honda Silver Wing (http://powersports.honda.com/scooters/model.asp?ModelName=Silver+Wing&ModelYear=2005&ModelId=FSC6005) will leave you in the dust too ;D

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by vroom1776 on 07/29/05 at 12:39:52

Well, if you wanna spend $8k on a scooter with a motorcycle engine...

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by Savage_Rob on 07/29/05 at 13:49:54

For people who want/need twist-n-go simplicity, they're much better than a smaller scooter in my opinion. I once tried a Silver Wing just to see how it handled and it did surprisingly well. I'd bet the Burgman is similar.

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by Paladin on 07/29/05 at 13:57:16

vroom1776 wrote:

Well, if you wanna spend $8k on a scooter with a motorcycle engine...

As we age we develop ... ahh... limitations. At some point in time throwing a leg over a motorcycle will no longer be physically possible. Arthritis may make grabbing a clutch painful. Our natural padding shrivels making a standard saddle impossible to bear for more than a few minutes. We can no longer endure hot/cold wind stabbing at our bony body. Eventually you reach a point of spending $8K on a "scooter" or retiring to your cage.

Which will you choose?

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by DavidV on 07/29/05 at 14:34:25

It's gotta be tough to look cool riding one of those. If I was gonna move up the Suzuki ladder, it'd be an SV650.

Anybody know how it handles through curves? Looks a little short on the lean angle to me.

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by vroom1776 on 07/29/05 at 15:17:13

I hear the SV 650 is a pretty good bike, but a little groggy if you let off the throttle at all (for a sport bike).

age & bikes: I got the impression that this fella' was youngish... what would I choose? I'd do my best to get my butt on a trike. eh... I just don't see myself on a scooter, even a fast one.

Frankly I think those 50 cc jobs are dangerous. Why?

1) they are slow (very bad in a pinch)
2) cagers don't see or hear them
3) cagers don't care (ame goes for us!)
4) nobody really knows how to treat them, i.e. as motorcycles or bicycles

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by dannimal on 07/29/05 at 15:38:38

I rode a honda refex scooter on a test ride when they first came out a few years ago and it got up to 80 mighty quick for a scooter. Nice ride and handled well too. But man, a little too much coin for me. I do see used ones every so often in the cycle books for around 4 grand. I think I'll stick with good old thumper for a while longer. I can't see being "mr. bad ass" of the block on an oversized scooter!!! ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P ;D :P

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by slavy on 07/29/05 at 17:39:03

The funny thing is - I just finished changing the plastics of one Burgman. The front fairing - $213, The side - $126, The fr. box/ uhat You fork when You sit/ -$158, the plastic belt cover -$81. To change this pieces takes time like to do a total rebuilding of a Savage.
This is 400cc. I did not get the impression to be so fast. May be the one that smocked the LS was the big Burgman - 650 cc. Anyway- they are FI and are not bad, but first thing expensive and second- I don't know how will they handle in rain or on a rough surface.

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by threezukes on 07/29/05 at 18:40:59

Yup, big scooters are the latest craze here in Japan. Still don't care for them much though.

Check this site out..

http://www.project-k.jp/

Title: Re: Beware the Burgman
Post by CHRIS on 07/30/05 at 20:31:46

The burgman is a Beast. At the dealership I work at we just sold one, it had to be test driven for pre-delivery, I took the "honors" and they really do scoot. Impressive power for a scooter, just not much of a looker, for me anyways.