Get A Rundown Of The Suzuki V-Strom 800 Touring

[@arnoldtm31]

Names it touring, no cruise control. Massive missed opportunity or greed.

[@DJPTEXAS]

It would have cost them pennies.... they think it would take away from the bigger Strom that comes with it....please...

[@dwayneneufeld1696]

Your HP and gas mileage numbers are wrong. 84 hp and over 50 mpg, and no Bluetooth. Please check your research. Suzuki got slandered on this review. You should delete the review and start over... Wow.

[@KanedaMGM]

I was wondering where they got those numbers from

[@dwayneneufeld1696]

@@KanedaMGM A little research like the reviewer should have done, and I have an 800 DE, very similar bike.

[@Transilvanian]

Also the tire recall is for the DE model this is the RE there is no recall on the D614 tire BTW amazing tires

[@dwayneneufeld1696]

@@Transilvanian Our rear tire is worn out and gone. Got 6000 miles out of it with no problem. Put on the Motoz Tractionator GPS. Haven't changed the front yet, half life.

[@arthurcayer6630]

Cruise Control? No worries. Veridian makes an aftermarket cruise control that is relatively inexpensive.

[@jeremyrivera4861]

FYI. Lots of great details but you are incorrect about the ability to link a smartphone to the TFT display.

[@arthurcayer6630]

36 mpg was misprint and misspoke. It gets much better than that. The 800DE version which has arguably more drag gets much better.

[@rock50-hf8fk]

I think the tire recall is only on DE , not RE

[@aryandraarya1250]

The RE model doesnot have a bluetooth app, am I missing something?

[@wallymurray620]

It would have been nice if the review was a whole lot clearer on the differences between this and the base bike. Are the preload adjustments something new, is the adjustable windshield different? Or did they just throw the top case on and call it a tourer? The Canadian Suzuki website shows this bike coming with side bags, not the top case, although I’m sure you could get the top case for a little extra. And as others have mentioned, no cruise control??? For me, keep your quickshifter and give me my CC.

[@KanedaMGM]

I am pretty sure the only difference, in the US anyway, is the color, the top case, and the handguards.

[@CraigSmith568]

Two dealers in my area still have these waiting on the recall. They will sell it to you, but you can't take delivery until the tires come in.

[@KanedaMGM]

Those are only the 800DE. The 800 and 800 Touring are not part of that tire recall.

[@gkeller9958]

You can get more correct information from the brochure than this guy. MPG, wrong HP, wrong Bluetooth, wrong I bought the standard Vstrom 800. Couldn’t see paying $900 more for a tail trunk, plastic hand guards and gloss black color. At the time of purchase the 800 comes with green and the touring with gloss black. Real happy with my purchase, but finding out that even though the DE uses the same platform, there’s a lot of aftermarket parts for the DE that won’t fit the standard 800 and I’m sure won’t fit the touring. So far it’s been the center stand, which I had to buy through the dealer, hand guards specifically for the DE, skid plate, crash bars and accessory bar for adding lights. So far all of that can only be purchased through a dealer at a premium price. No matter what model you end up with, theirs a noticeable vibration at 5,000 rpm which is about 70 mpg and somewhat diminishes after 6,000. A little annoying, but not a deal breaker.

[@DirtyYogurt]

I'm actually shocked at only 36 mpg from that engine. I don't even try for good had e economy on my tracer, and average 40 on my commute and 46 on the highway.

[@jerryrathman5717]

I agree, I normally get over 40 with my Vstrom 1050.

[@simonroberts8469]

I’m getting 65mpg + (UK gallons).

[@carlosvejar3938]

I daily my V-STROM 800 and I get 42 mpg.

[@dwayneneufeld1696]

HP is 84 and mileage is over 50. This is a terribly inaccurate review!

[@jtb8461]

My 2024 V-Strom 800 gets 50-55 mpg solo, 48 mpg when riding two up.

[@jonnycando]

I get 50mpg on a 91 FXR with a 1340 engine and Mikuni carb. 36 hard to believe!

[@ragerider6283]

Agreed, 36 mpg is pretty poor but I guess your FXR wasn't trying to meet Euro 5+ emissions regs. I doubt it had to meet any back then lol! I've also had way more out of this engine. They're definitely hammering it.

[@jonnycando]

@@ragerider6283 I don’t have to meet Euro regs at all….in my part of Virginia we don’t have to meet any emissions regs….except at time of purchase.

[@ragerider6283]

@@jonnycando Exactly. Lucky devil. I'm jealous. : )

[@dwayneneufeld1696]

@@ragerider6283 HP is 84 and fuel milage on mine is 54mpg. The reviewer didn't get much right. More like slander. No Bluetooth either.

[@ragerider6283]

@@dwayneneufeld1696 Well yes & no. The 76 bhp quoted was at the rear wheel so sounds about right to be fair. MPG was also quite possible but only if you ride it like you stole it. I personally very rarely see under 50mpg & literally never less than 45mpg.

[@shaneryan9076]

Mpg is definitely not correct, I have a 1000gt and get better than that, I read on some UK review sites it's in the 50s.. correction is 64mpg according to mcn

[@sahzookey]

I was wondering. That would be terrible fuel mileage, especially with 76 horsepower.

[@shaneryan9076]

@@sahzookey mcn in the UK saying 64mpg.. way more like it

[@wallymurray620]

@@shaneryan9076that’s correct but don’t forget, that will be based on a Imp gallon, not us gallon.

[@KanedaMGM]

@@sahzookey It IS wrong and so is the hp. It is more like 50+ mpg and 84 hp

[@glockparaastra]

Inline 4 would have been much nicer for touring.

[@nickb3968]

I've ridden all the V-strom's back to back....the 650 had the smoothest engine and isn't that much slower than the 800. The 1050 had great power....but was piggy.

[@richardwarsinske7064]

My admittedly 50lb. lighter GSX 8S has returned mileage in the 57mpg range for 90% of its first 3000 miles but typically quoted mileage from reviewers is far less. Quoted mileage could be a typo but more than likely this motor just responds poorly (economically) to a heavy throttle hand. Additionally lower than mfg. claimed HP numbers are likely dyno measured figures and would fall in the range of dyno results I've seen. Considering this is only a "rundown" it's probably best to wait for a more in depth full review to draw any actual performance impressions from.

[@jfmartin66]

76 HP ?? 83 HP

[@steadytrousers9813]

I'm shitting to this

[@SLFYSH]

Appropriate.

[@jackcoveproductions]

lmao