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Review of the 1998 Suzuki VL 1500 Intruder Legendary Classic:GREAT BEAST |
1998 Suzuki VL 1500 Intruder Legendary Classic. Picture by Suzuki. Published with permission.
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Overall, I´ve found my 98 yellow LC to be a great bike: very reliable, powerful, and comfortable. And excellent value too. | ||
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I bought my ´98 model second hand in 2000. It had 3000km on it then but now has 31,000km. I´ve been through 2 sets of tyres (average 15,000km on each set), 1 battery and a set of steering head bearings (inexpensive and I suspect they were not adjusted after the first service). The motor was still tight until around 5,000km or so and then became more flexible. I was initially impressed by the torque and comfort but soon added a windscreen to make touring with the wide handle bars more comfortable. Because I´m tall (6´2´), however, I had to make up a couple of brackets to raise the oem screen a couple of more inches to eliminate wind buffeting. A pair of aftermarket soft saddle bags with oem supports completed the touring set up. The handling is good and improved for me when I increased the rear pre-load to near max (increasing ground clearance) and added the screen, which put more weight over the front wheel. I can also recommend metzler 880 tyres - they seem significantly better than the oem bridgestones. Top gear is very tall and, although the motor is torquey, you really need to be doing over 90 km/h before selecting it. After that, you can leave it there and blast up any hill you encounter. Fuel economy with the screen is 15km per litre and doesn´t vary much. Overall, I´ve found it to be a great bike: very reliable, powerful, and comfortable. And excellent value. |
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