The bike is indeed a blast to ride, I have covered more than 28000 miles on mine. The Suzuki engine never gave me a problem. However, not the same thing can be said of the rest of the bike. During these 28000 miles the bike broke two clutch wires and two accelerator wires, apart from giving electric trouble with the lights. Nothing like this ever happened with my previous bike (a Yamaha, which I rode for 30000 miles, by the way). I donĀ“t know which is going to be my next bike, but I am sure of one thing: it will be japanese all over.