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  • Have you been dreaming or riding to a place like this the sambhar lake in

  • Rajasthan for a proper adventure tour class motorcycle well in that case your

  • dreams might just be coming true getting very real and all thanks to the arrival

  • of this Suzuki the V-Strom 650 but before we carry on don't forget to subscribe

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  • now before we go any further let's keep in mind that the v-strom 650 that's on sale in India is the v-strom

  • 650 XT which is the more rough road ready v-strom from suzuki so let's carry on

  • so should you be interested in this because for about 70,000 rupees less you

  • would get Kawasaki Versys 650 which on paper is pretty much on par with the

  • v-strom and if you were looking for more power and sophistication 150 CC of a

  • sitz Triumph Tiger 800 and in the XCX guys gets the you know spo ke wheels as

  • well but that costs a whopping 6 lakh rupees more

  • so if you're stretching for the v-strom over the vs. for the extra cash you get

  • proper spoke rims and they look beautiful in this gold finish and those

  • are wrapped with proper tubeless tires and these Brit stones are on off-road

  • oriented so good for on road fun and off road fun and an aside you also get this

  • plastic bash guard for the engine which can handle like bumps and bangs and

  • that's what all you also get this knuckle guard there's also a 12 volt

  • charging socket as standard but the real big talking point apart from the wheels

  • is the fact that the v-strom gets three-stage traction control

  • there's off this level one which is for everything except for when it starts

  • raining which is when you move to level two and basically that means the extra

  • cash is money well spent

  • but the v-strom does miss out bit in a see of two wheelers scooters that have

  • LED headlamps or at least LED DRLs this near 9 lakh rupee motorcycle doesn't

  • have either and to top it off its design is a bit awkward and when you combine

  • those two things together the halogen headlamps and the design it starts

  • looking a bit updated actually they have used LEDs on the tail lamp but what

  • really works for the v-strom is this yellow color and it is also available in

  • a cool white while the chassis looks old and industrial it is an aluminium twins

  • spire unit and talking of hardware and then when you look at the features

  • especially the suspension this gets regular telescopic forks up front which

  • are non adjustable unlike the verses which gets shower upside down forks on

  • the upside this has a remote preload adjuster for the rear motor shock and

  • rebound damping adjustment as well yeah you might be thinking that I missed out

  • on some things and this v-strom is looking pretty well-equipped but let me

  • tell you it's wearing four accessories starting with that main stand then

  • there's this partial chain guard and there's of course a crash protector over

  • there and last but definitely not least is this top box over here which has 55

  • litres of storage let me show you yeah just turn the key flip it open press

  • that button you can get to full face helmets in here easy and that's not all

  • it also comes with its own mounting plate which has a quick-release

  • mechanism which means you can do this and all these accessories come for 77k

  • as a package if you bought them individually will be about 89 sweeter

  • now proper arabes can be intimidating for shorter riders like me I'm five feet

  • six and so is the v-strom 650 a significantly better motorcycle for a

  • rider like me now when you compare it to the v-strom 1000 the seat height is

  • lower by 15 millimeters might not sound like much but it is a lot and

  • interestingly Suzuki's v accessory comes in here they're offering a low seat

  • option which drops the seat height from 835 mm to 815 mm 20 mm lower and I

  • would recommend that to all shorter riders out there because the cub weight

  • is 216 kilos which is 12 kilos lighter than the v-strom thousand but

  • still it's 216 kilos that's something you can feel when you're especially

  • picking the bike off the stand or maneuvering it at lower speeds

  • at the same time you get that experience that you want of being on a big bike and

  • that's also good news for taller riders if you're up to 6 feet

  • I think the v-strom 650 will accommodate you quite well

  • so the question I'm sure you're asking is is it a proper adventure bike

  • well a little bit of a hint of that is in the foot packs it doesn't get

  • saturated edges and it doesn't have removable shoes either

  • right and then when you dig a little bit deeper in the spec sheet you'll find the

  • front folks travel is 150 mm which by proper ATV standards is pretty low

  • a proper Bosch plate is in the works from Suzuki and it will be a must-have if you

  • plan to rough it out

  • and then there's the wait you do feel that at low speeds and in shifty

  • conditions you do have to manage it but trust me it's not something that should

  • put you off the v-strom it's something that once you spend time would get used

  • to you'll get over it and you'll be able to play around with

  • the v-strom a fair bit it feels like a solid capable motorcycle and it really

  • does feel that even the loose stuff and those tires the tubular tires make you

  • feel safe and confident even when you wander off the road the v-strom is a

  • sweet handler and it does manage to put you at ease fairly quickly it is no

  • doubt helped by its ultra long wheelbase which is even longer than the v-strom

  • 1000 so yes the v-strom it might not be an out-and-out off-roader but it is very

  • capable for rough rolling oh and that reminds me we haven't spoken about the

  • engine which brings us to our next point

  • and that's is the V-strong good for touring well this V twin 650 cc

  • engine is a gem it just feels so relaxed so smooth and so capable no matter what

  • you want to do you want to overtake it's got the talk it's actually got enough

  • right from two and a half thousand rpm to pull cleanly you can pull in sixth

  • gear from fifty smooth well under forty even in fifth gear so this is really a

  • very capable engine and well cruising on the highway 120 kph is five and a

  • half thousand rpm which you can do all day long if you want to know what the V

  • Strom 650 XT sounds like stay with us till the end of the video v-strom has a

  • 20 liter fuel tank and with the indicated fuel efficiency hovering

  • around the mid 20 KPL mark it means the v-strom is a really long legged machine

  • but the fuel efficiency number will drop if you start to rush things and talking

  • about rushing along and well if you decide to gun it for the horizon or the

  • next corner and take the rest past 8,000 rpm that's when you start feeling just a

  • bit of a buzz from the seat and from the pegs but on the whole the engine is very

  • capable and refined the redline ten and a half thousand rpm and if you decide to

  • it can really pull all the way that clean and quick even then the long

  • wheelbase and the supple suspension will keep you confident and comfy and then

  • there's the seating comfort the riders triangle which is your seating position

  • is spacious its upright so whether you're short or tall you should be

  • comfortable here and that's also thanks to this standard seat which offers good

  • cushioning and the seat fabric I mean the seat cover it looks good wilde thing

  • to talk about but it's also grippy and that's one all you have this windscreen

  • which provides adequate protection the problem here is that to adjust it it's

  • got three steps for adjustment but to adjust it you need tools

  • also keep in mind a six and a half thousand kilometers service interval

  • might slow you down on a bharat darshan and it's awesome that suzuki is offering

  • luggage as an accessory right out of the showroom but it would have been better

  • if they've offered panniers instead of the top box because the top box dis

  • effect handling when you're out on the highway

  • now this question might be small but the impact of it not so much is it going to

  • be good to live it the short answer is yes if you've heard

  • everything you had to say here's the roundup again the engine super tractable

  • so great for low-speed use slick gearbox or no issue there again you've got

  • create seating comfort it's got great turning radius and the suspension can

  • tackle our non-existent city roads quite well and that of course also comes with

  • the added safety net of traction control and abs and standard the light clutch

  • Suzuki's anti-stall technology and the super reliable engine will make this a

  • trusty companion for years to come

  • so the V-Strom is calling itself a sport adventure Torah so is it sporty

  • well like most modern-day ATVs find a good sweeping road and you'll find that

  • the v-strom can be hustle and can be had fun with but is it as sporty and has eager

  • as let's say a tiger or Multistrada well no it is more restrained and that's no

  • surprise but on the whole it is confident and really composed when you

  • do hustle a which makes it friendly for maybe even newer riders and when you

  • look at the brakes you've got solid bites it from the dual disc up front but the

  • ABS does gotten a bit abruptly and the tyres given that they have the on/off

  • load focus the grip on offer is certainly committed and this being a

  • Suzuki quality is impressive details are well worked out and you have a sense of

  • reassurance thanks to the wide service network

  • so is the Suzuki v-strom 650 XT right for you but like we said at the

  • beginning if you've been dreaming of getting an adventure Toro Class

  • motorcycle that gives you the proper big bike feel and couldn't really stretch

  • your budget all the way to well over 10 lakh rupees then the V-Strom 650 XT

  • certainly sits in the sweet spot it isn't a motorcycle that's going to

  • out-and-out excite you but nonetheless it is a very capable and very

  • well-rounded motorcycle irrespective of what you throw at it whether it's

  • storing with its off-road or whether it's even commuting in the city and then

  • engine with its wee twin configuration it really gives it so much character

  • that pulse is something that almost makes it like a companion on your

  • journeys and then when it comes to the price you could say that it is more

  • expensive than the competition but keep in mind that Suzuki has managed to price

  • this on par with other markets which is incredible considering the duties that

  • you have to pay and the fact that it is being assembled in India so that is job

  • well done so a great reason to go for the suzuki v-strom 650 xt would be that

  • you want to travel really far and wander a bit wild without breaking the bank

Have you been dreaming or riding to a place like this the sambhar lake in

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