Watch BEFORE You Buy! 0-60 mph Suzuki Boulevard M109R Ride, Review, Impressions, Best Muscle Bike
all right buenos dias que tal amigos John’s moto garage as always welcome back to the channel today’s the day of reckoning we’re taking the Suzuki Boulevard m109 R and we’ll talk a little bit about the bike is this the mother of all muscle bikes is it really as gnarly as they say it is who the heck would want to mob one of these bikes don’t worry we’ll talk about all of that and more the boulevard and 109 R monster all right let’s jump on it I’ll make yamaha r1 fairings my heart’s racing you guys every time I throw a leg over this thing it’s a little bit oh that’s cool haven’t even gotten started and I’m already breaking stuff came to GoPro not handle this monster muscle bike before we jump into it a little bit of a zero to 60 whoo oh my gosh dude my heart’s racing are you guys the boulevard m109 are why the heck would anybody mob this motorcycle we’re gonna talk a little bit about that we’ll do the ride review impressions on the bike over the goods and the bads we’ll go over why this bike might be the right bike for you as well as why you may want to avoid this motorcycle at all costs but let’s start with the basics right so it’s a 109 cubic inch that’s about an 1800 CC by speed liquid-cooled these are a shaft drive it falls into the category known as performance cruiser and or muscle cruiser which to many would seem like an oxymoron and you wouldn’t be totally wrong because you would think
if you want a performance-oriented bike then you just go get a sport bike and that if you’d want a cruiser you just go get a cruiser so you would almost think like this is the worst of both worlds in a sense and this thing’s a freakin monster but it doesn’t take long throwing a leg over and taking this bike for a quick spin to realize why somebody might be stoked on this motorcycle alright so for starters the teen is freaking massive 109 cubic inch engine 1800 CC one of the large definitely on the larger side as far as the motorcycle engines produced especially at the time starting out in oh six when they came out with this you didn’t have a ton you had the Yamaha gross our warrior 1700 the VTX 1800 of course the triumph rocket the monster rocket you had the Yamaha Raider and 2008 that came out so the boulevard definitely groups in with all those other performance cruisers the v-rod the v-max but it does stand out a little bit and I think one of the reason why r6 fairings I stand out is because it comes from the line and I definitely think has some inspiration from the Hayabusa just with the lines on it firstly I’ve never been a huge fan of how the Hayabusa looks they aesthetics and I’m not really a huge fan on the bowl of our m109 are either a little bubbly for my taste I feel like it’s one of the bikes you that really dig how it looks or you don’t but you jump on and take it for a spin that may convince you to look past the hey aesthetics if you don’t dig it their total toward monsters from idle up to like 75 hundred rpms at redline in freaking polls it’s not as sharp as the torque and response that you get with a sport bike obviously it’s just here consistent seamless torque throughout and that’s what makes it a wicked fun bike to ride and for how massive the bike is starting with the 240 rear tire to the tank to the engine to the drag bars it’s just a real wide earthy motorcycle however you jump on
and it’s actually it’s deceptively agile and nimble for what for as big as looking as a motorcycle as it is and a lot of that is because most of the bulk you see on it is actually a lot of plastic it weighs in at around light down Oh 757 660 pounds something crazy like that so there’s still a heavy bike by all means but I remember still going going back to the first time I ever rode one of these the first thing I remember loading it up into my truck and I stalled it the first time and was we get scared just because of how torquey it is I mean you see what I mean you barely get on it and it just pulls real hard so that’s one of the things that makes this bike wicked fun to write despite how on paper overly overwhelming it may seem and how big a bike it is a lot of people think that this bike kind of puts itself out of the market right there with like the Yamaha Raider and the VTX 1800 and some of those other options because it’s so massive and honestly that I think it’s true to an extent because your average typical rider getting into it this is not going to be the best bike for you so appearance-wise like I said I’m not a huge fan of it but I can see why people would like how it looks
it’s definitely neat unique looking you don’t see other bikes like this so it is going to turn heads you are gonna have a lot of people asking you questions about it as far as comfort goes my big pet peeve again it’s got forward controls with your drag bars and aggressive stance but it’s surprisingly comfortable for cruising around it’s not super aggressive you do lean over the bar over the tank slightly I’m 5/8 so obviously if you’re taller and have longer arms that’s not gonna be as big of an issue and one thing I was reading in one of the reviews that people say about this bike is it’s good for going in straight lines and why might that be you might ask well part of the reason is because you got that massive 240 rear tire and so it’s really not meant for going out and carving canyons and doing all that crazy stuff sorry I just got to get off and take another look at this thing what beautiful bike but with all the gobs of torque like I said from idle up to redline it is such a blast and I can see going in straight lines why it’s so much fun because you just get on it it’s like a red light to red light bike where you’re just ripping around having a blast on it look at that thing so again that big question why would anybody mob this mic around being such a big bike you don’t necessarily have the comfort you have with your cruiser you don’t have the performance that you have with this war bike so where does this bike fall into place and I’m a believer there’s a place for every bike out there and a person for every bike and I think where Suzuki nailed it with this bike is you get that custom look it’s a head turner for sure you get that wow factor with the appearance but then also the write itself I think lends itself to those who are transitioning from the sportbikes not quite ready to get their quote/unquote old man Cruiser and they want something that still just gonna put a big smile on their face and I think that’s where the m109 arc like I said really hits the mark because because that’s what you got a performance cruiser not quite as boring as your typical cruiser you still get the fun factor please part of the fun factor you have with your sport bikes this is not going to be a bike for a touring and long distance you know obviously not built for that in mind but this is the bike that motorcycle fairings you jump on and just have a complete blast mob it around so if your commute is 20 30 minutes you know 40 minutes and this is the bike and you just dig the look and want to have a complete blast then this might get some art all right so overall impressions of the bike it’s a complete monster man it really is it’s a fun bike to jump on cuber Torquay and you have a blast in the dragstrip doing the straight runs on it just getting on the gas it’s not going to be as good for obviously hit the canyons for stuff before it’s big UPIKE as it is it actually does pretty well even at slow speeds parking lots all that kind of thing some of the things I’m not a huge fan of lots of plastic and with that it just kind of gives it in my opinion somewhat of a cheap bill you know kind of a cheap feel to it I think all that torque really makes up for
it it’s not gonna be the best flooring bike not the most comfortable there but we’re cruising around town on this thing is a monster man some of the other dislikes like I said just kind of attack and the speedo placement here it really does not feel all right let’s see if I can finally get at zero to 60 I keep breathing keep watching this oh my god oh my gosh holy smokes this thing is just ridiculous I’m not gonna say how fast the bike ended up going I’m just gonna spout out a number honey 2230 yeah this thing’s crazy holy smokes so if that hasn’t answered the question for you then just to recap the reason this may be the bike for you is if you happen to find yourself in that niche where you’re looking for something that’s still super powerful and just a complete monster maybe you want the biggest and the baddest looking or maybe you just want something super gnarly maybe you’re getting out of sport bikes and looking for something a little more comfortable but you’re not quite ready to retire to that you know Harley Cruiser then this may very well be the bike for you and like I said you like it or you don’t like it as far as appearance goes that’s it comes down to personal preference but I don’t think that you will be dissatisfied with the overall experience as far as just how freakin monstrous these motorcycles are are you guys John’s moto garage I think that’s gonna do it I think that wraps it up as always if you dig the content porfavor like subscribe and we will hit you guys up on the next one those famous audios