Suzuki GW250 Inazuma review - Top speed and flat out corners!!
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2014
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The Suzuki GW250 Inazuma.
Soft, squidgy, heavy and slow. Not traditionally a good recipe for fun and excitement. However, the Inazuma does have a certain charm and despite my initial impressions, it turned out to be a lot more fun than it has any right to be.
This bike is a jewel, twin exhaust, twin cylinder, 200kg with fuel, top box and saddle bags, perfect for motorways were winds are strong, can do 70 with a passenger, mpg good, nice display, nice overall, cheap insurance, and the list goes on... Who doesn't like it buy something else:)...
i have inazuma. i live in italy. i could say this bike is a cow. a big 180 kg cow that slowly graze the weed. it hasn't torque, nor acceleration. i see burgmans and yamahas 250 cc scooters going faster and lighter than this cow. but i like that it has the appareance of a bike, being a mule. a lazy one i will say...
I ride my Inazuma 250 more than my Suzuki 1300. It is more comfortable easier to ride and powerful enough not to lose you licence. Not as much road cred as a superbike but does not attract law enforcers attention to the same degree..
I got my 2013 this week. I absolutely love it. My outgoing bike is a Fazer 600, which I found difficult to mount and I kept going too fast on it. My Inazuma has MSR sports cans on it and burbles beautifully at low RPM and on the overrun. It is the smoothest riding bike I've ever had and I corner it with far more confidence than I did the Fazer. It's great to have fun at legal speeds! I've had over 60 bikes from 49cc to 1200cc, and I can honestly say that this is a jewel of a motorcycle. I'm getting 76mpg too. It has a great instrument cluster, superb gearbox and clutch, fine brakes, comfy seat and brilliant style. My only criticisms are that I'd like the bars to be slightly further back as I am almost straight-armed and I could wish that it was a bit higher-geared. As the speedo works from the gearbox output shaft, changing the sprockets would make it under-read compared to standard. I very much enjoyed your video, Bennie, and your riding style is certainly entertaining!
No such thing as a boring bike. I started with a Honda 100 two stroke, worked my way through the capacity scale up to 1200cc and am now working my way down again having realised the advantages of little bikes. This looks good.
People used to learn on these. Older riders immediately want to jump on a 1000cc and don’t know how to manage it. My learning came on a vfr400. You learn to manage corners/gears/speed etc and how to maintain it.
When you go down those lanes even in this thing it looks like you're doing the isle of man!
I keep thinking to sell my 2013 to get a Royal Enfield 350 J series Hunter. But I just can't bring myself to sell it. It is so much fun. You feel like your an F1 rider while going the speed limit. I am up there in years and I enjoy the suspension comfort and easy ergonomics. We have paltry few choices in the States when it come to bikes under 500cc in the UJM format. There either Adventure or smaller replica's of larger sport bikes. No torque really but when you spin it up it gains speed at a pretty amazing clip for a 250! Crazy smooth for what it is. I have thought of selling it 250 times at least. But what to replace it with? I think it is still fore sale in Asian markets where it was always popular so accessories still available for it. I got a cool fitted windscreen that matches the headlight nacelle from Italy. I never have taking it touring but I am thinking to give it a try. The gas mileage would be crazy good. Please somebody bring a back something like the CB 450 twin.
Top speed of 85mph is perfect. Why do you need any more?
My only serious complaint after 5 years of ownership is no ABS .but it is a fairly cheap bike. It is very well made with soft comfortable suspension .I also own a Suzuki 1300..too heavy and too fast.
I bought one a couple of weeks ago, the GW250F version, though, thanks to in part, watching this video helped me make the decision. So far so good, I'm pretty chuffed with it and the price I got it for on a pre-registration. I don't think I've got the bottle to chuck it about like you do, and, the fact that I can't go over 5600rpm at the moment while it runs in means I have to behave myself. Thanks for the video mate.
Entertaining, informative review with lots of real world, bike and biking insight from an experienced rider. Thanks.
Cracking video matey. Your enthusiasm is contagious my friend 😁
Such a good point about comfy being more important than fast. You can tour on a slow bike but an uncomfortable bike is useless.
looking to buy a '13 gw250 today...this video has me sold, looks like a blast to ride
First bike 1957, last bike RS100 BMW, in 1992.Looking to buy one of these.Thoroughly enjoyed the ride on your vid. Thanks for the thrill !
Such a great ride & review! I'm late to the garden party, but thankyou for doing this. Very much enjoyed!!
Great Vid, I Love The Smaller Bikes And Planing Down Grading To One Of Them
thanks for the review man, im probs gonna pick one up soon hopefully! :P lol love the "lets see what speed we can get" while passing slow signs all over the road. hahahha :,D
A fantastic bike. I have a 2016 with 14 thousand miles. Extremely comfortable, reliable and fun. Mine is new. I'm 60 years old and have been using it since I was 17. I've had countless motorcycles of different types and cylinder sizes.