BUMBLEBEE BRILLIANCE

Suzuki’s V-Strom is in an odd place. It’s not an easily definable motorcycle. It attracts more than its fair share of criticism but the bulk seems to be from folks who have never thrown a leg over which, in this era of emotionally exhaustive online bitching based on zero facts or experience, is really no great surprise. For those that do know the bike, the opinions range from damn-near universal praise to a deep and sometimes uncomfortable-to-be-around love.

So how does one bike come to polarise people so much? In this case there are two reasons. One is that in 2018, if something isn’t to your liking then it must be utter shite and done away with. There is no consideration that it may be very much to someone else’s liking so carry on and enjoy — it’s shit and it must