SUZUKI
We feel Suzuki should get the spotlight, since it has been ages since the company released any all-new motorcycles, and not just revamped models based on ageing designs — even if those dated designs were still quite sound.
V-Strom 800DE
The smaller of Suzuki’s V-Stroms, known affectionately by its followers as the Wee-Strom, is not so wee anymore. At the heart of this new V-Strom is a 776-cc, liquid-cooled parallel-twin, a layout Suzuki hasn’t utilized since it put to rest the air-cooled GS500F back in 2009.
The DL800DE’s 270-degree parallel-twin is compact, and produces 83 hp and 57.5 ft-lb. of torque, which is 13 hp and 11.5 ft-lb. more than the outgoing V-Strom 650. The engine features
