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Short intro and a question at the end, but I will search the forums after to see if the specific answer is here as well. Bought a 2006 Katana in 2011 and put 18k miles on it afterwards. Was a great first bike, but I wanted to move to something more sitting cruiser than a sport bent over feel. So now my wife and I are looking to buy a couple of bikes. This will be her first bike, although she was with me for a lot of the 18k I put on my Kat.
I am 5 weeks away from graduating with my B.S. in IT Networking. We used to live in GA in Warner Robins, but my wife is Air Force (I am ex-Army) so we had to move to Northern Cali when she got orders to PCS. We are loving the Cali weather, even being up in the northern part it stays warmer than Georgia, but without the humidity.
We are looking at a few bikes and one that caught my wife's eye is a 2006 Suzuki M50. Seems like a good bike to learn on from the reviews I have read. She won't be on the interstate, mostly on base so not worried about any top-end speed. My concern is that it is a 2006 with only 7500 miles on it. The low miles makes made me think it probably has sat for a while and wasn't sure if they stored it properly. I have seen a 2008 V-star 1100 with 15k miles on it. I was wondering if anyone has one of these or has any recommendations (positive or not) on this bike. Coming more of a sport bike, the CCs on the cruisers confuse me a bit, so I am wondering if 11 is fine? I was thinking after my wife gets into riding, if nothing else she could move up to the V-star and I could get a higher CC bike if I need to.
For the M50, normal maintenance has been done, but the fuel pump has also been replaced. When I asked about the fuel pump they said it leaked because gas sat in the bike too long. This makes me wonder if there could be other issues that the sitting gas caused. I was going to use a mirror and check the gas tank for internal rust, but other than that what issues could sitting gas cause? The bike is fuel injected and shaft driven. I cam from Carbs (which drove me nuts) and a chain, so the shaft is new to me as well. I am in no way a mechanic, but I don't mind learning with the proper direction.
Short intro and a question at the end, but I will search the forums after to see if the specific answer is here as well. Bought a 2006 Katana in 2011 and put 18k miles on it afterwards. Was a great first bike, but I wanted to move to something more sitting cruiser than a sport bent over feel. So now my wife and I are looking to buy a couple of bikes. This will be her first bike, although she was with me for a lot of the 18k I put on my Kat.
I am 5 weeks away from graduating with my B.S. in IT Networking. We used to live in GA in Warner Robins, but my wife is Air Force (I am ex-Army) so we had to move to Northern Cali when she got orders to PCS. We are loving the Cali weather, even being up in the northern part it stays warmer than Georgia, but without the humidity.
We are looking at a few bikes and one that caught my wife's eye is a 2006 Suzuki M50. Seems like a good bike to learn on from the reviews I have read. She won't be on the interstate, mostly on base so not worried about any top-end speed. My concern is that it is a 2006 with only 7500 miles on it. The low miles makes made me think it probably has sat for a while and wasn't sure if they stored it properly. I have seen a 2008 V-star 1100 with 15k miles on it. I was wondering if anyone has one of these or has any recommendations (positive or not) on this bike. Coming more of a sport bike, the CCs on the cruisers confuse me a bit, so I am wondering if 11 is fine? I was thinking after my wife gets into riding, if nothing else she could move up to the V-star and I could get a higher CC bike if I need to.
For the M50, normal maintenance has been done, but the fuel pump has also been replaced. When I asked about the fuel pump they said it leaked because gas sat in the bike too long. This makes me wonder if there could be other issues that the sitting gas caused. I was going to use a mirror and check the gas tank for internal rust, but other than that what issues could sitting gas cause? The bike is fuel injected and shaft driven. I cam from Carbs (which drove me nuts) and a chain, so the shaft is new to me as well. I am in no way a mechanic, but I don't mind learning with the proper direction.