Welcome to a special episode this is not a dual-sport adventure. I am sitting in the saddle of my father’s Suzuki Boulevard m90 that’s right 90 cubic inches. It’s a bit of a stretch from my usual mount which is a Kawasaki kx250. I’ve really kind of been in awe of this thing to be able to start talking any sooner. I’ve been speechless first impressions are going like I’m still jittery for God’s sake. This Suzuki m90 is so potent and I don’t know what to say well. I guess initially if there’s anything kind of strange about this motorcycle as it doesn’t have a tachometer.
You know it’s kind of deceiving because of that low rumble that you get instead of my usual pingy thump from my little bike. This thing I had to guess I would say at redlines like 6,000 rpm being a big ol v-twin. It really has sort of a sweet spot if any bike does that really low rpm like when you get down around. You know 1500 or less at cruising speed she starts to blow well. Then it really doesn’t like that but at the other end of the spectrum.
It seems it does the same thing and if I had to guess again it would be probably anything over 4000 or maybe 4500. The usable rpm seems to be between 2000 and maybe you would go as high as say 4500 rpm. It seems to be geared well obviously the displacement gives it enough torque despite the perceivably short rpm range. The gears are pretty long and when I get on the highway I’ll be able to show you but definitely stick around. The first thing I noticed when I got on this motorcycle and actually rolled away was the ergonomics.
They’re totally alien to me coming from a small lightweight dual-sport. In my opinion essentially a beefy bicycle with a 250 cc engine. This thing is to know technically very much a hog. I don’t know if you can call it a Japanese bike. You know it’s beefy and yet these flat bars have got me leaned over sportbike which is kind of unusual. When I first attempted to roll away from a stop sign I lifted my legs up expecting my pegs to be sort of just in front of my hips. If you drew a line from the ground up to my hips vertically that’s where I expected the pegs to be.
I stalled so I almost sort of stumbled away there until I realized the pegs were actually in front of me which was funny. This motorcycle has all the power in the world I can’t imagine driving that the motorcycle that’s got an even higher displacement than this one. The m1 Oh 909 cubic inches seems ludicrous like I’ve I made no effort whatsoever did to get on this Highway. Obviously, I’m coming from a 250 how many times am I going to say that this thing is wound to the gills you. Just your revenant for everything it’s worth to be able to move an inch.
Comparatively speaking this is just totally uncharted territory for me. It’s riding like a dream virtually no vibration coming through the bars slightly coming through the pegs. You know you can see how that be liveable especially with a decent set of boots on which I don’t have. They’re pretty cheap boots that I wear while riding a motorcycle so I guess it’s everything that you would expect. You’re still in touch with the machine it’s not a ride on a cloud at all but very close riding.
The power of the motorcycle doesn’t matter what matters is the link between the rider’s brain and the hand that operates the throttle. I couldn’t agree more completely but as this motorcycle still got me on pins and needles. It’s so potent and of course, it’s my father’s motorcycle so I definitely want to take good care of it. I can and ride responsibly because the last thing I need is to bring it home with any dents or scrapes. It’s just not something that I ever really want to go through on my bike.
The reason why I’m saying that out loud it’s almost a self-reminder because I am riding towards one of the most popular motorcycle roads in my area that runs along the side of a fairly large lake. It is nothing but twists and turns and they’re close furious and their constant elevation changes. They’re not huge elevation changes but here they’ll get you up off the seat. If you have you crest any of these hills. We’ll get to that in a minute now there now see I know if you can see that but I’m not even touching it. I grab one gear and gave it just a nudge and ran it from 60 up to a hundred and twenty and didn’t even realize I was doing it.
