Comments by "😊 Erin Thor" (@Erin-Thor) on "Deep Dive! The 2020 Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT Is Now A More Powerful u0026 Refined Adventure Bike" video.

  1. One look at that bike and I cringed... Suzuki has not changed one bit. Every component on that bike is meant to be replaced. The mirrors, turn signals, everything is MEANT to snap off and be replaced. Been there, done that, not funny Suzuki.
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  2. rik999 — If I can? LOL! I think you failed to comprehend my point entirely. Suzuki makes certain parts on their motorcycles to break, not bend. This is INTENTIONAL, it is planned into the design to produce downline income for them and their dealers. No other manufacturer does this, they make parts to BEND, not BREAK. I have broken parts off my Suzuki by accidentally bumping them with my leg, by brushing against a bush, at $50-100 per part, it gets old very fast. Yes, you are right, if you "wreck" a bike of course it’s going to break. I’m talking about simple accidents, drop it at low speed, if it accidentally falls on its side, if you bump it with your leg, THEY BREAK. I get the love of Suzuki Mechanical’s, they make a mean machine. But, and I can’t say this loud enough... IF YOU HAD EVER ACTUALLY OWNED A SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT I SPEAK IS TRUE. That you seem to defend Suzuki on this issue just shows you to be a dolt and a troll.
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  3. Mr M — No, I am not a teenager. However your insistence that "LOL!" should be written as "lol" makes me wonder if you are.
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  4. rik999 — LOL! I didn’t mean spontaneously you silly goose! Many years ago I owned a Suzuki, it ran great, but if it fell or got knocked over you had to replace the turn signal lights on that side. I got cut off once and had to lay it down and so did my girlfriend on her Honda. We were both fine, but my bike needed to go to the shop, AGAIN, as both turn signal lights, the rear view mirror and the muffler bracket all had to be replaced. If the wind blows hard, if you bump something, if you get too close to a bush, you have to spend $100 to fix something. But her Honda experienced only a few scratches, the turn signals, the mirror, were all on rubber or rubber over spring mechanisms and simply folded back, the outer edges got scratched but everything was fine. Her muffler was attached with a rubber over metal bracket, a yank fixed it. Suzuki's muffler is balanced on the side with a plastic bracket. If you LOOK at this video, you see the same type of components on each bike, plastic that has thin points where they are meant to be snapped off and NOT BEND. Honda’s and other components are meant to bend back, and usually snap back into place after any minor bump or drop. Yeah, yeah, I know... just a few bucks. But over time while I owned that bike I spent $300-$500 or more each year on minor UNNECESSARY repairs, that no other motorcycle manufacturer makes their owners do. Sorry, good bike, bad design IMHO.
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  5. Mr M — Like I said, you are a dolt and a troll.
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  6. Mr M — Read my response after you said "If I can read," If you can read that is. LOL!
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  7. Mr M — Correct, I goofed. My apologies. As to my capitalizing LOL! Or any other acronym like USA, its not just me, I use iOS devices most often, and capitalization is automatic for known acronyms. That and one of my degrees is in journalism so I know you do capitalize acronyms as a matter of grammatical correctness. So, perhaps my statement about your being a dolt and a troll is correct for you both? LMAO!
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  8. Mr M — My poor riding prowess? Horse, bicycle or motorcycle? Too funny! Question, why are the letters in say FBI, IRS, ATF, CIA, MIA, DOA, MPG, etc., always capitalized?
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  9. Ben Daulton — LOL! Cute
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  10. Robert Bates — I only crashed it once in 7 years. Everything else was minor, had to lay it on its side. All other breakage came from my bumping it accidentally with my leg, bumping it against something like a branch or car as I took it out of the garage., accidentally thinking it was balanced on the kickstand and it fell, or similar minor goofs. And it was broken by strangers three times when someone else’s bike bumped it at a restaurant or whatever. They are designed to snap off, look at the plastic stalks, they all have a thin point in their design. And I’m glad you haven’t had any replacements, they are somewhat inexpensive but at $50 each, maintaining them is an expense I’m glad you have not had as they add up!
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