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In general what's a better made motorcycle: Harley or Suzuki? |
By better I mean both safer and performance wise. I've heard street bikes like Suzuki and Kawasaki are better bikes. Is this true? And what makes one or the other safer/perform better? Suzuki and Kawasaki are the lesser of the jap bikes.Honda is by far the best built Jap bike with Yamaha as #2. Harley, Honda and Yamaha are comparable,with regard to quality, Suzuki and Kawasaki, though they perform well are poorly built. Source(s): Riding a long time and have owned more than one of each of the above mentioned bikes.Plus a few others They are both good, it is more a matter of personal preference. Harleys cost a lot more. The Jap cruiser bikes are generally less expensive but are also very nice. I have a friend that has a Yamaha Road Star and it is a very nice motorcycle no doubt but he is planning on trading it in on a Harley Road King. Personally I have always had a Harley and I have never had any problem with any Harley that I have ever owned despite what the Harley haters will tell you. All motorcycles require regular maintenance if you don't want to wind up as a smear on the highway so one is not anymore maintenance free than the other. As far as safety goes, big heavier motorcycles with lots of torque and a low center of gravity are safer on the roads than those that are smaller and lighter with less torque more horse power. My GF has a Moto Guzzi which is my second favorite motorcycle. Today's Harleys are far better than in the old days. Safety has more to do with the rider. Maintenance costs are higher on the Rice Rockets! Harleys used to have big problems mechanically, but, they have routed out the problems over the last decade or so. They are both pretty even on safety, except the Harley is usually a more heavy duty bike which gives it an edge. It mainly boils down to an image issue. Would you rather have people see you on a Hog, or are you simply satisfied with a motorcycle? Personally I am a Harley-man. The '70 suzuki titan 500 that i bought,in fair running shape,back in '87,was one tank of a road bike. Everything on this bike was overbuilt. It reminded me of a war spec range rover. Even Hot-Rod magazine did a feature on this quick road warrior. I finally sold it in 2002 to relieve my wife of her concerns of how easy it was for me to ride off into traffic. When I sold it I didnt have more than a couple of hundred dollars into it the whole time i owned it-tires,batteries and oil changes allong with minor maintenace issues. The bike was 99% original at the time i sold it. One great road bike! |
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