SUZUKI VZ800 MARAUDER or Savage LS650

[Strider]

Hi, Well I haven't been on a bike in 15 plus years and am looking at "SUZUKI VZ800 MARAUDER". Have a full Bike Licence and only interested in the curser style. The other bike I have been looking at is "SUZUKI Savage LS650"
Wanting to get peoples opinion on these bikes to start back on for commuting manly , but also the long weekend away.

Cheers
Strider

[Edbear]

The 650 Savage is okay as a commuter but if you're planning on any long distance forget it. Too slow and too many vibes. The Marauder is a fine allrounder and will do long trips easy. They've got some grunt, the best of the middleweights I've heard.

Mate of mine just traded his in on a C90T Boulevard and had a good run out of it. If buying second hand, get it checked out by someone who knows them as they have a couple of things need checking such as the rear swingarm bearings/bushes.

Motors are pretty much bulletproof as with most Suzuki's. Later models went to shaft drive though the Volusia version was always shaft and a very good bike!

[Hitcher]

The VZ800 Marauder is a great bike for both commuting and touring. We've been away two-up with a large tailbag on Mrs H's Marauder and it coped magnificently. Fuel economy is good and they're pretty straightforward, no frills bikes.

[Swoop]

Welcome along to the madhouse of KB, Strider!

There are more than a few of us around here who took a bit of a break from the sanctity (sanity?) of 2 wheels!!!

Enjoy getting back into it.

[shafty]

Welcome Strider! NO CONTEST - the MArauder by a country mile Mate; The Savage is exactly that - a bloody Savage single banger which will depreciate fast, give lack lustre performance, vibrate like and have no street cred. Good luck!

[limbimtimwim]

Like 'e said. The Savage depreciates very very quickly. I've never seen one in good condition either, usually covered in corrosion like they have had a dip in the ocean.

Do what I don't; ride them all.