Seat height: 820mm Full Review: The styling we've seen already, or a pretty close take on it, as Suzuki's one litre DL1000 V-Strom has been on sale for a year already, and visually this and the 650 could be twins. The engine is a known quantity too

: Very comfortable long distance tourer or for around town . punchy engine at any speed and in any gear. Weaknesses: Very comfortable long distance tourer or for around town . punchy engine at any speed and in any gear. Overall: The new Vstrom is a

In short:The SV1000 is like an SV650, but on steroids. Like your best friend it’s solid, reliable and fun to be with. If you are after a naked bike it’s very competent but it does lack the ‘kick-in-the pants’ elements of the TL Pros:The SV1000

me down a bit. So nice it just makes me want to ride it. Comes standard with Dunlop TT100 tyres which wear quite quickly so I now run Dunlop K70s which are a great match for the bike. I sold my Bandit 1250S and K9 650 VStrom just prior to buying

the brakes take a fair squeeze to reach biting point. This said they are more than adequate.Where competition is concerned, I believed the looks of both the BMW650GS and DL650 V-Strom to be much more simple: RWU forks, simple swingarm design. They also have

straight off again.The closest thing I can compare it to is the BMW GS1200, but lighter. I used to ride a DL650 Vstrom (2010 model), and compared to that, the Transalp feels like a bigger, smoother bike that can munch the miles more easily.The sacrifice