Suzuki V Strom 800RE 

I appreciate the narrative as you go for the younger riders. Getting them through the first few years unbroken is most of the battle.

Happy Christmas lofty, great review, fab bike, love how you talk us through it.

Great review. Very pleased I have found your channel.

Definitely the bike Suzuki should have brought out before the 800 DE. Agreed, it should be a good seller, especially with the free heated grips that Suzuki are offering this winter. I wonder if Honda will reciprocate with a tubeless, 19" front wheel version of the Transalp?

Hey lofty , I have an re ordered, hope to have it in a couple of weeks, watching from Dublin Ireland 💪👏👍🙋🏻‍♂️🕺

Very comprehensive review there lofty , I actually had the de version out the other week and really loved it and I reckon the re is the machine for me ,, I’ll be round the shops next week to see what I can get on a trade in on my moto guzzi v7iii 🫰…. Btw watching from Dublin Ireland 🫡🫡

If they added cruise control, it would have been a hot seller. Probably outsold Transalp, bmw f800 /900 and tge ktm 790 /890. But they always get greedy.

Beautiful bike 👍 looking forward to see your review of the Voge DSX525 ✌️

I’ve got 8s engines same and is a peach. I’d love to test the 800RE as I had a versys before the 8s.

Sat on one the other day and it was indeed very comfy. Shame they don't offer a more inspiring colour range.

Great vid, just wish it had cruise as an option, I'll get a test ride next month hopefully. I didn't like the DE, great engine but it felt weird to ride, big spindly 21" tubed spoked front wheel put me right off anyway.

Love the review , how does it compare to the CF Moto 800 mt about the same price but this being a v strom I would expect it to be the better bike?

TLB wow, you are a giant but look reasonably comfortable on the RE. Owning the 8S, this would be a very good travelling companion & use the 8S for domestic duties 👌 Edit: am I the only one that uses the rear brake as a corner settling mechanism? Who uses just the rear brake to come to a complete stop when 75% of the stopping power is in the front wet or dry?🤔

If you were to chose would you go with the Vstrom800 or the GSX-S8?

Great review sir! How would you compare the 800RE with a Vstrom 650XT? I'm really hesitating... lol

Did you like this better than the gsxs800r you recently reviewed? I noticed this vstrom 800 is a bit heavier than the 8r.

How does it compare to the Tramsalp? Would love to know

Hi mate Any vibration aftee 130 km??? Thanks in advance

How does vstrom re compare to honda transalp 750 please.

Funny how do many say that 10k is a insignificant sum of money

For you lofty types, there's a flat seat available from Hessler, not cheap at €500...also,he has plenty offroad parts too...he's got the DE down to 226kg with 14kg of fuel on board (20litres). Getting this machine down to 190kg dry is achievable! Looking to replace the Tracer7 with one,i never gelled with the 900,the T7 is perfect for Scotland, just needs longer legs for touring abroad!

Funny how people differ as I tested the transalp and the 800de back to back and the 800de I bought now has 4,000 miles on it. The Honda was a good bike but a bit too "honda" for my taste.

Is there vibration in this engine?

Is the RE available in the USA?

i like it, but my 02 1000 vstrom weighs less (mods) and makes more power. also runs on regular gas.

I heard this bike will dump heat on your legs, is that true in your experience?;