hello,
after a few months of tring to decide which scooter to buy, I have narrowed it down to the 650 burgman. I looked at the silverwing, 500 scarabeo, atlantic 500, atlantic 200, burgman 400, reflex, and helix. the burgman 650 seems to do everything I want from a scooter.
a few questions.
1. how much have you paid for the first service? does the first service require the valves to be adjusted? the reason I ask is that I ride 10-15k miles a year and don't want to have to pay $500 a year to have the valves adjusted. I can do all of the other routine maintenance myself.
2. is there any advantage to buying an '04 over an '03? I live close enough to the dealer on ebay that is selling the burgman 650 for $6300, but I am also close to another dealer that will sell the '04 for $6585, so if the '04 is a better bike(diesel noise fixed?), I will pay the extra $200.
I have owned a couple of suzukis in the past and have been happy with them. my first bike was a used '80 gs1100e. I was an innocent 20 yrs old. I had only ridden minibikes up to that point. the gs1100 pulled like a freight train. handled like a new puppy on a leash.
I met my wife on the old suzuki, and 18 yrs later, we're still married. must have been the bike. :lol:
thanks for any opinions. I will probably buy the burgman regardless of the maintenance costs, just thought I would ask.
after a few months of tring to decide which scooter to buy, I have narrowed it down to the 650 burgman. I looked at the silverwing, 500 scarabeo, atlantic 500, atlantic 200, burgman 400, reflex, and helix. the burgman 650 seems to do everything I want from a scooter.
a few questions.
1. how much have you paid for the first service? does the first service require the valves to be adjusted? the reason I ask is that I ride 10-15k miles a year and don't want to have to pay $500 a year to have the valves adjusted. I can do all of the other routine maintenance myself.
2. is there any advantage to buying an '04 over an '03? I live close enough to the dealer on ebay that is selling the burgman 650 for $6300, but I am also close to another dealer that will sell the '04 for $6585, so if the '04 is a better bike(diesel noise fixed?), I will pay the extra $200.
I have owned a couple of suzukis in the past and have been happy with them. my first bike was a used '80 gs1100e. I was an innocent 20 yrs old. I had only ridden minibikes up to that point. the gs1100 pulled like a freight train. handled like a new puppy on a leash.
I met my wife on the old suzuki, and 18 yrs later, we're still married. must have been the bike. :lol:
thanks for any opinions. I will probably buy the burgman regardless of the maintenance costs, just thought I would ask.