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Driving report spear cruiser

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“Give rubber,” thought Herbert Speer, and gave his Suzis popular tires in printing press format.

Be praised what makes you wide. The creed of those people whom God allows instead of up and down only to grow to the right and left, has for years also found more and more followers in motorcycle camps. Thick is chic, and thicker is chic. Especially with the tires and especially with cruisers. Losses of a dynamic nature are gladly accepted. The main thing is that it swells horizontally.
Prime examples of this trend are created by the Reutlingen-based motorcycle dealer and tuner Herbert Speer. He naturally chose products from his own Suzuki brand for his radial fat cell cure and ended up inevitably with the VS 1400 and the VL 1500. Two specimens that not exactly shine through exuberant cornering, but are fond of the sedate way of getting around.
But with Speer it gets even bigger: The roller that rotates on a seven-inch rim in the rear of the VL 1500 is just under a quarter meter (230/60) wide, while the 1400 has a 200/70 format Six inch rims are satisfied. At the front, a 170/80 to 4.25-inch model that preserves the proportions is used, which was used by VS before the rear wheel was converted. Huge, without a doubt! But too much of a good thing or not?
That this question cannot be answered unequivocally is due to Speer’s strategy. Grab it at the bottom, pack away at the top, that’s the motto. And that is also reflected in everyday interaction. Especially with the VL 1500. This mixture of excessive increase in material below the belt line and strict asceticism up the wheel, limited only by the wide handlebars, stands for a very special kind of driving dynamics that basically begins when the vehicle is stationary. The VL 1500 is not for little people. Nothing for medium-sized people either. The VL 1500 is tailor-made for giants in terms of the distances between the graceful bench and the standard levers. Sit on it, stretch out – and when you start out of the garage try to take advantage of the not exactly lush steering angle and hit the garden gate. A special kind of experience. But not a unique one. In the city you have it on every corner. To the left. Turning to the right it is even worse because the monster tire could only be accommodated on one rim, which despite the modified swing arm did not have to be spoked in the middle, but offset by ten millimeters. It means push, push, push. And curse. Hand back? Dismantle? What to do? None of that! Out on the country road. Experience the other side of the VL.
Of course, the Speer-Suzuki does not develop into a jumping-in field of fast alternating curves even outside of fortified walls. Rather, it becomes the ultimate yardstick for physical exercise. A mission that is worthwhile because it pushes the conventional criteria of two-wheeled locomotion into the background. To stand before the inexorable – and stand. With the VL anew in every curve. Assert yourself under the most difficult conditions – always exciting at the VL. That satisfies, is fun, gives self-confidence – and, together with the blows in the back and the fork that happily twisted with every braking, generates a driving experience of the archaic kind. It must have been something like that back when you moved out of the cave Throwing stones at mammoth. And still came home with delicious steaks.
In comparison, a ride on the 1400 is like digging up roots with a stick. Undignified. But only for people who have left the VL 1500 steel bath behind them. For everyone else, the small Speer Suzuki is an eye-catcher that is even very pleasant to drive. Not better than the original, but also not as much worse as the tires suggest. Also undamped at the front and rear, also with fickle frame tubes and a front brake that is in no way inferior to the modest effect of the original VS. But more exciting, because the consciousness moves with you to move something special. Because just like the big one, the small Speer shines not only with its lush tires and capricious driving behavior, but also with loving detail work and a silhouette that even (or above all?) Causes motorcyclists to pause and be amazed. There are 18 items that Speer found worth changing (see box for prices). The range extends from wider fork bridges to the riser for the handlebar with internal cable routing to the rear light of the BMW R 1200 C. This goes well with the tight-fitting fender like the henna tattoo on the thong and skilfully completes a line that goes with you Mixture of exuberance and refined restraint is able to inspire even those who normally prefer the sporty attitude of humility.
NThese performance fetishists shouldn’t like the fact that the engine of both Spear Suzuki remained untouched. In each case a TÜV-compliant Schule exhaust system installed, that’s it. And that’s good. Because then there is a full guarantee on the two Speer Suzuki – and the likelihood that the two rolling mills will flatten more than is good decreases. For you and for the driver.

Modification List – A wide range

Both Speer Suzuki were properly rebuilt (prices without labor). The wide tires (650 or 790 marks) alone are not enough. The small 1400s need new triple clamps (1190 marks) and a brake calliper adapter (130 marks), while the swing arm of the VL 1500 has to be changed (980 marks). Then there are the wheels themselves, which cost 2980 marks (VS 1400) and 3500 marks (VL 1500). So that the whole thing looks really crisp, new GRP fenders (each 390 marks) and other seats (360 marks) are added. The benches can also be padded. Also new in the rear area: the BMW taillights (220 marks), Schule exhaust system (VS 1400: 1390 marks, VL 1500: 1550 marks), Koni shock absorbers on the VS (790 marks). The modified front section consists of the old-style handlebars (150 marks), the ox-eye indicators (320 marks), the front fenders (190 or 240 marks), the double headlights including bracket (410 marks) and a new one for the VS 1400 Tank (1190 marks). If you prefer to buy the motorcycles in full, you can get 29500 (VL 1500) and 28900 marks (VS 1400).

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