the new B-King

[boomerang]

I WANT ONE ! Cant afford it and wont get one but, I WANT ONE ! Stoped by my local dealer and sat on the one they have there. It was all black. The bike does set very tall as compared to my fjr but, it had a very balanced feel to it.Could only imagin how bad *** this bike must be with all that power to wieght ratio. The gas tank and air induction system is huge but, the actual gas tank and wieght is slung low compared to the fjr .I WANT ONE ! But then reality set's in and I know that sooner or later I would do some thing really stoopid on this beast. So just get off of it before you hurt yourself. Damn I hate reality!

 

[colin]

Haven't quite figured out for myself what the draw is to this bike. They don't have them here as a domestic bike, so don't really see them. Far cry from a sportsbike. See a lot of other muscle bikes here though, looking forward to seeing the vmax.

 

[Bigtime]

Suzuki is following the Super Duke look. I'm not into the transformer look, but it seems to be a trend.

 

[rockmurf]

The bike has gotten great reviews and I came close to pulling the trigger on one on ebay but wife said no. Shocker huh, she says 2 bike is the limit. Well for some reason the bike is not selling. If that offer I passed on on ebay comes by again I may have to just buy it and worry about wifey later.

 

[painman]

Beautiful? You got to be kidding me. Power to ratio yes, good. Beautiful, this has got to be "the" uglyist bike on the market with the ill designing and the cartoonish exhaust. Yes it does seem to be a trend. No wonder its not selling. I would like to test ride one though with that sweet motor....PM. <><

 

[boomerang]

Beautiful? You got to be kidding me. Power to ratio yes, good. Beautiful, this has got to be "the" uglyist bike on the market with the ill designing and the cartoonish exhaust. Yes it does seem to be a trend. No wonder its not selling. I would like to test ride one though with that sweet motor....PM. <><

lol yeah I know but like they say beuty is in the eye of the beholder

 

[boomerang]

Haven't quite figured out for myself what the draw is to this bike. They don't have them here as a domestic bike, so don't really see them. Far cry from a sportsbike. See a lot of other muscle bikes here though, looking forward to seeing the vmax.

I guess it's just that it's big bad and yes it's ugly in beautiful kinda way. As I was pulling into the parking lot there was a guy on a new V-max pulling out. I didn't get a good look at it but, from I could see it looked fearless.

 

[colin]

Haven't quite figured out for myself what the draw is to this bike. They don't have them here as a domestic bike, so don't really see them. Far cry from a sportsbike. See a lot of other muscle bikes here though, looking forward to seeing the vmax.

I guess it's just that it's big bad and yes it's ugly in beautiful kinda way. As I was pulling into the parking lot there was a guy on a new V-max pulling out. I didn't get a good look at it but, from I could see it looked fearless.

fearless....until the first corner....

 

[TownsendsFJR1300]

I have an 08 B King in the garage right now I had to put some farkles on for a friend (wire/mount a Zumo, radar detector, spare electrical outlet, pipes)... He didn't care for the funky exhaust, so we put Yoshimura cans on it. It does look considerably better without the stock pipes...... He had to leave town for a week and asked me to put as many miles on it as possible to break it in. I got it with about 20 miles on it, it currently has about 200... The seat is rock hard and the bars are slightly forward for me. However, this thing is a BEAST!!! It pulls soooo hard at 4k, and absolutly sings nicely with the pipes (not too obnoxious). 5K its growling!! 6k, you better be hanging on. I backed off at 8k as it is flat dangerous... Having rode my 04 FJR since new, it was the fastest bike I had ever ridden... This beast will eat the FJR.... I had the front end get light at 80, two up, in third gear accelerating.... Its not a LD bike, but it is fun!!! There is NO heat from the left side and very, very little on the right. That's riding in south Florida weather at 90' and humid... Unfortunatly, he picks up the bike this am.... I do really like the bike however, I would either lose my license, or my life...

 

[colin]

got any pics with the yoshimura cans? curious to see what it looks like....

 

[TownsendsFJR1300]

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Stock pipes

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[TownsendsFJR1300]

 

[colin]

looks much better....

but man, what a rear fender! i'm sure there is something out there to help sort that out!

good lookin' wheels....

 

[rnees]

nice, but I still don't understand why it makes me think of hamburgers every time I see the name... :blink: Why didn't they just call it the Whopper?

don't think I could own one just for that reason alone...

 

[blakebird]

I have a couple of friends who've ridden the bike, and say it works extremely well.

Every shop should have one on the floor with the Yosh cans (my local dealer does) - it really helps keep it from looking like a '58 De Soto.

The 4.2 gallon tank was a deal breaker for me. If it carried 5.8 gallons or more....I might own one.

 

[Jetmaker737]

Looks better without those gawd awful cans but the aft end is still all F'd up. That whole fender needs to go!

 

[Big-D]

A little too spacey looking for me. Although more $$$, the V-Max hands down. If they would just fit a gas tank to match it's thirst!!

 

[TownsendsFJR1300]

We were going to do the rear fender eliminator kit as well but they were out of the kits.. Sometime in the near future we'll be swapping that out as well.... I can't use a pit bull rear stand on it (with spools) with the license plate on it as they meet... You have to remove the tag to raise it, PIA...

 

[428Cobra]

[SIZE=12pt]I just rode one like this monster and it was one thrill ride!!![/SIZE]

This is JUtah's bike in Arkansas.

It would be tough to live with day in and day out - BUT I would love to have one. The power was explosive and the TORQUE was just a dream. The roll ons at speed put a smile on your face that stayed the whole ride. Very confident cornering at speeds that are scary!!