What are the horse power differances between the Suzuki V Strom 650 and the V Strom 1000?

V-Strom 650: 67hp at the rear wheels @7500rpm

V-Strom 1000: 98hp at the rear wheels @ 7500 rpm

Most likely its sluggish on the low end (the 1000) because of the weight difference in the bikes, since the 650 is 427lbs, and the 1000 comes in at almost 100lbs heavier at 525lbs.

i does no longer purchase it. I rode a pal's DL650 final summer season. The ergos felt humorous, the "windscreen" became awkwardly a strategies away, and did no longer provide a quiet adequate experience to enable clean sound from minidisc & sony mdr ex71. on the time I examined my pal's WeeStrom, i became using a BMW 1100 RT, so i understand a first rate listening atmosphere could be finished interior my Nolan N100 helmet. together as the bike did arise to eighty mph, even 2 up (entire passenger weight: approx 415 lb) even solo it became no longer precisely "speedy" to velocity. additionally, with suitable case put in, it became quite troublesome to get my leg over the saddle--I actually have a 32" inseam. It wasn't plenty severe as no longer enough room fore and aft--my foot hit the case on mounting and dismounting. From what i've got examine, the DLs are actually not plenty twin activities as much as poseurs. If i became going to get a twin activity i might bypass with DR650 or DRZ400, reckoning on the stability of dirt/street i became gonna do. the two of them will (actually) bypass away the VStrom interior the dirt. If i became gonna bypass street, i might say take the comparable motor and enjoy it in all this is 90degree Vtwin glory interior the SV 650S. Or, if I insisted on the VStrom for motives of styling or shipment ability, i might promote between the youngsters to the gypsies for the $2500 distinction and get the litre version.