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History Suzuki Intruder VS1400, VS800, VS750, VS700, VS600

History Suzuki Intruder VS1400, VS800, VS750, VS700, VS600

The Intruder line started life in North America with the Intruder 700 and the Intruder 1400, which was actually a 1360cc machine. The smaller version was designed to be small enough to escape the projected 45% US import tariff on imported bikes, while the larger version designed to take on the Harley 1340cc Evolution models as well as Japanese bikes like the Kawasaki Vulcan 1500.

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VS 600 Intruder 1995-97
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VS 600 Intruder Modell 1995
The VS 600 Intruder was produced for 3 years. The thought by building this bike was to concur with the Yamaha Virago 535. The reasen the production was stop, was because sie was to heavy for the small Motor with 34 Ps.Only a wider seat in the year 1996 was the last and only change this model became.
 
VS 750 Intruder 1986-91
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VS 750 Intruder 1986
The Intruder models were presented 1985 and celebrated its premiere in 1986. She was ( is) a realy great chopper " Made in Japan". One of the best in the History. With the 45 degrees Twin over the smal front and the smail white Rear wheel, also the great sound convinced the Intruder as a real Attributes
 
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VS 750 Intruder 1991
1987 the modell became a small facelift with a better seat and a bigger 21-zoll front wheel. About 4500 VS750 where sold only in Germany,
 
Modell: VS 750 Intruder
Baujahr: 1986 - 1991
Motor: watercooler, 4-stroke, 2-cylinder, V-45 degrees
Hubraum: 738 ccm
Leistung KW/min: 37/6.800
Drehm. Nm/min: 56,7/5.200
Ventilsteuerung: 4 Valves, OHC
Vergaser: 2 Mikuni 34 mm
Getriebe: 5-Gear
Sekundärantrieb: cardan
Fahrwerk: Doppelschleifen-Rohrrahmen
Federweg v./h.: 130/115 mm
Bremsen v./h.: 295 mm Scheibe / 180 mm Scheibe
Reifen v./h.: 100/90-19 / 140/90-15
Tankinhalt: 12 Liter
Gewicht: 213 kg
Höchstgeschw.: 160 km/h
VS 800 Intruder 1991-95
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VS 800 Intruder Modell 1992

The replacement from the VS750 differed in the motor, with was change in 805 ccm. To ditinguish there was giving the 805 modell a 2 colored decor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VS800 Intruder 1996-2000

VS800_1996-2000     In Verschiedene Farben und 2 Farbiges Tankdekor

VS 1400 Intruder ab 1987 bis 2003
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VS Intruder 1400 Modell 1987

 

Modell: VS 1400 Intruder
Baujahr: 1987-
Motor: luft/ölgekühlt, 4-Takt, 2-Zylinder, V-45 Grad
Hubraum: 1360 ccm
Leistung KW/min: 47/4.600
Drehm. Nm/min: 113/2.600
Ventilsteuerung: 3 Ventile, OHC
Vergaser: 2 Mikuni 36 mm
Getriebe: 5-Gang
Sekundärantrieb: Kardan
Fahrwerk: Doppelschleifen-Rohrrahmen
Federweg v./h.: 160/105 mm
Bremsen v./h.: 295 mm Scheibe / 275 mm Scheibe
Reifen v./h.: 110/90-19 / 170/80-15
Tankinhalt: 13 Liter
Gewicht: 260 kg
Höchstgeschw.: 170 km/h
 

The Suzuki Intruder is a series of cruiser motorcycles made by Suzuki from 1985 to 2005. After 2005, the Intruder lineup was replaced by the Boulevard range. In Europe, the Intruder name remains in use on certain models. The VS Intruder bikes all have 4-stroke V-twin engines.

The Intruder line started life in North America with the Intruder 700 and the Intruder 1400, which was actually a 1360cc machine. The smaller version was designed to be small enough to escape the projected 45% US import tariff on imported bikes, while the larger version designed to take on the Harley 1340cc Evolution models as well as Japanese bikes like the Kawasaki Vulcan 1500.

The US tariff, when passed into law, actually set the import limit at 750ccs instead of 700. So Suzuki soon bumped the Intruder up to be a 750, which it continued to produce until 1991.

For the 1992 model year the small Intruder became an 800 (technically an 805), with a larger engine, larger radiator, and larger forks to go with the extra engine. The model would continue in this form until 2004, the only change of note being that Suzuki started painting the engine black in 1999.

For the 2005 model year Suzuki decided to re-launch all their cruisers with the “Boulevard” name in an effort to make the name less off-putting to conservative American cruiser buyers. The slender, sporty VS Intruder 800 and VS1400 Intruder became the “Boulevard S50” and “Boulevard S83” respectively, their cubic centimeter names being replaced with the engine displacement in cubic inches.

Other changes to the VS800 included straighter bars with longer risers; the addition of four-way flashers; a one-piece seat; smaller turn signals; the deletion of the sissy bar; and the addition of a plastic fake air cleaner on the side of the engine (to hold the tool kit formerly stored in the sissy bar). But mechanically they are the same, and parts can be swapped between the Intruder 800 to the S50. The exception is that fake air cleaner, which screws to threaded holes in blocks cast into the cooling fins on the cylinders, which the Intruder 800 did not have.

As a side note, the VX800 standard/ naked sportbike was produced and sold in the US from 1991 to 1993. It used the same engine as the VS800 Intruder, only with a vacuum operated fuel pump instead of the Intruder’s electric one. The rest of the bike is totally different, but the engines interchange.