The 1400, which had a 1360cc engine, was to compete with Harley Evolution and Kawasaki Vulcan. The smaller motorcycle was made to avoid tariffs on imported bikes. The first two bikes made were the 700 and the 1400. They were a cruising motorcycle that evolved into the Boulevard. The Suzuki Intruder is a line of bikes that were available from 1985 to 2005. Trust me, you can't over rev it and hurt it, and it will do a 1000 mile day at 5500 RPM without even breaking a sweat- despite the rider's mistaken impression that the motor is spinning to fast.Suzuki Intruder 1400 Motorcycle Information: I owned three small Intruders, and took them all over the country, doing Iron Butt rides and cross-country trips that put me on the interstate at 80-85 MPH (5500-6000 RPM) for hundreds of miles a day for days on end. Your bike makes power above 2500 RPM all the way up to 8000 RPM, so spin it fast like the designers intended. But just like you can not shift a 4-cylinder Mitzubishi Eclipse at the same points you would shift a V-8 Charger, you can not operate a 750/ 800 Intruder the same way you would a 1700cc Harley or even an 1100cc Honda. Most first-time Intruder owners shift too soon and set the idle way to low, expecting the small 2-cylinder motor to sound, drive, and idle like a larger v-twin displacing over two times as much. Drop that to 2000 RPM and the motor would lug, and you'd have to downshift every time you came to a hill or tried to pass someone. The 750 and 800cc Intruders NEED to spin fast to make power, and are designed to rev high like a sportbike- the designers penned this bike specifically for the US rider, taking into account US interstate and highway speeds, and the motor is supposed to be spinning at 3000-4000 RPM on the highway between 60 and 70 MPH. The bike is in high gear and well within its designed/ intended operating RPM range of >8500 RPM, and any attempt to upshift is in error, because not only is there NOT another gear, but there should not be because you would be spinning the motor below its power band. will only go so far.įinding a mechanic who really gives a crap is sometimes hard too.ĮZ is correct: you are basing your desire to shift into another gear upon your thinking/ feeling that the motor is spinning too fast and you should shift. Some models vibrate more than others though and proper valve adjustment and carb sync.

Almost forgot, vibration has a lot to do with that feeling too and a properly tuned and maintained bike will minimize that part. Not everybody has the choice, or the desire, to ride a bike that just purrs along on the highway because the only ones that do that are generally just the 'land cruisers'. If there are some other things with the bike that aren't 'perfect', then start shopping.

If you like the bike in all other respects, you just need to 'get over it'. Like I said, do a few interstate miles on a Ninja 250 or similar that turns 12,000 RPM at 70 and maybe you will have a little better handle on why you have that 'feeling'. Not only is the engine turning faster that what your unconsciouis brain tells you is 'normal' but it makes a LOT more noise in doing it.because you are sitting right on top of the engine and the exhaust is not muffled as much. I think it is mostly because most of your 'driving' experience is in a vehicle that turns maybe 2K RPM at 60 MPH and is quiet as a mouse in the process.

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