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Madura vs. GS

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Just looking for general comments....... given a choice between a clean, used Madura 1200 or a similar sized and aged GS, which would you take? Overall peformance, comfort, looks, mechanical reliabilty, repairs, parts, etc.

Rocketman
 
If it works and you like it, why do you need somebody else's opinion?:-k
Ride the Madura, and the GS(there are different configurations) and see which is more comfortable and enjoyable for you.
 
A nice condition Madura is rare. They're usually rusted up from the spokes on. Unique, too. And fast. Most folks here hate the way they look. I'd go Madura. Liquid cooled V-4 shaft drive! Rocks!
 
Madura= Japanese for ugly.

And a V-4 yea cool, but try to get service. Or to do it yourself carb set up...good luck!
Parts? Can't say.........

Yea it's a V-4 yea it has power, yea it's shaft, but it has to be one of the ugliest motorcycles ever produced.
 
The taillight-grab-handle-backrest-combo unit is what turns me off to 'em. Very ugly...:(
 
I'd have to go with a GS because I would hate to puke every time I looked at my Madura.....8-[
 
Joe Nardy said:
I'd have to go with a GS because I would hate to puke every time I looked at my Madura.....8-[
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Now that's funny! :-D
 
Don't listen to them, Rocketman! Beauty IS Power!

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Ahhhhhhhhh, stop it, DA! My eyes are burning! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
 
You guys are something else (in a good way!), and always keep me smiling. I already own an '82 GS850L, and always want to keep my options open. Saw these 2 Maduras on E-Bay. The black one looks great, but the red one has more displacement. Not that I'm buying anything new today, but just curious what you guys thought. Thanks again for the feedback.

1986 1200: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Suzuki-Madura-Suzuki-Madura-GV1200-cruiser_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6027QQihZ010QQitemZ200007939712QQrdZ1

1985 700: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Suzuki-GV700GL-Madura-GV700GL-Madura-1985-Madura-by-Suzuki-1-year-production-only-very-rare_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6027QQihZ015QQitemZ250008383856QQrdZ1
 
They really are the link between todays v-twin metric crusiers, and the converted inline 4 cruisers of the early 80's. I think the Yamaha V Max was the sole survivor of that era.
 
8trackmind said:
They really are the link between todays v-twin metric crusiers, and the converted inline 4 cruisers of the early 80's. I think the Yamaha V Max was the sole survivor of that era.
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And that Kawasaki 750 metric cruiser...I forget what's it's called...looks like a Suzuki "L" model...
 
Desolation Angel said:
And that Kawasaki 750 metric cruiser...I forget what's it's called...looks like a Suzuki "L" model...
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Vulcan, right?
 
Every time I see one I think of The Munsters TV show.

The seat look like it came off the Munster mobile.


If this was Suzuki's answer to the Honda 750 V-4 why didn't Suzuki
install a rear disc brake?




I get a chill up, not down, my spine when I see these bikes.
They're even uglier in real life......:shock: :???:
 
I got to see one once, a glossy black one, up on a pedestal at a dealer in, I guess, '85. I had been away from bikes for 3 or 4 years at that point and I thought it was the most beautiful thing since Racquel Welch discovered bikinis!

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I still think it looks neat. Not beautiful anymore, but unique. I'm surprised that water-cooled V4s didn't become the primary engine out there.
 
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I friend of mine, sort of, just bought one. MINT! He asked me to check it out. I said if he likes it, buy it, don't haggle. It was in mint shape, dude wanted $3000 canadian. He bought it.

I don't think they look bad. I like my GS better, but riding's riding. I just hope he doesn't rack it up bein stupid.
 
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