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[TadMC]

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[manofthefield]

nope.

GS: Parallel twin, air cooled

SV: V-twin, liquid cooled

[TadMC]

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[roguegeek]

No one is going to flame you here. That's just not our style. The answer is a simple one, though. Gnomes. The story is shrouded in mystery, but what we do know is this. Magical gnomes from the far off land of Suzuki-ana have handcrafted the GS engines for over 300 years and, in that time, have learned the path of immortality. It is with these skills that they have turned our little GS engines into the ultimate indestructible weapon that it is today. To understand it is beyond a human's feeble mind.

[jake42]

"the mischevious brain trolls"
to qoute one of my favorite tom waites songs.

it has a lot to do witht he simplicicty of the design. It's aircooled, only 2 valves per cylinder. and the basic engine design has been used by suzuki since at least the late 70's in the predecessor gs450.  It's not a super high-revving engine like the inline 4's in today's supersports.  Basically all I do is feed mine oil and ride the hell out of it, and it likes it.

Jake

[TadMC]

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[Dwn4whadever]

 

[vtlion]

Motorcycle gnome.. caught in action.



I agree with the simplicity angle.  The SV's powerplant is a bit more complicated, but as the model ages (the first was in 1999, though its tech was borrowed from an earlier design) it is quickly garnering a reputation as a tough cookie, too.  There is a guy over at svrider.com who claims to have over 120,000 on his SV and still counting.

[badguy]

About this time I ran inside crying

This place is great!

[MarkusN]

Dunno about indestructible. I can't recount how many times a squidly noob rider on the German forum came crying that they had destroyed a rod or balancer bearing because they had

a) ran low on oil
b) blocked the oil duct when resinstalling the clutch cover

But if you keep her well lubricated: Yeah, pretty indestructible.