For Sale: 2008 Suzuki V-Strom - BC (West Coast) Canada $6450 CDN
 

2008 V-Strom purchased new from dealership. 36,000 km

Garage stored. Dealer serviced or serviced by licensed mechanic since new. All modifications installed by a licensed mechanic as well. This bike has been well taken care of and built up with extensive modifications for travelling, or for just great all around riding! The tank bag soft panniers and Jesse panniers are easy to take on and off if desired.

The custom rear Elka shock, upgraded Progressive 1.0 front springs and Gold emulators, greatly improved the the suspension on this bike, with the rear shock being adjustable to suite ones riding needs.

Have not ridden it much the past five years and would like to pass this bike on to someone who can carry on using it, and enjoy the bike.

Here is a list of most of the modifications and upgrades done to the bike;

- Cockpit GPS Mount (Non-shock) for Garmin Zumo 220 Motorcycle GPS -

Purchased from Twisted Throttle. Wiring installed from battery with

GPS plug and ready to go.

- Pivot Pegz (brand) pivoting foot pegs. Also have original stock foot pegs
- Ventura Light Guard - protects headlight from rocks and debris
- Jesse Luggage System Panniers. These are top quality aluminium panniers

with folding out top lids that provide storage areas for easy access to

smaller items needed on a more frequent basis. Included are clips that

hold articles in the lid area in place.

- Custom Elka rear shock installed with hydraulic preload compression and

high and low rebound adjustment
- Progressive Front fork springs replaced and Race Tech Gold Valve

emulators installed at same time
- New battery September 2016 and battery kept on CTEC battery tender

when bike in garage
- Fork Brace by Superbrace. Provides slow speed stability
- Fuzeblocks brand fuse box installed under seat to accommodate electrical

additions
- Flashing Halogen Tail Light Bulbs - provides intermittent flashing when

braking
- Acerbis Rally Pro Hand Guards
- Medium size light weight motorcycle cover for use when travelling
- Touratech Aluminium engine protector V2.0 - Bash plate
- Engine and fairing protectors
- Pyramid brand front fender extender. Keeps less road grime from coming

up
- Kaoko Throttle Lock Cruise Control. Not installed on bike.
- Sheepskin seat cover with attachments for easy removal
- Scotts Performance steering stabilizer damper & mount kit. Installed
- Touratech front signal lights installed (smaller than stock ones) plus one

set of spare signal lights with all wiring and attachments

- rear rack replaced with custom stronger larger rack with better

attachment points
- Front windscreen replaced with MRA windscreen with deflector shield -

this provides a virtually buffeting free ride even at highway speeds.

Purchased in UK. Still have stock windscreen along with a Lee Bailey

Custom windscreen. Will include them too.

- Touratech aluminium radiator rock guard screen
- Touratech aluminium oil cooler rock guard screen
- Touratech foot peg attached to side kick stand for stability in soft

conditions
- Heated grips
- Acerbis front soft panniers (removable if desired)
- ABS bypass switch
- Voltage display readout panel. Provides constant check of battery status
- charging port
- Touratech tank bag
- storage tube matching rear exhaust outlet
- three keys
- Suzuki centre kick stand
- Metzlar Tourance tires with less than 1,000 k on them, plus a front and

rear never usedset of Metzlar Tourance tires still in manufactures

wrapping

- CyclePump electrical emergency tire pump with electrical adapter
- Two spare clutch levers
- Additional set of larger Aerostich soft tank panniers that mount on the

pillion footpegs (not shown in photos)
- Lots of extras: original hand grips, two spare clutch handles, Touratech

oil filler lock
(not installed), stock brake light bulbs, cargo net, Jesse racks for top

of pannier lids - with hardware (not installed), plus other items.

- Hepco-Becker bashplate purchased from Adventure Motostuff, with all

hardware - not installed.
- Suzuki DL650 Shop Manual

The soft tank bag panniers are clipped to the crash bars by two clips at the bottom and two clips at the top and are removable by undoing the bottom two clips and then lifting them off the top two clips.

Have most of the receipts and packing slips as well as service records since bike was new.

Thanks for looking at this bike and if you have any questions please send me an email.


Cheers!


Zarks