2008 Suzuki B-King reviews

• Suzuki's B-King - it succeeds despite itself (Motoring.co.za)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2008 Suzuki B-King

  "It's so ugly it's beautiful," was the first thought that crossed my mind when I picked up the B-King from the local Suzuki dealer – it was the first time I'd seen one.
  
  It's a slightly detuned, naked version of Suzuki's Hayabusa musclebike – itself a monumentally ugly machine – and my first impression was that anything the B-King could do the Hayabusa would do better – except look mean.

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• Manga’s Brute King in the Real World (Onewheeldrive.net)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2008 Suzuki B-King

  Third gear, 180kph, mid-sweeper, dead stable, planted to the point of over confidence, and engine still pulling - these are the pertinent facts of the 2008 Suzuki B-King, a 181hp, 108 lb-ft of torque sci-fi cannonball to which I’m currently clinging. The biggest question? Do I upshift? Or back off?
  A slight grin and I snick the 6-speed transmission into fourth coming out of the curve and onto the straight; good for some 230kph and counting it seems, as if that were necessary.

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