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BumbleBee · 05-09-2008, 03:07 PM

Hi folks,
I bought my M50 a couple of weeks ago and have been looking for a forum to interact with fellow riders and M50 owners until I found this site.

A little about myself first, I'm a 30 year old male and a relatively new rider and motorcycle enthusiast. Even though I rode a 250cc bike as a teenager, I bought my first cruiser, a Suzuki Savage about a year ago after taking the MSF class. I traded that in for a spanking new 2008 M50 that's the new two-tone color - grey and yellow (hence the username!).

I'm really thrilled about the new bike and excited about taking it into the mountains for some twisties. It looks like you guys are all really into your bikes and have some great discussions going on here... I look forward to posting on these forums from now on.

So again, a big hello to all of you!

Let me end by asking a newbie question. I did not get my manual with the bike. The dealer said they ordered one for me and I haven't received one yet. I don't even know what grade of gas to put in my bike! Someone recommended I use 93 Octane gas at least until the break in period. Can someone confirm this?

Thanks!

cyclesinct · 05-09-2008, 03:46 PM

Does the person that gave you that advice happen to own a gas station???!!! Go ahead and put in 87. That is what is in the manual (saying this without manual in front of me), and (as far as I know) everyone runs. I've been using 87 for three yrs. now with no problems. oh and...

jimmiz · 05-09-2008, 04:36 PM

87 in the Bike. 91 in my car... or it knocks like crazy.

geoffsimpson · 05-09-2008, 05:05 PM

87 is fine man, I'll occasionaly put in some higher test if I'm hitting the highway or just kinda feel like it, but I've never really noticed a difference between the two.

And welcome to the Forum.

paullit77 · 05-09-2008, 05:15 PM

From Indiana

Jay313 · 05-09-2008, 05:21 PM

Alternated tanks of regular and premium a couple times when I first bought the bike just to see if I could notice any difference at all in performance. None detected. Nothing but regular since.

old new biker · 05-09-2008, 05:40 PM

This is a great forum and you will find a wealth of useful information here. It sounds like you did exactly what everyone says to do. Buy a smaller bike, take the MSF course, ride a while, then move up.

Welcome to the big leagues. I just went right into the M50, with the MSF Course of course, kinda sounds redundant, anyway welcome and look and learn.

Also, you can find a lot of useful information over at the Volusia Rider forum as well. It can be found here VolusiaRiders.com :: Home

Enjoy....Enjoy....Enjoy
Oh, and KEEP THE SHINY SIDE UP

NCxM50 · 05-09-2008, 08:44 PM

Welcome aboard! LOTS of great info to be found on these boards.

What part of NC are you in? I'm up in the NE corner of the state Edenton/Elizabeth City area.

As for gas, run 87. I've run both and seen NO difference at all.

SNAFU · 05-09-2008, 09:21 PM

to M-J Nik!

Use whatever gas your comfortable with, but 87 is the recommended minimum.

robertc729 · 05-10-2008, 07:48 AM

All you need to use for gas is 87, anything is else is just throwing money away.

superdave07 · 05-10-2008, 08:01 AM

welcome to the board you'll find great people and great info here, just ask we won't critisize. the only dumb question is one not asked.
dave

boooya · 05-10-2008, 09:14 AM

theMSUkid · 05-10-2008, 10:22 AM

Newbie here too, just had my M50 black delivered last night, heading out for an afternoon on the bike!

BumbleBee · 05-10-2008, 03:19 PM

Thanks for all the replies guys.. 87 grade it is then!

I'm from Charlotte, NCxM50.

BumbleBee · 05-10-2008, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by old new biker

This is a great forum and you will find a wealth of useful information here. It sounds like you did exactly what everyone says to do. Buy a smaller bike, take the MSF course, ride a while, then move up.

Welcome to the big leagues. I just went right into the M50, with the MSF Course of course, kinda sounds redundant, anyway welcome and look and learn.

Also, you can find a lot of useful information over at the Volusia Rider forum as well. It can be found here VolusiaRiders.com :: Home

Enjoy....Enjoy....Enjoy
Oh, and KEEP THE SHINY SIDE UP

Thanks 'old new biker'. Yeah, I went the prescribed route and got the 650 first and now the M50. I love my mew M50 but I must confess that I find it not too much of a step up from my 650 in the power department. I wish Suzuki had made this bike with a 1000cc V-Twin. Oh well.. I suppose if I can become a better rider in a few years I can move up to a 1500cc engine

1badbaker · 05-10-2008, 05:37 PM

from Georgia

old new biker · 05-12-2008, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BumbleBee

Thanks 'old new biker'. Yeah, I went the prescribed route and got the 650 first and now the M50. I love my mew M50 but I must confess that I find it not too much of a step up from my 650 in the power department. I wish Suzuki had made this bike with a 1000cc V-Twin. Oh well.. I suppose if I can become a better rider in a few years I can move up to a 1500cc engine

I understand, coming from a 650 that you might not see as big of a power increase as you would like, and I would have liked to see maybe a 900 or 1000cc engine as well, but the bike is very nimble and easy to handle for the newer rider, while being fairly roomy as well.

If you consider a DJ Drive mod, you can get more highway speed out of the bike, without loosing much, if any, low end. Read the history of this mod here, VolusiaRiders.com :: View topic - Different rear drive ratio/highway cruising, and see what you think. It was developed by a C50 owner for the C50, but it fits the M50 as well, and you will find a few threads here about the subject regarding installations on the M. The result of the mod is that top end RPM's drop by about 500, so that 75mph runs at similar RPM as 65mph stock, rendering 5th gear to be, more or less, like the 6th gear that many of us would liked to have seen on this bike, and of the almost 200 people that have done the mod, most say that the bike cruises much easier at freeway speeds, while 1st gear looses little of its starting power. 1st gear does, however, get stretched out a bit so that it is a real usable gear, and most say that the buck and twitchyness is all but goon. I am on the list to get mine around the 1st week in July.

Meanwhile just get used to the bike, and, as stated above by several posters, this is a great forum with little or no flaming. We are simply riders that want the most out of our ride. Keep the questions, and/or things you learn coming.

Again, welcome to the forum,
Oldie

05-09-2008, 03:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
BumbleBee Newbie Joined: May 2008 Bike: 2008 M50 Location: NC Posts: 3	New Owner Here Hi folks, I bought my M50 a couple of weeks ago and have been looking for a forum to interact with fellow riders and M50 owners until I found this site. A little about myself first, I'm a 30 year old male and a relatively new rider and motorcycle enthusiast. Even though I rode a 250cc bike as a teenager, I bought my first cruiser, a Suzuki Savage about a year ago after taking the MSF class. I traded that in for a spanking new 2008 M50 that's the new two-tone color - grey and yellow (hence the username!). I'm really thrilled about the new bike and excited about taking it into the mountains for some twisties. It looks like you guys are all really into your bikes and have some great discussions going on here... I look forward to posting on these forums from now on. So again, a big hello to all of you! Let me end by asking a newbie question. I did not get my manual with the bike. The dealer said they ordered one for me and I haven't received one yet. I don't even know what grade of gas to put in my bike! Someone recommended I use 93 Octane gas at least until the break in period. Can someone confirm this? Thanks!

05-09-2008, 03:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
cyclesinct Handlebar Consultant Joined: Feb 2007 Bike: Boulevard M50 Location: Connecticut Posts: 605	Does the person that gave you that advice happen to own a gas station???!!! Go ahead and put in 87. That is what is in the manual (saying this without manual in front of me), and (as far as I know) everyone runs. I've been using 87 for three yrs. now with no problems. oh and... __________________ '05 M50 black MAPAM backrest Corbin dual tour Highwayman Jumbo Straight Bags Johns Kit forward controls Debaffled exhaust

05-09-2008, 04:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
jimmiz Seat Tester Joined: Jun 2007 Bike: '07 M50 Limited Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 81	87 in the Bike. 91 in my car... or it knocks like crazy. __________________ 07 M50 Limited -Sissybar w/rack -Bags w/Easy Brackets -Zuki Windshield...sometimes -No Baffle, No Mickey, Fibrosleeved

05-09-2008, 05:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
geoffsimpson Throttle Jockey Joined: Jun 2006 Bike: Grey, not silver, GREY 2006 Suzuki Boulevard M50 * 1983 GS750E Cafe Racer project Location: Prince George BC Posts: 3,109	87 is fine man, I'll occasionaly put in some higher test if I'm hitting the highway or just kinda feel like it, but I've never really noticed a difference between the two. And welcome to the Forum. __________________ Please Note: All opinions contained herein are worth exactly what you paid for them. It's true that every time you hear a bell ring, an angel gets its wings... But what they don't tell you is that every time you hear a mouse trap "snap", and Angel gets set on fire... Grey * De-badged * V & H Straightshots w/ Thunder-Monster Baffles and Billet Hot-Tips * POWAH COMMANDAH!! * Kury Wide Style Levers * Kury Zombie Pegs (what's left of them) * Johnskit Forward Controls * Johnskit 2.5" Lowering Kit * Carbon Fibre-esque Trim kit * your mom * Memphis Shades HellCat windshield * Passenger Backrest * Baddass MO-FO behind the bars * Metz 880's w/ lettering * Flamed Thunder MFG Teardrop Intake *

05-09-2008, 05:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
paullit77 Seat Tester Joined: Mar 2008 Bike: 05 C50 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 66	From Indiana __________________

05-09-2008, 05:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jay313 Ditch Magnet Joined: Mar 2008 Bike: 07 M50 Limited Location: Dallas Posts: 158	Alternated tanks of regular and premium a couple times when I first bought the bike just to see if I could notice any difference at all in performance. None detected. Nothing but regular since.

05-09-2008, 08:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
NCxM50 Ditch Magnet Joined: Mar 2008 Bike: Silver '06 M50 Location: NE NC Posts: 190	Welcome aboard! LOTS of great info to be found on these boards. What part of NC are you in? I'm up in the NE corner of the state Edenton/Elizabeth City area. As for gas, run 87. I've run both and seen NO difference at all.

05-09-2008, 09:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
SNAFU Leaned over, knee down Joined: Mar 2006 Bike: '06 M50 Black Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 4,863	to M-J Nik! Use whatever gas your comfortable with, but 87 is the recommended minimum. __________________

05-10-2008, 07:48 AM	#10 (permalink)
robertc729 Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst Joined: Mar 2006 Bike: 05 Boulevard C50 LE, 06 S40 (wife's bike) Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 4,030	All you need to use for gas is 87, anything is else is just throwing money away.

05-10-2008, 08:01 AM	#11 (permalink)
superdave07 Where Am I ? Joined: Apr 2008 Bike: 2007 yamaha roadliner s Location: upper penninsula, mi Posts: 37	welcome to the board you'll find great people and great info here, just ask we won't critisize. the only dumb question is one not asked. dave

05-10-2008, 09:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
boooya TurtleWax Taster Joined: Sep 2007 Bike: '08 Suzuki Bandit S Location: Barrie, Ont. Canada Posts: 580	__________________ M50 SOLD 2008 Bandit 1250 S stock 4 now

05-10-2008, 10:22 AM	#13 (permalink)
theMSUkid Newbie Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Lansing, Michigan Posts: 4	Newbie here too, just had my M50 black delivered last night, heading out for an afternoon on the bike!

05-10-2008, 03:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
BumbleBee Newbie Joined: May 2008 Bike: 2008 M50 Location: NC Posts: 3	Thanks for all the replies guys.. 87 grade it is then! I'm from Charlotte, NCxM50.

05-10-2008, 05:37 PM	#16 (permalink)
1badbaker Sprocket Pilot Joined: Jan 2008 Bike: 05 Black M50 Location: Milledgeville, GA Posts: 883	from Georgia

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