Friday, November 15, 2019

Suzuki 350 Goose

This was a basic road bike built in the 1990s, based on a tuned version of the DR350 engine. The name comes from the shape of the sidecover- supposedly imitating the Gooseneck curve on the Isle of Man. I think it's a pretty good looking bike aside from the weird crowded, kinked look of the headpipe. 
We never got it here in North America but I expect it would sell well today, maybe utilizing the DR400 engine. (and fix that exhaust pipe!)
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3 comments:

  1. VectorWarbirdsNovember 17, 2019 at 9:05 AM

    Triple downtube to the engine as the frame, pretty cool. A lot of gear in front of the engine there, oil cooler and I wonder what else.

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  2. JPNovember 17, 2019 at 10:45 AM

    Dry sump crankcase and underslung oil tank...
    I fell for the similar-concept Yamaha SRX 600 in '87, as dealers could not get rid of them and prices fell accordingly, to below 1K in today's Euro.

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  3. Mister GNovember 20, 2019 at 10:25 AM

    That downtube/header pipe treatment is a bit awkward to my eye. And it would get in the way of the exhaust of the DR650 engine I'd want to put in it!
    JP, I too fell for the SRX650... one day!

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