I do realise that this post will irritate a whole load of folk. I haven't actually ridden one, but after sitting on a new one at Intermot Cologne with the analogue dash, I was struck by the poor fit and finish in comparison to similar models form Yamaha, Honda and BMW... Sorry Suzuki but the big burger sucks on first impressions....
Re: What an old shit-heap the Burgman 650 is!
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:07 pm
by chrisp
Might be your perception of quality has ascended having owned a Tmax and now a Beemer!
Re: What an old shit-heap the Burgman 650 is!
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:37 pm
by Steve_D
I felt the same with the BMW. Didn't they delay the launch because they were so shockingly crap?
This one literally fell to bits in my hand!
Re: What an old shit-heap the Burgman 650 is!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:41 am
by Data
I've always felt the opposite. The Burgers, both 400 & 650 are up there with the good stuff. Never seen bad fit or finish on a Burger yet. Maybe the one you were seeing had been jumped about on or summit!
Re: What an old shit-heap the Burgman 650 is!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:54 am
by johnp
The burger 650 i had was very well put together and the quality was very good, maybe you just got a bad one.
Re: What an old shit-heap the Burgman 650 is!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:50 am
by DougL
Well it was the one on the Suzuki stand, a white one. When did it get the new analogue twin clocks display? It Amy be well put together but the look of the finish and the plastics on the dash and bars were dreadful. Maybe they're cost cutting.
Re: What an old shit-heap the Burgman 650 is!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:16 am
by DougL
Meldrew wrote:
This time last year it was your pride and joy the BMW C600 Sport, and the C650 GT they were calling a shit-heap
Indeed, I agree. The BMW seems to have dramatically improved since EICMA I was just surprised at the Burgman. Aren't we allowed to change our mind on here?
The new TMax still has the best finish of the lot.
By the way I'm not saying the big burger is a heap of junk in terms of build, the finish is just crap...
Meldrew wrote:while apparently unaware it's been restyled for 2013 and now has analogue clocks, and white is one of the colour options.
That's what I thought, just wanted to check
Re: What an old sh*t-heap the Burgman 650 is!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:59 am
by barryG
I really cannot believe Suzuki would stoop lower than BMW have with poor quality plastics and finish
Re: What an old sh*t-heap the Burgman 650 is!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:01 pm
by Deleted User 796
Maybe because it's a pre production model?
Re: What an old sh*t-heap the Burgman 650 is!
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:57 pm
by MrGrumpy
rtfm wrote:Maybe because it's a pre production model?
Well, you'd have thought that if you were a manufacturer, you'd hand build anything that was going on show, using specially made parts if necessary!!!
My recollection of my big Burger was that it was generally very well made, but some of the plastics round the dash, especially the storage compartments looked very cheap. Ditto my baby Burger - its generally very good, but some of the plastics on the dash look a bit iffy, and the plastics need lots of Autoglym to keep them looking reasonable.
