I would recommend the Intruder to my brother, wait, I did and he bought one too! If you want a big twin and don´t want to go broke buying one, look at the intruder. Zero to one hundred is good, 105 mph maybe but that´s it, thanks to a govenor that I don´t know of anyone that´s gotten around it. Don´t get me wrong I´d like to get a HD but why, when I have a big twin w/ loud pipes, custom paint and even HD riders look at it and think it´s a Harley¿ Cornering with the Intruder is good, not as effortless as a 03 Road King. bikes and the Intruder still has more raw power. The clutch problem is fixable with heavy duty springs and hardened bolts. With the new tank I added a dash with a tach. On mine, forward controls to stretch out the legs, a five gal tank to stretch out the road. There is alot of aftermarket parts for customizing the 1400. As my every day ride it goes to work and did the 6800km round trip to Sturgis easy. This bike is a good cruiser for around town or dressed up for the long haul. The horn isn´t much of a horn if you´er travelling at highway speeds. The front air filter is HARD to change out. The small gas tank is good for 200km or 120mi, if you´er not on the throttle too hard. The clutch tends to slip because of the power of the engine. I´ve owned a 96 1400 Intruder for five years.Ĭons. I´ve had Harley riders look at mine and ask what model of Harley it is! This bike is easy to customize and looks good. The pure power of the 1400 intruder is outstanding. Write a review Bike specifications This bike's rating Discuss this bike Such bikes for sale Sell this motorcycle Rate this bike Insurance quotes Tip a friend Picture credits - Vern Farmer Richmond Va. With the accelerator fully pegged the bike basically cannot attain speed of more that 50 mph.Īny direction on a plan of action to follow in tracking down the problem would be appreciated.Review of the 1996 Suzuki VS 1400 GLP Intruder: Well worth the ride!Īuthor: Dave Rodgers,, viewed 700 times.ġ996 Suzuki VS 1400 GLP Intruder. The engine still has the backfiring problem on deceleration but is now choppy in acceleration with a little pinging noises inside the engine while accelerating. The gas did turn bad in the tank during those 8 months so I drained the tank and filled with 93 Octane Shell gas. To summarize, the bike has been sitting for 8 months. I thought that the carbs may just need cleaned out so I road a little more but nothing improved. 4th gear, the cruising gear, was even worse. I thought that my problems were solved, but when I got out on the road, I found out that the bike was sluggish in acceleration and that I could not get over 50 mph while in 3rd gear. The bike idled better than it had ever done with out stalling. Then while another person started the bike, I tapped on the float to the rear carb and it started working. After getting the bike back together I attempted to start the bike and gas once again poured out the rear of the engine. I then talked with more mechanically inclined friends and was told that a carb float could cause a sudden fault like I had with the gas pouring out the engine. I referenced the overall electrical schematic for my year of bike and found out that everything electrically on the bike was normal. To make a long story short, after purchasing the pickup coil and removing the stator assembly, I found out that the coil was not open and that the troubleshooting wording was incorrect for my year of bike. Anyway the bike sat for 8 months until I purchased the equipment I needed and got the courage to attempt this type of repair. At the time I did not have the proper equipment to do this work, mainly a motorcyle jack, since the bike needs to be lifted since the footpeg assembly which includes the kick stand needs to be removed to remove the side cases. I followed the electrical troublehsooting guide in my Clymer's manual and found an open in a pick-up coil. I figured that for something like that to happen all of a sudden it had to be an electrical problem. Fortunately I wasn't too far from home and when I got home I noticed that the rear cylinder was cold. The bike has after-market Cobra slash type of pipes.Ībout 8 months ago, while I was riding, I noticed gas pouring out the back side of my engine. The bike shop told me that is what happens when the bike has after market pipes and that there was nothing else they could do. When I got it back it backfired upon deceleration. When I first purchased by bike 3 years ago I let it sit for a year and had a bike shop clean the carbs.
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