Suzuki V-Strom (VStrom) Owners Club DL250, DL650, DL1000 & DL1050

Introduce yourself => Introductions => Topic started by: howfunny on December 29, 2023, 12:22:55

Title: Hello from Reading
Post by: howfunny on December 29, 2023, 12:22:55: New forum member here, and relatively new owner of a V-Strom 650XT (2021) 👋.

Great to meet you all. I live in the Reading area. I passed my A licence in November but it was 34 years in the making. Better late than never! I am planning to do some touring with friends in Wales/Scotland in the Spring, and am already booked on a 6 day tour in southern Spain in September.

I'm loving the V-Strom. I bought it second hand from a dealer in South Wales with just 800 miles on the clock.

There was a bit of confusion on my part as the dealer didn't specify it was an XT version although it clearly is. The V5 document states that it is a "DL650 X AM1" (type WC70, variant: 1, version: EURO 5 / 1). I couldn't find anything meaningful about "DL650 X AM1" online so maybe someone more knowledgeable here can advise? Why isn't it registered as an XT? I did a Car Vertical check on it using the VIN and it checked out OK.
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: Fat Rat on December 29, 2023, 12:41:28: :welcome:
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: Upt North on December 29, 2023, 13:12:17: :welcani: from Northumberland.
I suspect the X stands for XT. But I can't confirm.
Enjoy.
Upt.
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: kwackboy on December 29, 2023, 13:16:48: :welcome2:

Maybe wrong but only XT models have spokes ..?
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: Fat Rat on December 29, 2023, 13:48:05: Yes, the XT means 'extremely tarnished'
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: Rookie on December 29, 2023, 17:05:13: :welcome2:
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: Jim13_Wee_Strom on December 29, 2023, 17:31:03: :welcome:
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: UK_Vstrom650 on December 29, 2023, 17:49:51: :welcome:

M then number refers to the year of manufacture since 2020, so yours will be a 2021. Previous years were L 0-9 for 2010-2019 and K 0-9 was 2000-2009.
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: Hugo Magnus on December 29, 2023, 17:51:19: :welcome:
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: Gert on December 30, 2023, 06:02:51: :welcome: To me, the XT basically translates to extra work due to spoke wheels that quickly tarnish, if not cared for. lol
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: NeilM on December 30, 2023, 07:14:53: :welcani:
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: mr_diver on December 30, 2023, 09:46:39: :welcome:
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: howfunny on December 30, 2023, 10:15:53: Quote from: UK_Vstrom650 on December 29, 2023, 17:49:51
M then number refers to the year of manufacture since 2020, so yours will be a 2021. Previous years were L 0-9 for 2010-2019 and K 0-9 was 2000-2009.

That's useful to know. Thanks :ty:
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: howfunny on December 30, 2023, 10:17:48: Yep I might come to regret it. I saw this post. https://www.v-strom.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=42880.0. Live and learn. The wheels do look nice though. :shrug:
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: The Doctor 46 on December 30, 2023, 10:47:37: :welcani: Don't worry about the wheels unless you have a problem with them and let's face it, they do look good. You may never want to clean the tarnish off anyway, patina and all that. Welcome.
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: MartinW on December 30, 2023, 16:11:35: :welcome:

As already said, M1 means 2021.
Title: Re: Hello from Reading
Post by: 650XT Pete on December 30, 2023, 17:03:02: Hello and :welcani: