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technology
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it to its
hard-edged sPorting
vehicles
and,
eventually, on down
to
the less
extiaordinary
machines in
its exPansive
family of motorcy€les
But
what if Suzuki
.ould start with
a clean sheet
of
PaPer
and
utilize the same
technolo8y
that it is messing
with in its current
line of sportbikes to
produce a cruiser
with hish rech
perform-
ance and looks
to match?
It would
probably look like the BoLrlevard
14l09R, the
125-
plus horsepower muscle
bike that
now stands at the toP
of
Suzuki's
revitalized Boulevard cruiser
family of
motorcycles.
The true
vibe of the l'1
l09R doesn't immediately
reveal
itself
in the
Ml09Rs high-(ech engine,
a
liquid-cooled, l786cc
(109
cubic
inches), s4-degree
DOHC V-ttvin with
four valves
and two
spark
plugs per
cylinder
that,
for all its disPlacement,
doesn't
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