Hello from Atlanta, Geogia.

Hey everyone- great site, glad I found it.

New to the site, not new to the 800cc Suzukis. I bought my first VS750 Intruder, a 1986 model, in 1987, but traded it for a sportbike shortly after. Since then I have owned a 1992 VS800 Intruder bought new (sold it with 87,000 miles on the odometer in 1996); a 1996 VS800 Intruder I bought new (engine blew up at 132,000 miles on the odometer in 2004); a 2005 VS800 S50 I bought new (sold it with 35,000 on the odometer because frankly I was sick of VS800s); and now a 2006 VL800 C50 Special Edition I bought used about a year ago with 700 miles on it- over 40,000 miles on it now.

I have gotten really good service out of the Suzuki cruisers, and have riden to all 48 lower states plus a chunk of Canada on them during the last 20 years. The VL800 is a nice change from the VS800- not nearly as fast and peppy, but a LOT more comfortable for my aging bones. Here is the old girl- I added a light bar from a C90 to her since this pic.




Heading over to checkout the garage area and everyone's mods. Hope to learn some good things and get some good ideas. Hope I can help by sharing some of my 30+ years of mechanical experience also.

Hi Dr Bob   That's a lot of miles you've covered on the 800 

Hi Doc & welcome. Nice looking bike you got there

Hi Bob great intro & your bike is gorgeous. Glad you found us.

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome! I'm new here too, but I must say that I'm jealous of all the miles you put on your bikes. And the headlight fairing looks amazing! Normally I don't like any extra fairings at all, but that looks great!

Hi Dr Bob and Welcome  

Welcome Dr Bob.

 Dr Bob

Hi Dr Bob  

Thanks everyone for the welcomes and the compliments on the bike

The fairing is from Memphis Shades. I got if for free from a customer who wrecked his VL1500. The brackets were broken but they would not have fit my VL800 anyways, and the scratches on the fairing did not bother me as I needed to sand and paint it to match anyways.


I painted it pearl white to match the bike, then added a little silver and gold pinstripe to go with the silver and gold ghost flames on the C50 Special Edition. The backside got painted black, and I made the windscreen out of some black lexan I had laying around the shop. I then made some brackets out of scrap aluminum and some old windshield clamps, which not only saved be about $250 on ordering some, but I was able to lay the fairing back to make it more sleek & aerodynamic than most batwing fairings.
Behind th fairing is a three-bag windshield pouch; a throttle lock made out of a chrome offset cam lever I found in the junk drawer; and some 250 watt per channel waterproof speakers wired to a 500 watt Pyle amp under the seat and a thumb wheel volume control under the right switch box.
Also fitted to the bike are chrome tank trim; Suzuki accessory engine guards; a chrome luggage rack; a lightbar I got at a swap meet for $2 (it went to an Intruder 1500LC and was broken, but I fixed it and made it fit); bullet front turn signals; a chrome plate frame with brake light; a hidden 'dealer mode' switch I made; some little pegs on the floorboards to hook the heels of my boots to when I stretch out; and some fake leather saddlebags. Instead of buying pipes and a power commander, I drilled the stock exhaust and reprogrammed the stock FI controller through the YAFMS port. Oh, I also cut that lump out of the seat pan where it pressed against my tail bone.

I can post instructions to any of these mods if anyone wants.

post them up mate sure there would be plenty of members who would like to read through your posts and hopefully have a go themselves

 Doc

Your bike is beautiful Dr Bob, glad you have joined us 

Wow Bob, it sounds like you know a few things about riding bikes! (And modding them)
Sorry for the late welcome