The slender, sporty VS Intruder 800 and VS1400 Intruder became the “Boulevard S50” and “Boulevard S83” respectively, their cubic centimeter names being replaced with the engine displacement in cubic inches. The model would continue in this form until 2004, the only change of note being that Suzuki started painting the engine black in 1999.įor the 2005 model year Suzuki decided to re-launch all their cruisers with the “Boulevard” name in an effort to make the name less off-putting to conservative American cruiser buyers. So Suzuki soon bumped the Intruder up to be a 750, which it continued to produce until 1991.įor the 1992 model year the small Intruder became an 800 (technically an 805), with a larger engine, larger radiator, and larger forks to go with the extra engine. The US tariff, when passed into law, actually set the import limit at 750ccs instead of 700. The smaller version was designed to be small enough to escape the projected 45% US import tariff on imported bikes, while the larger version designed to take on the Harley 1340cc Evolution models as well as Japanese bikes like the Kawasaki Vulcan 1500. The Intruder line started life in North America with the Intruder 700 and the Intruder 1400, which was actually a 1360cc machine. The VS Intruder bikes all have 4-stroke V-twin engines.
In Europe, the Intruder name remains in use on certain models. After 2005, the Intruder lineup was replaced by the Boulevard range.
SUZUKI INTRUDER 1800 SERIES
The Suzuki Intruder is a series of cruiser motorcycles made by Suzuki from 1985 to 2005.
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