The engine feels a bit busy for a cruiser at highway speeds, where I often found myself wishing for a sixth gear, but offset crankpins reduce vibration so only a minimum amount reaches me. The C50T has the same engine as the Suzuki Boulevard M50 (tested in Rider, August 2005), which made 45.1 rear-wheel horsepower at 5,900 rpm and 44.8 lb-ft of torque at 3,400 rpm on the Borla Performance dyno.Ĭontrols are all very user friendly and shifting through the five gears is smooth. The two-into-two exhaust sounds appropriately throaty without being loud, and Suzuki’s Dual Throttle Valve system, multihole fuel injectors and 32-bit ECU borrowed from its GSX-R models don’t produce any of that abruptness sometimes associated with motorcycle fuel injection. There’s good low-end torque to pull it strongly up hills, and the shaft drive’s output is as smooth as a grilled peanut butter and banana sandwich. The engine rumbles to life instantly, and each time I start the bike, I can ride off almost immediately without any hesitation or grumbling from the engine. The Boulevard C50T‘s liquid-cooled, 45-degree, SOHC V-twin engine is housed in a cradle-type tubular-steel frame. The combination of black and chrome and the fully valanced fenders give the bike a classic look, even if the fenders and some of the covers are plastic. Take a walk around the Boulevard and you’ll see how this 805cc midsized cruiser can be mistaken for being at least 1,000cc. Other niceties include whitewall tires and an easy-to-read white faced speedometer (that glows orange at night) with an inset bar-graph fuel gauge. In 2005, Suzuki added a touring version, the C50T, with a windscreen, soft saddlebags, studded seats and a backrest. Back in 2004 when Suzuki put all of its cruisers under the boulevard banner, the 805cc Volusia received fuel injection and became the Boulevard C50, for a custom with 50 cubic inches. This is exactly the kind of inexplicable weirdness that keeps me awake at night-like why does Hawaii have interstate highways?įortunately, that was the only thing on the Boulevard that made me go hmmm. I’d just gassed up the Suzuki Boulevard C50T for the first time, and when I went to reset the tripmeter it read 110.8 miles, but the odometer only read 109.

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