Just a couple of weeks back, around the time of the launch of the big bikes from Suzuki, I had taken a brief look at the Suzuki M1800 Intruder. Back then, I was struggling to figure what exactly this gigantic Japanese cruiser was designed to do. Well, I finally got my hands on one last weekend and let me just get my initial reaction out of the way; "OH MY GOD!!! HOLY @&*^!!!"

Whew!!! Now that that's done with, I can really start talking about the bike. It's not like I've not ridden big bikes before, nor is it that I haven't ridden faster bikes. But whatever bike you may have ridden, if it hasn't been an Intruder, like me, you're definitely in for a surprise. I had a lot of inhibitions in my mind about riding around such a big cruiser in a crowded city as well as on our highways which, on most stretches, are no less congested. After spending about two days on the bike, blasting down open highways, fighting bumper-to-bumper traffic on city streets, leaning through miles of twisties; at the end of it all, the Intruder always left me with a big smile on my face...for more reasons than one.