This nameplate appeared in Suzuki’s North American Boulevard cruiser lineup for the 2005 model year as part of the brand’s reorganization of its V-twin street bikes into the Boulevard family. It sat in the muscle-cruiser branch of the range and was positioned above the smaller Boulevard M50, giving Suzuki a larger-displacement option for riders who wanted a traditional long-and-low American-style cruiser with a more aggressive character. Contemporary coverage from the model’s launch shows it arriving with the 2005 Boulevard rollout, and later 2006 lineup reports note that it did not continue into the following model year, with Suzuki instead moving on to the later big-bore replacement in the same general segment. In market terms, it was a short-lived but important bridge model for Suzuki: a renamed and restyled big cruiser that helped establish the new Boulevard identity before the company pivoted to its next generation of flagship performance cruisers. Enthusiasts often remember it as one of the transitional machines from the early Boulevard era, when Suzuki replaced older Intruder and Marauder branding with the new Boulevard naming structure. Because it was offered as a single, continuous short run and then dropped, this nameplate is best understood as a one-year production model rather than a long-running series.
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