When your child sees this bike for the first time, one word is likely to pop into their mind first:  Cool.  The Trek MT 16 is indeed the embodiment of coolness, from its icy blue and frosty silver colors to the snazzy styling of the wheel’s spokes.  Kids will be proud to own it and feel just like mom and dad on daily bike rides.  In fact, it’s quite easy to overlook the training wheels even when they are attached and in plain sight.  Don’t be surprised if you see your youngster zipping around the neighborhood soon after this bike comes home with them.  Chances are that will happen even more so after the training wheels come off!

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Suspension is like a sportsbike's with upside-down forks, and the brakes, radial-mounted four-piston front brake calipers and dual-piston rear brake caliper, are straight from Suzuki's sportsbikes. A compact dry-sump lube system lowers the engine in the frame for a lower centre of gravity and more stability. In the metric (Japanese) arena, the blinged-up Yamaha Roadliner has a bigger engine but costs $24,099, while Honda's VT1300 custom cruiser-chopper costs more at $19,990 and the Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 starts at $19,999 (but has ABS). It had the largest engine pistons of any production car or bike in the world until the Roadliner came along with its 1854cc V-twin. With its drag bars and V-twin engine featuring massive 112mm forged aluminium-alloy pistons, the Suzuki VZR 1800 Boulevard M109RZ is more like a cruise missile than a cruiser. This is a serious muscle bike. The instruments are in two pods: a tank-mounted analog speedo with two LCD screens for odometer, dual trip meters, fuel gauge and clock.

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