I have been having my Samurai since 1993 when I was in college. It has formed an integral part of my daily life. It has served me for the last 9 years and is in ship-shape always.My friends envy me for having such a lovely bike.Iam completely satisfied with the bike as it is an all rounder and caters to all my needs in a bike.As far as maintenance is concerned I have one dedicated mechanic and have had very few trips to his shop.I have clocked 82000kms as on date and still the bike keeps running as new.Of course, I have given some rest to it now as I bought a Fiero recently.But at any cost I would not give away my Samurai and the Fiero is only an addition to my stable.Good looks, decent mileage of 50 kmpl, good braking and electricals are CHARACTERISTIC of the Suzuki Samurai.However, the speedo instrument console could have been designed in better way(including the new model, of course).Otherwise, no complaints whatsoever.I would brand it a SAFE bike.