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Yep, I have ridden on quite a few,
Sportster 883- kind of sluggish and buzzy, cheap way for someone to say they ride a Harley...you can get the same feel, better ride, less vibration and in my opinion a better look from a Honda Shadow Spirit.
V-Rod- WOW.. I was actually surprised by the straight line power, it was a fun bike to ride... I wouldn't buy one simply based on price, but it really was a fun bike to ride. My buddy won that bike in a raffle..and has done some work to it, and it really does get up and go.... but he started talking smack about putting my YZF1000 in his mirrors and I torched him. I loved his bike... I just can't see spending 15 grand on a bike that every 9000 dollar sport bike will get up and walk away from.
Road King- I can see why cruiser lovers fall in love with that bike.. guy I work with bought an 07, and it really does ride nice, Looked kind of dumb when he first bought it because it was basically stripped and not what I was used to seeing. But about 1000 dollars worth of chrome later... it now looks like what I think of when I picture a roadking in my mind. Its a super nice bike... Im just not into big bikes like that. BUt I have nothing bad to say about it, it was a very nice ride.(For an old guy)
Custom- I met a guy at Rabbit Hash Kentucky that has an old Hard tail that has been chopped, it has a Honda Supersport 750 Engine that has had a whole lot of Machine work done to it... its probably pushing 100 to 110 hp to the rear wheel. It will lift the front tire about a foot off the ground and just carry it through the first 3 gears, but with the front forks being so long..and they are LONG, the bike doesn't really turn all that well.... that thing may have been the scariest bike I have ever been on. Super sharp bike too...everything on the entire engine has been chromed, and the bike was a dark red metallic, frame, tank and all with "Honda Davidson" on the gas tank. And LOUD... I think the header was a custom cut stock exhaust.. they cut all four pipes, then angled them outward to the sides...straight pipes, not a muffler on the thing. If the looks of the bike didn't turn heads... then broken ear drums did. And yeah, I would actually like to own that bike... I just liked it a WHOLE lot!!!
With the exception of the Sportster..I have actually liked every one I have ever ridden for what they were, I think they are still over priced, but I have nothing bad to say about the bikes... I didn't like the 883..it was butt ugly, no power, buzzy...and in my opinion its a girls Harley. But the rest I have ridden were nice. I have never had a problem with any Harley itself, I just don't really care for the 20% ers' who give the bike a bad name. The "if it isn't a Harley it isn't worth having" or "Don't park that rice burner next to my Harley" type guys. But they are small in numbers...about 20%... the rest of the riders I have met on poker runs and charity rides are VERY cool and down to earth.
I admit I have made comments about the bikes... but only when provoked... I had a guy tell me once that he didn't want the rust jumping off my YZF onto his soft tail...he was a real bright one, My bike is Aluminum with a plastic body, where is the rust going to come from??? But either way, I did tell him that with all the oil his bike leaks all over itself..I doubt he has to worry about it rusting. It wasn't a real shot I was taking at the bike, it was just an under your skin comment.
I like the bikes (with the exception of the 883), but I don't care much for the reputation that the 20% ers give the riders of them. Which is probably the only reason I will never buy one.
Sportster 883- kind of sluggish and buzzy, cheap way for someone to say they ride a Harley...you can get the same feel, better ride, less vibration and in my opinion a better look from a Honda Shadow Spirit.
V-Rod- WOW.. I was actually surprised by the straight line power, it was a fun bike to ride... I wouldn't buy one simply based on price, but it really was a fun bike to ride. My buddy won that bike in a raffle..and has done some work to it, and it really does get up and go.... but he started talking smack about putting my YZF1000 in his mirrors and I torched him. I loved his bike... I just can't see spending 15 grand on a bike that every 9000 dollar sport bike will get up and walk away from.
Road King- I can see why cruiser lovers fall in love with that bike.. guy I work with bought an 07, and it really does ride nice, Looked kind of dumb when he first bought it because it was basically stripped and not what I was used to seeing. But about 1000 dollars worth of chrome later... it now looks like what I think of when I picture a roadking in my mind. Its a super nice bike... Im just not into big bikes like that. BUt I have nothing bad to say about it, it was a very nice ride.(For an old guy)
Custom- I met a guy at Rabbit Hash Kentucky that has an old Hard tail that has been chopped, it has a Honda Supersport 750 Engine that has had a whole lot of Machine work done to it... its probably pushing 100 to 110 hp to the rear wheel. It will lift the front tire about a foot off the ground and just carry it through the first 3 gears, but with the front forks being so long..and they are LONG, the bike doesn't really turn all that well.... that thing may have been the scariest bike I have ever been on. Super sharp bike too...everything on the entire engine has been chromed, and the bike was a dark red metallic, frame, tank and all with "Honda Davidson" on the gas tank. And LOUD... I think the header was a custom cut stock exhaust.. they cut all four pipes, then angled them outward to the sides...straight pipes, not a muffler on the thing. If the looks of the bike didn't turn heads... then broken ear drums did. And yeah, I would actually like to own that bike... I just liked it a WHOLE lot!!!
With the exception of the Sportster..I have actually liked every one I have ever ridden for what they were, I think they are still over priced, but I have nothing bad to say about the bikes... I didn't like the 883..it was butt ugly, no power, buzzy...and in my opinion its a girls Harley. But the rest I have ridden were nice. I have never had a problem with any Harley itself, I just don't really care for the 20% ers' who give the bike a bad name. The "if it isn't a Harley it isn't worth having" or "Don't park that rice burner next to my Harley" type guys. But they are small in numbers...about 20%... the rest of the riders I have met on poker runs and charity rides are VERY cool and down to earth.
I admit I have made comments about the bikes... but only when provoked... I had a guy tell me once that he didn't want the rust jumping off my YZF onto his soft tail...he was a real bright one, My bike is Aluminum with a plastic body, where is the rust going to come from??? But either way, I did tell him that with all the oil his bike leaks all over itself..I doubt he has to worry about it rusting. It wasn't a real shot I was taking at the bike, it was just an under your skin comment.
I like the bikes (with the exception of the 883), but I don't care much for the reputation that the 20% ers give the riders of them. Which is probably the only reason I will never buy one.