Crotch rocket converts post
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2017
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From: Wisconsin
I've had both cruisers and crotch rockets. The one in my sig below (Yam FZ6R) is the most recent.
I sold it this past spring. I had it for 3 seasons. I simply grew bored with it. It is a really fun ride, but after
you zing around the curves on the back roads for a while (in my case, 3 years), the thrill is just gone, at least
for me. (I guess I should update my sig pic...) I guess I'm really just a cruiser guy at heart.
So I'm down to just the 2 Harleys -- one for WE, and one for ME.
I sold it this past spring. I had it for 3 seasons. I simply grew bored with it. It is a really fun ride, but after
you zing around the curves on the back roads for a while (in my case, 3 years), the thrill is just gone, at least
for me. (I guess I should update my sig pic...) I guess I'm really just a cruiser guy at heart.
So I'm down to just the 2 Harleys -- one for WE, and one for ME.
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Joined: Nov 2018
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From: Virginia
Had a Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird when I lived overseas and had no speed limits outside of town. But I wouldn't keep my license for long with that bike here in the states.
I've had more Kawasaki sport bikes than Harley's. (7 vs 5) Still have a Ninja 250. They are a lot of fun in the twisties.
I always said I would get a Harley when I got old and fat. That was about 2 years ago. I'm on a diet, but I'll keep the Harley's.
I've had more Kawasaki sport bikes than Harley's. (7 vs 5) Still have a Ninja 250. They are a lot of fun in the twisties.
I always said I would get a Harley when I got old and fat. That was about 2 years ago. I'm on a diet, but I'll keep the Harley's.
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Cruiser
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Cruising a sport bike
Too much weight on the hands and arms. Too much strain on the back.
Sport bikes steer by gripping the tank with your knees, understeer and weight distribution and leaning.
This "thing" just turns. Its actually a joy. Not a chore.
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From: in the hills.
I started on Street bikes and I would say about two years ago I switched to a Harley after my wife got her first bike a Sportster and I ended up with a Softail to replace my Suzuki. Now my wife has a Softail and I have both a Softail and an old Sportster. I do love to ride both of them around. I do think if I got back on a Sportbike I would get killed or arrested as I still have that urge to fly around corners and ride the wheels off of a bike.
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My last trip, 2500 miles in 4 days, on my 1985 Moto Guzzi Lemans IV, preceded 6 trips to the chiropractor to unlock my neck. I sold it not long after. My neck couldn't handle it any more.
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From: Delaware
Funny you should say that. I just put a cell phone mount on my bars so I could use my android for the Vance and Hines FP3 gauges. It just feels wrong. Messes up the view, and distracts you from the experience of riding. I don't need to know what time it is when I'm riding a Harley, don't need anyone calling me either.
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