amazing or maybe unbelievable?
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From: along the Front Range in Colorado
.................... minimum age of 70 my ***, wtf is this kid talking about ?
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From: Decatur, Alabama
Road Captain
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Road Master
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From: Battle Creek, MI
Went down many times in the dirt, mostly expected it. My first street sweep was on an old Suzuki 250, into a corner too fast, hit some dirt and low sided it into the ditch. Lesson learned.
I have an 04 Heritage and love the feel, however I ride a lot differently now than I did back then.
I have an 04 Heritage and love the feel, however I ride a lot differently now than I did back then.
Tourer
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From: NC
Is it just me or have others also seen posts by new posters that they've just bought a bike or just had a bike bought for them by a significant other and then they post from 6 to 100 times and they get in some time of accident and total the bike?
I'm sure glad I've got more than 100 posts.
I'm sure glad I've got more than 100 posts.
Last edited by Roadrider18; Feb 7, 2012 at 07:27 AM.
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From: Green Country
Ditto on that. Turned off the highway onto a county blacktop and didn't see the sand that had accumulated there. It hurt my pride a lot more than it did my 750 Shadow...
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From: Snow Hill, NC
I rode old POS's for 12-15 years before i bought my first new bike and it was a XL883C....I'm a big guy 6'1" 240lbs at the time....put 20000 miles on it in 2 years then bought my 07 FLHTC... 68000 miles on it and i dropped it in the garage the other day.....**** happens...this is probably the 4th time dropped...no biggie....I will need a lighter big eventually because of my knees...Rheumatoid Arthritis (SEVERE)....I am getting all of the riding and fun stuff i can out of life while i am still relativately young at 47....Thinking maybe a Heritage for the wife and a Road King for me or a Older Dyna Wide Glide...one of the pretty ones..LOL.
5400 freaking posts and i am still not immune.....
5400 freaking posts and i am still not immune.....
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From: Badlands of ND
Your first bike should not be perfect, any more than your first car was. You did not learn to drive in a new Lincoln or a Corvette, it was in an old car that if it got bumped and scraped that would OK. Bikes should be the same way.
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Road Master
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From: West New york, NJ
I think it also has to do with 2 wheel experience overall. Dirtbikes and bicycles included. I ride dirt since I was little. Always had friends with mini bikes. We all rode bmx. When I got around 11 I started with a Yamaha MX 100. The first street bike I rode was a FZR600 and I laid it down. That was back in '90. I quickly learned the differences between street and dirt. I never owned a street until my Harley, but rode a few others throughout the 90's. I don't think it has to do with the size of the big twins as much as that feel for two wheels. Compared to a CB 750, a Yamaha Maxim, a Ducati 916 SPS and that first FZR 600, the Dyna was and is the most comfortable and easy to ride. I sat on a bunch of other cruiser styles including the Sportster and non Harleys, but non felt as balanced or as comfortable as the Dyna. The Sportster seemed top heavy.
