V-ROD for winding mountain roads
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From: Reno, NV
V-ROD for winding mountain roads
I have been asking the HD folks about the Dyna vs the Sportster for all around winding roads and long straight highways and the Dyna seems to be the consensus winner. How does the V-ROD due on winding roads. I assume it does great on the wide open roads we have in Nevada, but I have concerns about the performance on winding roads with tight curves. Any feedback?
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From: Columbia sc
Unless it's an R model Vrod it takes a skilled rider to run tight twisties fast. If it's a lowered vrod, forget it. Sportsters will do fine as will most dynas, still a lot depends on the rider. That's about all a Sportster is good for in my opinion.
On gently winding roads with long sweeping turns the vrod is ideal and will leave the sportsters and dynas far behind.
On gently winding roads with long sweeping turns the vrod is ideal and will leave the sportsters and dynas far behind.
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From: Perth
I have been asking the HD folks about the Dyna vs the Sportster for all around winding roads and long straight highways and the Dyna seems to be the consensus winner. How does the V-ROD due on winding roads. I assume it does great on the wide open roads we have in Nevada, but I have concerns about the performance on winding roads with tight curves. Any feedback?
Have owned an 1130 for 5 nearly 6 years and got about 50,000 kilometers on it.
I've ridden with cruisers, sports bikes, naked bikes and scooters and recently did a road trip from Dallas(not so many twisties) through Salt river canyon(a bunch of good twisties) and then across to San Diego up to Big Bear (mega twisties) then followed the PCH Hwy up to Big Sur and stayed with a guy who owned a BMW K1600GTL who was kind enough to show me around some of the most magnificent twities Ihave ever been on (nacimento rd for one) but the twistiest would have to be the road up to Alice's Restaurant on Skyline Boulevard (17 then 35) brilliantly smooth cambered corner after corner swooping and dipping like a black ribbon through the redwoods, brilliant!!!
We did all of that ride on a 2009 and a 2011 VRSCDX... Am I glad I chose those bikes instead of a big twin or a sportster...absolutely!!...could wehave done it and had as much fun on other bikes...no doubt.
The question is not what the model or brand of the bike is but the experince, skill and ***** of the person riding it.... The degree of risk they enjoy, the amount they feel comfortable with bits scraping on the tarmac, the amount of frpnt or back brake (or neither) that they prefer using when entering a corner....the compound of the tyre and brake pads, the extra grunt they have dialled in over standard that helps them pull out of a corner...suspension settings....weight of rider and luggagdAll this and more will make the difference between 2 or 3 different model bikes and it is more about you finding the one you FEEL best on.
Cheers
Coxy
PS if you want to see some videos of the night rods on twisty bits let me know and I'll dig up a link
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