Uh,dont think so.
I had a 2001 Midnight Star.Had to have the lifters replaced at about 12K,had to replace the rear shock spring due to it bottoming out,one of the front rotors was rubbing on the caliper.
The flooboards would grind in sharp turns and the overall comfort was not like an HD.

Sure they are cheaper,but not the same quality.

 

Yep, his post is from 2005, bet he's still a douche bag though. His buddy probably beat his *** and ran over his Harley.

 

I agree......I currently have a 01 roady, I have had it for almost 4 years and as much as I love it, I found a 05 RK for $7000 and I am currently thinking about trading it in for the RK with some cash on top of course. But yea every time I turn hard i scrape my boards. It's been a great bike, and would would never talk down on them but like someone said before, you take care of your bike and it takes care of you. Just not sure if that's the best thing. More importantly I want to make sure it's the best thing even though my roady has never done me wrong and I ride from Texas to Houma Louisiana every 21 days.

 

Careful about tormenting someone because they choose not to ride a HD. My buddy had a Kawasaki Vulcan. Nice bike but not my cup of tea. We rode together quite a bit. Whenever I did a long distance trip I would bring him back a HD Tshirt. He always wore them. Fast forward five years and he's riding a brand new CVO Ultra and I'm on a 7 almost 8 year old RK. Hope he sends me some tshirts. We now live 3000 miles apart

 

The Roadie is about as close as you're gonna get to a Harley, the engine are only a few degrees off of being the same v-twin!!! They sell a ton of stuff for the Roadies and they will move!!!

 

Old thread, but since it was brought back from the dead... I loved my Yamaha Roadstar Midnight Star... I made sooo many changes to it... ended up selling it to my cousin when I went for my first Harley.

He still has it and it has given him many miles of happy and trouble free miles.

Just ride what you can/want and have fun.

Here is a photo of the bike... like I said, I changed just about everything on it. I have fun modifying stuff...