Can't get used to any sports bike after Harley
#31
04-27-2012, 05:33 PM
Road Captain
If you want a sportbike then IMO a VROD would not be the best choice. A VROD is somewhat sporty but far from being a sportbike and big bucks to just sit around collecting dust. If you want the benefits and ride of a sportbike then get something that is lightweight, short wheelbase, inexpensive (Japanese) and best of all get something used as it is only going to be an occasional ride. Get a naked bike and the riding position will not be too radical and the cost will be even less.
Its great to have a choice, different bikes for the occasional change of pace is great. I ride my turbo Busa every year to Reno (650 miles one way), ride around the Sierra Nevada mountains for three days then ride back. Easily 2000 miles in 5 days on a sportbike. There is nothing like leaning into curves and having WAY more power in the right hand than you can use. Having a sportbike is great for my get away alone time and the Road King is for travel time with my girlfriend.
I would have to say the Harley lets me appreciate life and the fantastic views while the sportbike wakes me up and reminds me I am alive. Hope you find your good two bike match.
Its great to have a choice, different bikes for the occasional change of pace is great. I ride my turbo Busa every year to Reno (650 miles one way), ride around the Sierra Nevada mountains for three days then ride back. Easily 2000 miles in 5 days on a sportbike. There is nothing like leaning into curves and having WAY more power in the right hand than you can use. Having a sportbike is great for my get away alone time and the Road King is for travel time with my girlfriend.
I would have to say the Harley lets me appreciate life and the fantastic views while the sportbike wakes me up and reminds me I am alive. Hope you find your good two bike match.
Tom
#32
04-27-2012, 06:10 PM
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I use to own a 98 model with a staintune exhaust that made the V4 engine sound exciting. The VFR was voted the best all around bike for a streatch of about 10 years straight, they can do it all. I always considered the VRF a gentlemans sportbike. You will be happy, congrats.
Thx, Tom Hudson, they sure are special machines that can do it all.
#33
04-27-2012, 06:49 PM
I went to an XL 1200 custom for an around town ride, plus I always wanted a sporty. I like the change up. Plus I added some extra stuff to the sporty so it would be badass. S&S dual intake, cams and Sampsons. it is a 2003 so it is carbed but it is very quick and agile. I run it like a cruiser and I am not crazy Johnson, but the bike just wants to take off, so I have to becareful. On my limited I have a very good setup and it moves(555 cams, cermaic headers, klock pipes, dual runner and Tmax, but the sporty being smaller, the senesation is different and closer if that makes sense.
I would look into the v-rod. I have four friends that got them and they love them. They did tweek them, with what I dont know off hand, but those bikes move like a bat oput of hell. GOod luck in your search
I would look into the v-rod. I have four friends that got them and they love them. They did tweek them, with what I dont know off hand, but those bikes move like a bat oput of hell. GOod luck in your search
#35
04-27-2012, 07:58 PM
I had a 600 Ninja a few years back, I wouldn't have bought one on my own but it belonged to a buddy of mine and he had done some really great mod's to it and needed to sell it quick. It just didn't have personality though. I sold it after a few years. For me the greatest sportbikes ever were the steel tubed Buells, they have the same heart and soul as Harleys but they are true sportbikes in every sense of the word. I was really disappointed when they went to the aluminum frames, they lost that Harley look and feel (at least, in my opinion). Anyway, if you want the Harley feel in a sport bike package, I would definitely recommend checking out used Buells, you can get some screaming deals on them.
I always marveled at the idea of having a bad *** Harley sport bike and if and when I have the extra money, I'll be getting one of those old Buells. I would really check them out if I was you.
#36
04-27-2012, 08:52 PM
Drukanfu, maybe you need a bad *** bike to be manly. I am plenty man without
a motorcycle.
I kept my Ultra and this bike does not brake my back like the other
rockets. I did not buy the hard bags. Will tour with my lady, the VFR is just me.
I bought the Honda VFR because is a well all around sports touring bike, I can do it all.
alSO THE PRICE WAS RIGHT. If I had bought the Vrod it would have been more $$$. Saved $3300 AND i DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BRAKING DOWN.
a motorcycle.
I kept my Ultra and this bike does not brake my back like the other
rockets. I did not buy the hard bags. Will tour with my lady, the VFR is just me.
I bought the Honda VFR because is a well all around sports touring bike, I can do it all.
alSO THE PRICE WAS RIGHT. If I had bought the Vrod it would have been more $$$. Saved $3300 AND i DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BRAKING DOWN.
#37
04-27-2012, 09:10 PM
Road Captain
Drukanfu, maybe you need a bad *** bike to be manly. I am plenty man without
a motorcycle.
I kept my Ultra and this bike does not brake my back like the other
rockets. I did not buy the hard bags. Will tour with my lady, the VFR is just me.
I bought the Honda VFR because is a well all around sports touring bike, I can do it all.
alSO THE PRICE WAS RIGHT. If I had bought the Vrod it would have been more $$$. Saved $3300 AND i DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BRAKING DOWN.
a motorcycle.
I kept my Ultra and this bike does not brake my back like the other
rockets. I did not buy the hard bags. Will tour with my lady, the VFR is just me.
I bought the Honda VFR because is a well all around sports touring bike, I can do it all.
alSO THE PRICE WAS RIGHT. If I had bought the Vrod it would have been more $$$. Saved $3300 AND i DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BRAKING DOWN.
Mr. Honda knows how to build Motorsycles!
#38
04-27-2012, 09:32 PM
Drukanfu, maybe you need a bad *** bike to be manly. I am plenty man without
a motorcycle.
I kept my Ultra and this bike does not brake my back like the other
rockets. I did not buy the hard bags. Will tour with my lady, the VFR is just me.
I bought the Honda VFR because is a well all around sports touring bike, I can do it all.
alSO THE PRICE WAS RIGHT. If I had bought the Vrod it would have been more $$$. Saved $3300 AND i DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BRAKING DOWN.
a motorcycle.
I kept my Ultra and this bike does not brake my back like the other
rockets. I did not buy the hard bags. Will tour with my lady, the VFR is just me.
I bought the Honda VFR because is a well all around sports touring bike, I can do it all.
alSO THE PRICE WAS RIGHT. If I had bought the Vrod it would have been more $$$. Saved $3300 AND i DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BRAKING DOWN.
Not worried about my Harley breaking down.
P.S. I'll give ya credit that you didn't buy the hard bags, at least the VFR looks better without them.
#39
04-27-2012, 09:50 PM
Road Captain
I just had 2 1/2 inches of stint put in one of my main arteries after a heart attack this last January 30th. Like You it changed my thinking after what the doctor said and that's why the FM 107" is in my bike ! Don't have the money to drop on another bike, much less Jap Crap ! Saved $13000.00 + for a decent burial I figure.
Not worried about my Harley breaking down.
P.S. I'll give ya credit that you didn't buy the hard bags, at least the VFR looks better without them.
Not worried about my Harley breaking down.
P.S. I'll give ya credit that you didn't buy the hard bags, at least the VFR looks better without them.