Preparing to make the plunge...
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08-29-2010 | 06:40 PM
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From: Fair Oaks, Caliphornia
Preparing to make the plunge...
Hello...
I'm currently riding a Vulcan 900 LT
and am getting tired of the back end bottoming out when riding 2 up with my wife along with having to push to keep up with all my Harley buds in the American Legion Riders sooooo... been doing a lot of homework and just after the first of the year will be seeking a Vivid Black/Merlot 2011 Road King... and don't try and talk me out of it!!!
As a result I've decided to go ahead and sign-up to the forum so I can get plenty of tips, information and attitude before stepping up to the good life. The Vulcan has been a great machine as 900's go so I really don't have much bad to say about it... except the rear shock sucks and it has to work harder than I'd like a bike to work to ride the way I ride. Picking a particular model has been a mind rendering experience as there's so many nice rides to pick from, but the 2011 has the one feature I've been waiting for, the heat-shutdown-the-rear-piston thingy whin idling (oh well, no radiator this go round). Bottom line is it just plain looks too damn sweet to pass up so I be lirking a bit and asking questions until D-Day (Delivery Day) happens... Thanks
Mark.. Motorbones
I'm currently riding a Vulcan 900 LT
and am getting tired of the back end bottoming out when riding 2 up with my wife along with having to push to keep up with all my Harley buds in the American Legion Riders sooooo... been doing a lot of homework and just after the first of the year will be seeking a Vivid Black/Merlot 2011 Road King... and don't try and talk me out of it!!!As a result I've decided to go ahead and sign-up to the forum so I can get plenty of tips, information and attitude before stepping up to the good life. The Vulcan has been a great machine as 900's go so I really don't have much bad to say about it... except the rear shock sucks and it has to work harder than I'd like a bike to work to ride the way I ride. Picking a particular model has been a mind rendering experience as there's so many nice rides to pick from, but the 2011 has the one feature I've been waiting for, the heat-shutdown-the-rear-piston thingy whin idling (oh well, no radiator this go round). Bottom line is it just plain looks too damn sweet to pass up so I be lirking a bit and asking questions until D-Day (Delivery Day) happens... Thanks
Mark.. Motorbones
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08-29-2010 | 06:54 PM
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From: Fair Oaks, Caliphornia
Thanks for the welcome... Now comes the hard part....... waiting. Good thing the wife is already on board with it. She doesn't know about the Jan/Feb part, but I know she sees the writing on the wall. In the Spring we are plannig a bike trip to Disneyland, San Diego and back up HWY 1 to southern Oregon and back home over 10-12 days. Just can't see doing it on the Vulcan. As long as I can paint her on the back of that Harley cruising through the breezes, I'll be sitting in tall cotton as it were....
#6
08-29-2010 | 07:13 PM
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From: Pondersosa Ranch-Lake Tahoe, Nev.
"Another" Convert, from "North" Calif
Hello Folks:
I'm "TRYING" real hard to make up my very feeble mind about either purchasing a 2000 Softtail Heritage (carb), or manning up to a 2007-08 Road King.
I'm not looking for super fancy, just a nice, comfortable -touring machine; and not a brand new one (yet)....But, I can be persuaded by coming to this forum!
Thanks to all for your great information and photos.
I'm "TRYING" real hard to make up my very feeble mind about either purchasing a 2000 Softtail Heritage (carb), or manning up to a 2007-08 Road King.
I'm not looking for super fancy, just a nice, comfortable -touring machine; and not a brand new one (yet)....But, I can be persuaded by coming to this forum!
Thanks to all for your great information and photos.
#7
08-29-2010 | 07:22 PM
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From: Pensacola FL
you're right, waiting is the hard part, but it sure will be nice when it gets here......welcome from Pensacola
