Ride_Slow2004
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Riding the best bike for me, is what I am doing now. My son, after spending a few hundred miles on a buddies VFR, is gonna give up the RK for a new sport touring bike. My older daughter bought a Shadow 700, rode it for a yr, and sold it when she had to move into a place with no place to store it. My youngest daughter will be picking up a Heritage Softail (09) at the end of this week. The dealer for the HD is the same guy that sells metrics, and she looked at them all. We sat out in the lot and talked for a long time. I told her buy the bike she will ride, not a Harley, just cause dad rides one. I was surprised she went for the Softail, but it fits her really well, much better than the RK. Our group of riders switches bikes, but I just can't get as comfortable on any of them as I am on the HD.
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howsit2003
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....yeah, it's the age old dilemma...there is no one size fits all...thank goodness....there is a plethora of bikes to choose from...this is a good thing...I go to bike night here every Thursday....you'll see a wide variety of bikes there...including the newer younger set on their crotch rockets and designer jackets with matching helmets....it's not just a Harley event anymore...people are checking out all the bikes...bottom line is....we're all bikers....the old bad boy Harley image is a thing of the past imo.....ok....I can still go to several old timey biker bars here and be surrounded by bad boy biker's on their respective hawgs....but I think those numbers are dwindling...
I'll be in Daytona in a few weeks...Bike Oktoberfest....it used to be you'd only see H-D's parked on Main Street.....but there is a splattering of metrics and crotch rockets parked there now as well....will it last...onlt time will tell.
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Ride_Slow2004
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Yeah, I rolled thru Sturgis in 2005, spent a couple of nights, lots of Gold Wings and BMW's. I was amazed at how many custom baggers there were. I didn't feel out of place at all on my yuppie Ultra. Ya'all take some pics, and get up the family friendly ones.
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howsit2003
J'ville,Florida
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...well....despite all metrics and crotch rockets at bike week.....the ratio's stil speak for themselves...
456,000 Harley's
1,200 Metrics...
500 crotch rockets.....
25 scooters....
18 3-wheelers...
6 bikes that don't fall into any category....
3 bicycles...
I pram.....( I sweah this is true......and it was decked out in Harley Gear wid a baby in it, sporting a leather jacket.... )
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jgreg65
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Hi All,
I'm very torn between the HD Street Glide and the Victory Xcountry. I will be in the market come spring time and hopefully I'll be able to find a Xcountry to at least sit on. It will be my first Large CC bike and I rented a SG for a week and I just seemed cramped in the legs, kind of like a T-Rex dinosaur's little arms. Then when I put a passenger on the back her feet were slammed into my calves when I had to maneuver by foot in a parking space or whatever. But I REALLY love the whole HD Stigma and fellowship. But I don't want to have to wrench on it and spend another $1000 just to make it comfortable by moving the floorboards forward some how and adding an ipod interface. Then the Ipod interface in the Xcountry's Bags are SWEET charges and shows up on the dashboard! And the digital dash of it is outstanding. Then it has more power than the HD and you can get a 100K warranty on it too!!! I'm in such a pickle. I'm gonna spend $20,000.00 on a bike and cant figure out which one! I'm SO TORN!
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howsit2003
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...jeez......buy a friggin' Honda and be done with it....
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Payloader
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From what you have posted, I'd go with the Victory.
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flhrsi
Shawangunk, NY
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The Victory's a better bike anyway, stronger engine out of the box, better frame, handles better. And with those additional features, it seems like a no-brainer.
And as far as fellowship is concerned, people that only want to fellowship with HD riders aren't people I'm interested in anyway. There's many of us that form their fellowships with people who RIDE, not just those who are slaves to a brand name. You'd be welcome in my group no matter what you're riding, as long as you're on two (or three) wheels. I like four-wheelers too, mind you, that's just a different group.
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jgreg65
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flhrsi wrote:The Victory's a better bike anyway, stronger engine out of the box, better frame, handles better. And with those additional features, it seems like a no-brainer.
And as far as fellowship is concerned, people that only want to fellowship with HD riders aren't people I'm interested in anyway. There's many of us that form their fellowships with people who RIDE, not just those who are slaves to a brand name. You'd be welcome in my group no matter what you're riding, as long as you're on two (or three) wheels. I like four-wheelers too, mind you, that's just a different group.
Greenman.
Thanks yeah your right. The more I hash it over the more I realize I'm gonna go with the Victory Cross Country and all the options are already done and dont have to be added. More power, more comfort, less dollars, less wrenching and MORE RIDING!!
I just went to York Pa last week to HD and it was a Saturday the plant and tour was closed (I knew that) but the gift shop and everything was shut down tight. You could walk in the front door and use the bathroom and talk to this very nice older lady. And we all couldn't figure out the reasoning behind closing the gift shop on a Saturday / Sunday when the "working world" can come in and shop. Hell its only 2 or 3 people to work the place. In the 20 min while I was there 5 different bunches of people that showed up looking to poke around and shop. How much business did they loose that day? What a mistake! Dont Bite the hand that Feeds ya HD!
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