storysunfolding wrote:JC Viper wrote:V-Stroms may not look that great
You guys are really starting to cheese me off! The V-strom is the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the denny's grand slam breakfast with extra bacon!
The crazy thing about it is that I own quite a few bikes. I used to love riding a different one every day and not just to make my friend's jealous. Now I ride the Strom 95% of the time. It has an amazing ride and does everything well
What kind of cheese? I like cheese.... Until one day one of my buddies at work who is a real connoisseur of foods and chef like in his cooking capabilities brought 'real' cheese to work. I slapped that stuff on a bagel and wow... Now that was some cheese - it wasn't spicy exactly but as soon as it hit my mouth I could taste smell it through my nose.
It is kind of weird, but looks are both important and not important.
I mean you select a bike on the basis of a lot of different reasons - or unreasons/feelings or maybe even vibes.
Performance, stability, mpg even comfort - all of these things (and more, I'm sure) are important. But also the identity that a bike has plays a role (otherwise why would there be different subcultures around sport bikes and cruisers or others).
When I look at the B-King I see something alien and maybe a little bit insectile and of course it is silver and black - which are my favorite colors (if in fact they are colors).
I sit on it and see a very technical layout, the seat is almost the same height as the Interceptor I've been looking at for some time. I can't quite flat foot the bike, my heels don't touch the ground but almost the rest of my foot does.
The tank - is enormous. But it isn't in the way from the position of the handlebars. The pegs are in a dead standard position.
As long as the throttle isn't super twitchy - it seems likely that this would be a very comfortable bike to ride - and deliver a look that doesn't say generic motorcycle.
RhadamYgg
