Faired vs Naked - what is the reality with wind

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Brackstone · Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:15 am

storysunfolding wrote: 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.

I was with you until you compared it to Denny's. Denny's food = yuck.

Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:21 am

You, my friend, have never been on a bender.

RhadamYgg · Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:25 am

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

JC Viper · #64 Unread post by **JC Viper** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:13 am

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

Hey, the V-Strom 650 one of the top bikes in my picks The first is a Kawasaki Versys and third would be any BMW GS, and the Mana just dropped to last since I didn't like the tank range reviewers were getting.

So who knows, I'll probably be sporting the front ugly V-Strom in the future... unless of course Suzuki changes the design by the time I'm ready to get one.

Brackstone · Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:06 am

I just realized something, you never test-rode the bike Rhadam???? You're much ballsier than I am! I was scared pooless just to test ride Shiver I would've never bought it without getting on it!

RhadamYgg · Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:49 am

Brackstone wrote:I just realized something, you never test-rode the bike Rhadam???? You're much ballsier than I am! I was scared pooless just to test ride Shiver I would've never bought it without getting on it!

Nah, no test ride. That's part of the reason I don't want to ride it 60+ miles home.

Ballsy, maybe, or maybe dumb. I didn't really test ride your bike either, really. I rode around a miniature block and did a crappy u-turn and then we were helping it up on to the trailer.

It felt very comfortable at the dealer. They couldn't find the key for the one on the floor. So, I didn't even get the chance to see the gauge cluster powered up.

RhadamYgg

shane-o · #67 Unread post by **shane-o** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:38 am

BRUMBEAR wrote:curios shano why you are hating on the buell?
I have a KZ1000a1 naked love it I have had an R! didn't care for it it was fast but to fast to ride in the twisties and difficult for me to control the throttle but if you want to hum in a straight line or are younger and faxter reflexes that machine has potentail any of the liter class machines do. The nakeds also carry 1 more good point INSURANCE is cheaper but performance is as good. The buell cr has different gearing same Rotax engine btw and the clubman bars are actually more agressive than the R clipons if you get one get the upright bar option the ergos change completely I personaly like the harley LUMP in my ss 100hp is plenty for me and even old and fat I make a few kids scratch there heads the buell just makes it easier to do it is not the fastest bike I ever owned by far but it is the funnest

mate....ill be the 1st to admitt, my rant on HD's and the buell is completely baseless

Im just not into cruisers of any kinda HD/japanese/Euro when im to old to fold my self up on a sporty / tourer then, the cruiser will be looked at

The buell is an ugly bike from top to bottom, it looks rong, it feels rong, it sounds rong, it smells rong...... and for "donut" sake gimme chain drive man !!!! and that under slung exhust setup looks like something off a tractor.

Its a cruiser buisness selling sporties, its just rong, but then again Husqvarna sell sewing machines... go figure !!!!!

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