Bought my bike yesterday!!!
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:36 am
I just wanted to say THANKS to everyone here who took the time to share their wisdom with me about choice in bikes!
The overwhelming consensus was (despite my size...6'4" 230lbs), that I should keep it under a 1liter, 60HP bike....so that's what I did! I picked up a BEAUTIFUL Black 2003 Suzuki Volusia 800. It has an 805cc engine and cranks out 56 HP. It moves me along just fine. I had a buddy bring it home for me (since it had to go on the freeway) and he said it handled great at 75mph! That's from a guy who just spent 5 times as much on his 2005 Harley Deuce!!!
I have christened my bike "Bart", after the notorious outlaw Charles "Black Bart" Bolles, not the underachieving Simpson offspring!
(Yes, we are one of those strange families that names their vehicles, so now we have: Bart, Buster, Shamu, Gump and Elsa!)
Thanks again for all of the GREAT advice!
-JN
The overwhelming consensus was (despite my size...6'4" 230lbs), that I should keep it under a 1liter, 60HP bike....so that's what I did! I picked up a BEAUTIFUL Black 2003 Suzuki Volusia 800. It has an 805cc engine and cranks out 56 HP. It moves me along just fine. I had a buddy bring it home for me (since it had to go on the freeway) and he said it handled great at 75mph! That's from a guy who just spent 5 times as much on his 2005 Harley Deuce!!!
I have christened my bike "Bart", after the notorious outlaw Charles "Black Bart" Bolles, not the underachieving Simpson offspring!
(Yes, we are one of those strange families that names their vehicles, so now we have: Bart, Buster, Shamu, Gump and Elsa!)Thanks again for all of the GREAT advice!
-JN
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