We went to a demo day at Southern HD today, I rode a Nightrod, and was disapointed a little by its performance at first,
I was a little unsure of riding in a Feet first riding position, Id never done it before, and found it a little strange at first, wind blowing up my pants, once I was moving it wasnt too bad, definately, not as natural, as Im used too.
first impressions was $30,000 for a bike that wobbles, and dosnt have the power it claims to have, But the fisnish and feel of the machine was outstanding, and faultless, but for what your paying it better be,
We rode for about 20 minutes and it wouldnt be enough time for me to actually have a strong feeling about a motorcycle that costs so much let alone buy one,
I personly feel the handling of the machine was sacraficed by its enormous rear tire, that really didnt need to be as large as it was, the seat hight was ridiculously low, but would suite some one who is of smaller stature perfectly, Im 6'3" and even though I was riding very low the controls were intuitive and felt ok
in a group ride like this, we never made it out of 2nd gear on the NIGHTROD, I backed of the throttle and gave it some gas on several Occaisions , then I had a epiphany, 4000 rpm. in any of the gears never rached its powerband, and when I hit the power, I could see the apeal, its not a VMAX by any measure, and handles badly I should imagine becouse of its very steap headstock angle, and its stupidly large rear rubber, lots of fun fersure, but would I pay 30K, nah.....
Mike 