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Sat on an M109R today
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:53 am
by ZooTech
Beautiful bike! Even better in person. First thought after throwing a leg over it...this thing feels lighter than my bike! That 240 rear tire looks fantastic mounted to that soft-tail shaft drive. Stock seat's gotta go (big surprise!), but other than that it's nearly perfect right outta the box!
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:16 pm
by jmillheiser
hmm is somebody going to be trading his mean streak in for an M109
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:46 pm
by ZooTech
Tempting...but I won't buy 1st year bikes. I have a feeling the clutch will be modified in '07 since it was a real bear to pull. Besides that, I have countless thousands of dollars worth of mods to my bike and am nearing completion. No need to get rid of it now!
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:49 pm
by VermilionX
dang!
poor M109R.
i admit it looks cool though for a cruiser bike.
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:56 pm
by jmillheiser
for a cruiser that has to be about the sexiest cruiser I have ever seen.
definately puts the "power" in power cruiser. iirc its supposed to put out around 125hp. Thats V-Rod and V-Max (if you consider it to be a cruiser) level power.
The only downside I can see is it looks to be about as huge as the VTX1800 or vulcan 2000
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:06 pm
by ZooTech
jmillheiser wrote:The only downside I can see is it looks to be about as huge as the VTX1800 or vulcan 2000
Might just be the fact that I own a big-bore V-twin already, but the M109R did not feel as big as I expected it to. The VTX1800 is retardedly heavy, and the locomotive headlight nacelle on the Vulcan 2000 makes it seem like that bike is a mile long. The M109R, on the other hand, felt about as "small" as my bike and just as nimble, though I'm certain my 170 rear tire handles better than that 240.
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:12 pm
by jmillheiser
too bad they dont have the option of a narrower rear tire.
The mean streak doesn't look like it should be packing 1600ccs, it looks small for a big bore cruiser.
The mean streak feels like a much smaller bike than it is when sitting on it.
Was the M109 comfy or did it have your arms and legs stretched way out
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:12 pm
by Sev
Small being a relative term?
Hehehehe
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:17 pm
by ZooTech
jmillheiser wrote:Was the M109 comfy or did it have your arms and legs stretched way out
The ergos felt nearly identical to my bike when I had the stock stiletto seat on it. You lean slightly forward and grip pseudo-drag bars. The price is downright amazing, too! A little over $12k on the sticker. Not bad for the largest bore of any gasoline-powered production engine in the world!
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:17 pm
by jmillheiser
compared to my bike even the mean streak is huge.
balance is everything though. The mean streak I sat on felt lighter than my 500 (which is notorious for being top heavy).