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I'll chime in my $.02 on magazines. He who gets the exclusive on a new model writes a glowing review. It's only in the comparo a few issues later that you hear about the bad stuff...
As for these cruisers, I would hold out for the M109 or possibly the Nite-Rod Harley. The 109 has to be one of the best looking big cruisers out there (an opinion not shared with Mrs. HighSide and Mrs Totalmotorcycle at the bike show ) and I hope they made it handle and perform ALOT better than the old 1500 Intruder *coughSLUGcough*. For the price they are asking for them however, there is not a big jump to the Hardley. I would seriously look at the NiteRod if I was going to go this route. Whether or not you are anti-Harley is up to you....
As for these cruisers, I would hold out for the M109 or possibly the Nite-Rod Harley. The 109 has to be one of the best looking big cruisers out there (an opinion not shared with Mrs. HighSide and Mrs Totalmotorcycle at the bike show ) and I hope they made it handle and perform ALOT better than the old 1500 Intruder *coughSLUGcough*. For the price they are asking for them however, there is not a big jump to the Hardley. I would seriously look at the NiteRod if I was going to go this route. Whether or not you are anti-Harley is up to you....
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Well, I tore around the house a bit before remembering what I did with that issue...I gave it to my bro-in-law who's seriously considering buying one in the Spring. It was either Motorcyclist, CycleWorld, or Rider (I subscribe to all three).grampi wrote:Cool! I'm curious to see the performance figures for the 109.ZooTech wrote:I have a mag around here somewhere with a review, but it was a prototype. I'll try to find it later (leaving for the movies soon). They gave it a glowing review.grampi wrote:I am curious as to why I can't find a single magazine with a test of the 109. I must have thumbed through 15 different MC mags today and other than brief mentions of the bike, nothing. You'd think the mags would be dying to get their hands on one and Suzuki should more than glad to give them one to test!
As mentioned before, the V-Rod (or Nightrod) is simply to small to be considered among the big bore cruisers. Personally, I think the V-Rod is more comparable to the V-Max, and we all know the V-Max will kick the V-Rod's butt in every catagory.High_Side wrote:I'll chime in my $.02 on magazines. He who gets the exclusive on a new model writes a glowing review. It's only in the comparo a few issues later that you hear about the bad stuff...
As for these cruisers, I would hold out for the M109 or possibly the Nite-Rod Harley. The 109 has to be one of the best looking big cruisers out there (an opinion not shared with Mrs. HighSide and Mrs Totalmotorcycle at the bike show ) and I hope they made it handle and perform ALOT better than the old 1500 Intruder *coughSLUGcough*. For the price they are asking for them however, there is not a big jump to the Hardley. I would seriously look at the NiteRod if I was going to go this route. Whether or not you are anti-Harley is up to you....
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Any way you could call your bro-in-law to see if he can give you the specs? I'm really curious to find out.ZooTech wrote:Well, I tore around the house a bit before remembering what I did with that issue...I gave it to my bro-in-law who's seriously considering buying one in the Spring. It was either Motorcyclist, CycleWorld, or Rider (I subscribe to all three).grampi wrote:Cool! I'm curious to see the performance figures for the 109.ZooTech wrote:I have a mag around here somewhere with a review, but it was a prototype. I'll try to find it later (leaving for the movies soon). They gave it a glowing review.grampi wrote:I am curious as to why I can't find a single magazine with a test of the 109. I must have thumbed through 15 different MC mags today and other than brief mentions of the bike, nothing. You'd think the mags would be dying to get their hands on one and Suzuki should more than glad to give them one to test!
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With 4 cylinders I would hope so. Sorry, I missed where the V-Rod was mentioned eaerlier in this thread....in fact I still can't find it....grampi wrote:As mentioned before, the V-Rod (or Nightrod) is simply to small to be considered among the big bore cruisers. Personally, I think the V-Rod is more comparable to the V-Max, and we all know the V-Max will kick the V-Rod's butt in every catagory.
Here is an interesting read on "sort-of" related bikes:
http://motorcyclecruiser.com/roadtests/supercruisers/
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Here's a good one, too:High_Side wrote:Here is an interesting read on "sort-of" related bikes:
http://motorcyclecruiser.com/roadtests/supercruisers/
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_P ... 221&Page=1
The V-Rod clearly fits the bill but, unfortunately, it doesn't fit me or anyone else of average height or better.
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I agree that the riding position is completely wrong, but when I sat on the new Night-Rod it felt really good. They've moved the pegs back and for whatever reason it even felt more comfortable than the new Street-Rod. After saying all of this however, my next bike will be a V-Strom. Ugly but practical.ZooTech wrote: The V-Rod clearly fits the bill but, unfortunately, it doesn't fit me or anyone else of average height or better.
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That's not subjective at allCentralOzzy wrote:Except LOOKS!grampi wrote:we all know the V-Max will kick the V-Rod's butt in every catagory.
Anyway, it depends on who's riding what to know how that race would turn out in the REAL world.
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