06-29-2014, 05:08 AM
This was my first time to ever ride a cruiser, and my first time to ride an American made bike.
My impressions:
It is pretty big and bulky compared to the CB of course. When I first sat down, I was a little worried that I'd have trouble putting my feet so far forward, especially the gear shifting action. But after I first got rolling, I got oriented with that pretty immediately.
It doesn't take off nearly as quickly or as smoothly as the CB in first gear, but it does start to pick up a little in 2nd and 3rd gear. With my usual throttle twist habits, it felt really slow, but I'm sure that if I opened it up a little more it would take off at some point. Hard to fully evaluate this when you just do a few miles around town.
Handling is much easier than I expected for the size and weight, I didn't have any trouble making regular city street turns or the U-turn at the end when bringing the bikes back. Give the bars a little push and it responds in a nice loosey-goosey way, for lack of a better way to describe it. Probably not as nimble in the twisties as the CB, but I'm sure I could handle my usual riding places at a more moderate pace.
When I got back on the CB to come home, that 20 minute ride was enough to disorient me with the location of the foot pegs at first, and the CB felt physically very small, but super nimble and quick. Different strokes, I guess! Gotta say I had a pretty fun time.. if I won the lottery or doubled my salary overnight, I'd love to have one I suppose.
My impressions:
It is pretty big and bulky compared to the CB of course. When I first sat down, I was a little worried that I'd have trouble putting my feet so far forward, especially the gear shifting action. But after I first got rolling, I got oriented with that pretty immediately.
It doesn't take off nearly as quickly or as smoothly as the CB in first gear, but it does start to pick up a little in 2nd and 3rd gear. With my usual throttle twist habits, it felt really slow, but I'm sure that if I opened it up a little more it would take off at some point. Hard to fully evaluate this when you just do a few miles around town.
Handling is much easier than I expected for the size and weight, I didn't have any trouble making regular city street turns or the U-turn at the end when bringing the bikes back. Give the bars a little push and it responds in a nice loosey-goosey way, for lack of a better way to describe it. Probably not as nimble in the twisties as the CB, but I'm sure I could handle my usual riding places at a more moderate pace.
When I got back on the CB to come home, that 20 minute ride was enough to disorient me with the location of the foot pegs at first, and the CB felt physically very small, but super nimble and quick. Different strokes, I guess! Gotta say I had a pretty fun time.. if I won the lottery or doubled my salary overnight, I'd love to have one I suppose.