07-06-2014, 10:58 PM
(07-06-2014, 03:21 AM)lackskill_imp Wrote:(07-05-2014, 07:33 AM)newhemi_imp Wrote: I always ask them if they got the Magnet option, when they ask what that is, I tell them to catch the parts that fall off.
My best friend's little brother literally had a heat shield fly off of his heritage nostalgia on the freeway last year. Cost him about $150 to replace it.
My best friend has an 01 sportster that he let me ride a few times before I bought my CB. I enjoyed it for what it was, but damn did it vibrate. Plus he lowered it, so anything bigger than an expansion joint made me feel like I needed a kidney belt.
I test rode several Harleys. I really wanted to like the fat bob, but there was just too much vibration. The night rod was a decent bike, but I'd like my wife to be able to be pillion once in a while. She wouldn't have put up with the v-rod envelope that they try to pass as a pillion. In the end, the CB was a good place for me to start getting back into riding, but with all the miles I do, I'll want something with a fairing sometime soon.
That's interesting. I own a 2010 Fat Bob, and while the engine really shakes at idle (which takes a little getting used to, coming from non-Harleys), I've found that anything about 2,500 rpm is totally smooth. I've never had a hand go tingly/numb on it, even on long rides, which is something I (unfortunately) can't say about the CB.
So far, so good on reliability....but I've only had it for a year and 2,000 miles, so we'll see.