2016 Harley Davidson Roadster

[Olyrider]

Yep. I had it narrowed down to a lightly used XR1200, the new Bonnie 1200, and a CB1100. When I finally test rode the Honda, I bought it that day. And I had enough money left for other...um..."needed stuff." (Is that a better word than "farkles"?)

Not to me, it isn't! ;-)

I've been around "farkles" since the day I joined ADVrider twelve years ago when I bought my BMW 1200GS. I bet they had been using it for 25 years by then.

On that site, and in 99.9999999% of it use elsewhere, by either the bike owner or admirer, it has absolutely no perjorative context. It generally means, functional, nice to look at, and costing more than it should. The essence of the Touratech catalog.

I was disappointed that it created such a ruckus here. Seems it important for some folks have to share their dislike for words that don't bother the vast majority (I'll go with 99.999999% again) of the people that are hearing the words used to describe what they have done to their bikes.

I think they must be living somewhere that people describe their bike changes as groovy or far out, and they are quite content with that.

I'll go with the "rest" of the universe on this one.

Farkle on!!!

[jedd_imp]

Check out this Harley I got back in 2013 to go bar hopping on.
It's an 883 Roadster, fuel injected, dual fr. disc brakes.
The fenders and tank got repainted matte grey to match the later yrs iron 883, and HD logo deleted.

My son loves riding that baby.

[metallyguitarded_imp]

I think that's a great looking bike jedd. What people find attractive is so subjective but there are certain lines in cars, motorcycles, planes and boats, that seem to have universal appeal - to the extent anything can truly be universal. I assume it's a question of symmetry (or dissymmetry), proportion and balance with some form of understated elegance that comes together just right in a way that I've never really taken the time to try to define or break down. I view it as a whole and it just feels right to my eye. The CB does that for me. The Ducati Panigale does that for me. The Aston Martin DB11 does it too. And when I saw this Roadster, my eye said, "yes."

[glenridgerich_imp]

I sat on this new Roadster 1200 this weekend. No doubt it is nice. Here's my two-cents: I bought an 883 Iron a couple of years ago. After riding it for under a year, I traded it in for my CB. It was a cool looking and sounding bike, but not a riders bike...purely a bar-hopper. The bike was screaming at 70 miles per hour...it was most comfortable "cruising" on secondary roads at 40 mph. Also, it had terrible suspension and an uncomfortable riding position (for me anyway). The Roadster solves almost all of these problems. Better seating position, better suspension, more power, etc. If HD made this bike when I bought the Iron, I'd have bought this instead and likely would still have it. All of that said, the CB is superior in every way to the Roadster and cost less to boot.