Originally posted by njturbo
There is only 1 true American Bike. Buy a Harley and be done with it, big boy like you, buy a Road King Classic. Leave the ricer rockets for the girls, ride a mans machine.
Thats just funny.........on so many levels.
As for a bike.....obviously the poster is looking at something that makes decent power, handles, stops, and is fairly reliable......
Im a big guy 6'5" 250 and would never consider riding a 600 or 750.....way tooo unconfortable.....
If its your first bike don t get a new one......86+ ninja 900's zx 10, zx 11.....all good bikes that won t do anything as fast as a 600 or 750 which can get you in trouble....(except accelerate)
xx hondas, busas are pretty comfy......I have a turboed/intercooled zx11, its more comfy then the busa, not much but is, and I have the pegs lowered 3/4 of an inch on the zx.
The xx is real nice too, just not as much of a hotrod as the suzuki or zx........Big long bikes don t turn in as fast don t wheelie all that unexpectedly etc.......but they do go like hell in a straight line.
3-5k gets a zx11, 6-8k gets busas or xx's.......
then theres the concours, fj's too.....not bad for more of a cruiser.
Did you know that the nhra pro stock bike has the import 2 valve limit at 87 cubes, the import 4 valve limit at 83 ( I thnk) but a harley can be as big as 200 cubes just to make them competitive! I thought that was funny too.