Yeah I've ridden Harley's and can appreciate a nice cruiser, bagger, chopper, etc... and if I were going on a long cross country ride I can't think of anything more comfortable than my Dad's FatBoy with ape hangers, but I don't think I would ever actually consider buying something other than a sportbike or sport touring bike. Maybe a supermoto, but that's about it.Harleys and crossed over to the Hayabusa 8 yrs ago. I'm on my 4th Busa, but have had a mixture of different sport bikes along the way including my FZ6R. I don't descriminate when it comes to motorcycles...I like almost all of them!
I hear ya! I've been thinking about a MX bike. Good friend of mine rides motocross and he's my age (45). I know my body doesn't heal as fast as it used to...but I still feel like a kidYeah I've ridden Harley's and can appreciate a nice cruiser, bagger, chopper, etc... and if I were going on a long cross country ride I can't think of anything more comfortable than my Dad's FatBoy with ape hangers, but I don't think I would ever actually consider buying something other than a sportbike or sport touring bike. Maybe a supermoto, but that's about it.
Nice to know others closer to my age going from cruisers to FZ6R, my fiance thinks I'm nuts and would like me to get another cruiser but I REALLY like the 6R so unless win lottery and can get another not going to happen anytime soon. Last couple bikes had shaft drive which I like over chain just because these days the less I have to do the better.I wanted a motor cycle when I was in grade school. I had to wait until I finished school and gave uncle Sam a few years of my life. I got my first one in 68 and the racing bug bit me. I had a Harley Sprint set up for class C that I ran for 3 seasons, moved on to MX, scrambles, 3 Barstow to Vegas races, 3 seasons racing 250 production class on the pavement until I hit some one that went down in front of me in the corkscrew at Laguna Saca. I took some classes on speedway bikes but I couldn't cut it. You gas it to slow down and back off to go fast, if you back off too much you get traction and loop it. Took a Keith Code Class to get my AMA license when the school used 500 or 550 4 cylinder Kaw. If you could ride that you could ride anything. Got a 70s HD that was nothing but trouble. A new 85 EVO HD was great and there is still a 07 HD in my garage now. I even built a Pro Street Chopper a few years back. You get tailgated by Winnabagos in the curves on those bikes. This little yamaha is a great bike for me now,I like it just the way it is.