OldMan
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A coworker, against all my pleading bought a new Harely Street Bob. We went out for a short ride today, his second ride ever (first ride was from the dealer home). Anyhow, he's super cautious, staying within the speed limit... Anyway, I took it out for a quick spin and I was amazed, here are my observations.
One - The bike shakes from the motor, I know all Harelys do this but until you ride one you don't really understand the impact of this shaking. Now, I'm not talking about a vibration, this is an all out whole bike shaking that only lets up at cruising speeds, very obnoxious.
Two - the bike has a 96 cubic inch motor which I believe is about 1500 cc. The thing is an all out dog. It's just sluggish and non-responsive.
Three - ergonomics. My coworker was all against the forward leaning position of sports bikes and took a shot at the positioning of me on my busa whenever he could. After riding the Harley I couldn't beleive he felt that this ape hanger cruiser position was comfortable. to me the position I was sitting on the Street Bob made me slouch and my lower back would have certainly complaigned if I was on it for any length of time.
Four - I will compliment the balance of the bike, seemed that once you got moving the weight of the engine was in a position that afforded a fairly manuverable bike, however with the long rake, carving canyons is not something I would want to do on it.
Five - Power again, I was riding it on fairly flat road and when I attempted to open it up a bit, it was very resistant and felt as if it was being pushed hard to get up to speed. I don't know how they do it when they take their dates/wives, etc... with them and try climbing a grade. I can't imagine they have much passing power either.
I know this discussion has been posted over and over and has a lot of history, but until you have ridden one of these bikes you really don't appreciate the performace that is the busa.
One - The bike shakes from the motor, I know all Harelys do this but until you ride one you don't really understand the impact of this shaking. Now, I'm not talking about a vibration, this is an all out whole bike shaking that only lets up at cruising speeds, very obnoxious.
Two - the bike has a 96 cubic inch motor which I believe is about 1500 cc. The thing is an all out dog. It's just sluggish and non-responsive.
Three - ergonomics. My coworker was all against the forward leaning position of sports bikes and took a shot at the positioning of me on my busa whenever he could. After riding the Harley I couldn't beleive he felt that this ape hanger cruiser position was comfortable. to me the position I was sitting on the Street Bob made me slouch and my lower back would have certainly complaigned if I was on it for any length of time.
Four - I will compliment the balance of the bike, seemed that once you got moving the weight of the engine was in a position that afforded a fairly manuverable bike, however with the long rake, carving canyons is not something I would want to do on it.
Five - Power again, I was riding it on fairly flat road and when I attempted to open it up a bit, it was very resistant and felt as if it was being pushed hard to get up to speed. I don't know how they do it when they take their dates/wives, etc... with them and try climbing a grade. I can't imagine they have much passing power either.
I know this discussion has been posted over and over and has a lot of history, but until you have ridden one of these bikes you really don't appreciate the performace that is the busa.