Nekosohana
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OK, I know a few of you (read: most) upgraded like I did to the Busa.
Before I start, it's a slow day at work, and I was just feeling chatty so I thought I would post something.
But for a long time I had a VTX1800 which I loved. It was a great bike. I don't know exactly how or why I was sold on the Busa, but one day I guess i saw one in the dealership and really liked what I had heard, plus the styling of it. As a Hyper Sport bike, it was fast, pretty (to me), and was capable of the one thing I wanted a cruiser for in the first place... distance. It's a perfect bike for what I needed.
So I have been considering becoming an MSF instructor for a while now, and it's on again off again as to wether I want to do it or not. But I remembered that the VTX board has a fair amount of instructors on there so I went to visit...
And of course I come across the first post on the board "Should I buy the 1300 or the 1800?" I read into this post and I almost couldn't contain myself from laughing. Again loving the hell out of my bike, I thought it was the best in the world (as I do now), but I would never bash someone elses. The 18'ers are knocking the 13's power and the 13'ers are knocking the 18's weight. The ironic thing is that they were all talking the same numebers... horsepower. How the VTX puts out 105 according to the specs, but the 1300 only pus out like 60.
Now everybody has different needs, I know this, and I didn't come here to bash the "X". What I wanted to ask was, when we are riding something do we actually become blind to the other options out there? Can they (they being me at one point) really think that they can beat us in a straight race? I remember one of my turning times in the decision making process was racing a GSXR1000 with my VTX. I held through about 2nd gear and it was all over.
So for fun, I would ask this. If you had to own another bike. And couldn't own two. What would it be? I honestly think I would go back to my VTX1800 as my primary bike.
What about you?
Before I start, it's a slow day at work, and I was just feeling chatty so I thought I would post something.
But for a long time I had a VTX1800 which I loved. It was a great bike. I don't know exactly how or why I was sold on the Busa, but one day I guess i saw one in the dealership and really liked what I had heard, plus the styling of it. As a Hyper Sport bike, it was fast, pretty (to me), and was capable of the one thing I wanted a cruiser for in the first place... distance. It's a perfect bike for what I needed.
So I have been considering becoming an MSF instructor for a while now, and it's on again off again as to wether I want to do it or not. But I remembered that the VTX board has a fair amount of instructors on there so I went to visit...
And of course I come across the first post on the board "Should I buy the 1300 or the 1800?" I read into this post and I almost couldn't contain myself from laughing. Again loving the hell out of my bike, I thought it was the best in the world (as I do now), but I would never bash someone elses. The 18'ers are knocking the 13's power and the 13'ers are knocking the 18's weight. The ironic thing is that they were all talking the same numebers... horsepower. How the VTX puts out 105 according to the specs, but the 1300 only pus out like 60.
Now everybody has different needs, I know this, and I didn't come here to bash the "X". What I wanted to ask was, when we are riding something do we actually become blind to the other options out there? Can they (they being me at one point) really think that they can beat us in a straight race? I remember one of my turning times in the decision making process was racing a GSXR1000 with my VTX. I held through about 2nd gear and it was all over.
So for fun, I would ask this. If you had to own another bike. And couldn't own two. What would it be? I honestly think I would go back to my VTX1800 as my primary bike.
What about you?
