Recent content by xrljoel

Since nobody else is willing to say it, I will: THIS IS A STUPID IDEA OF EPIC PROPORTIONS. Which is all the reason, someone with AMPLE experience would do it. You admit to having NO experience with such a venture. It's a bad enough idea to truck the bike to NF and go ride the trail ALONE...

Precisely. Tooling around the backroads north of Kingston, it was absolutely in it's natural habitat.

I've spent 4hrs. strait in the saddle riding home from a cottage, stopping for gas without dismounting. It's comfy even with the stock seat and gets good range from a tank.

I'm chronic shopper. Studio Cycle had this 2022 v85tt with low km, full luggage set, heated grips, centre stand, cruise and some warranty left for sale so I decided to go look at it. I've wanted one since they came out. Next thing I know I'm putting a deposit on it, without having sold my...

That is hilarious. Is there even $100 worth of junk there?

Honestly, for the money they'll ask for that PanAm derived sport bike I'd rather have this. I find this thing and the storz street trackers to be the ultimate expression of a Harley, at least it's a Harley that I'd want. Expensive, raw, rare, uncomfortable, loud and completely impractical...

I prefer the looks of the old one. Its design was influenced by the XR750 and though it didn't sell well at the time it is a classic. The new one looks like it's on stilts. It's going to spend even less time off-road that the PamAm so why does it need to sit so high? In the end I don't care...

"Current generation would sooner can only afford to look at them on a phone." The smart, driven, dedicated, hard-working, entrepreneurial and fortunate ones are too busy paying down their half-million dollar mortgages to buy an expensive toy. The others can't afford it either.

"Eclectic" is the nicest word I've ever heard to describe the looks of the Madura. In all the years of slagging, I've never heard about how it performs. I always thought the original V-Max was cool looking, and the HD VROD Muscle in the same way but both are entirely impractical for my riding...

"trade for something interesting. No junk " - I think what he means is, "No MORE junk; I already have some."

Could be a repo, could be a stolen recovery, could be an insurance write-off, could be a write-off with structural damage like bent forks or damaged frame or it could actually be a good deal. I've seen lightly used V7's selling for near that amount so it's not impossible.

More like Steamed-turd.

I can think of a couple.....

Has the price of scrap gone up again?

I recall quite a few years ago a cop talking about why HD bikes were preferred over BMW's saying that back then he could push a car off the road with the Harley without doing any damage to the bike, whereas with the BMW (maybe it was Kawasaki) they risked bending or otherwise screwing up forks...