Hey dudes,
Got my teeth broke in now after last week and I thought I'd share what was told to me about the Hoss and how I may differ or concur.
"You'll love the power"
- Yeah
"You'll be driving it around town and it's so well balanced that even your wife can ride it"
- It's well balanced, but heavy. I have to be careful on stopping and tell my wife not to budge while stopped. She's not experienced or confident enough to handle this bike herself. I try to make sure I've got a dry foothold when I stop. Backing up is good, but got to watch it on side grades. I feel the bike IS well balanced but feel most comfortable with it when it's moving, even slow. I didn't have any problems with 2 people and loaded bags etc. This bike is not for new bikers. I suggest 20 years experience to play safe with these.
"You won't even feel the wind on the highway because it's heavy"
- A 40 mph sidewind still tosses it around. Actually, when a heavy sidewind hits, that's when you can feel the weight of the bike when you're fighting it. I have to think though, that a lighter bike, like my Glide, would be worse so I'll agree with the comment, to a certain extent, but not black and white.
"You will instantly want one"
- I bought mine before riding one, but would have wanted one instantly.
My biggest difference with it is that you MUST drive even more defensively than before and because of the ease of speed, I find myself having to make myself remember to respect it. I love riding the bike because of the presence it emanates, even when not using all the power. It's by far the coolest bike on the road. A Chevy hot rod on 2 wheels.
stu
Got my teeth broke in now after last week and I thought I'd share what was told to me about the Hoss and how I may differ or concur.
"You'll love the power"
- Yeah
"You'll be driving it around town and it's so well balanced that even your wife can ride it"
- It's well balanced, but heavy. I have to be careful on stopping and tell my wife not to budge while stopped. She's not experienced or confident enough to handle this bike herself. I try to make sure I've got a dry foothold when I stop. Backing up is good, but got to watch it on side grades. I feel the bike IS well balanced but feel most comfortable with it when it's moving, even slow. I didn't have any problems with 2 people and loaded bags etc. This bike is not for new bikers. I suggest 20 years experience to play safe with these.
"You won't even feel the wind on the highway because it's heavy"
- A 40 mph sidewind still tosses it around. Actually, when a heavy sidewind hits, that's when you can feel the weight of the bike when you're fighting it. I have to think though, that a lighter bike, like my Glide, would be worse so I'll agree with the comment, to a certain extent, but not black and white.
"You will instantly want one"
- I bought mine before riding one, but would have wanted one instantly.
My biggest difference with it is that you MUST drive even more defensively than before and because of the ease of speed, I find myself having to make myself remember to respect it. I love riding the bike because of the presence it emanates, even when not using all the power. It's by far the coolest bike on the road. A Chevy hot rod on 2 wheels.
stu
Only thing that kept it from going all of the way down was the NOS bottle.
