Super Cruisers:

**Waylander** · 25th April 2005, 12:04

Originally Posted by Virago = Viagra

Yes a lot of the bigger cruisers have a lower seat than the virago, but they are so damn fat I am on tip-toe when trying to reach the ground. That coupled with the weight (300+ Kg) makes them a little awkward for me. So the Virago it is for me!

Hehe that's one of the reasons I like the Virago. The bars on other cruisers are too wide for comfort or to low and I dont like a bif fat front tire. The only one that comes close to it is the Honda Shadow Spirit. Almost baught one of those instead.

**The Preacher** · 25th April 2005, 20:48

More to the point is that a 1200cc HD V-Rod is being compaired to 2 Litre super cruisers and the HD comes out overall on top.

**Waylander** · 25th April 2005, 21:21

Originally Posted by DarkOne

More to the point is that a 1200cc HD V-Rod is being compaired to 2 Litre super cruisers and the HD comes out overall on top.

What do you expect when the basic design for the engine comes from Racing supersports?

**The Preacher** · 25th April 2005, 22:01

Predictions for 2006 Cruiser Motorcycles
The new cruiser motorcycles we are expecting for the 2006 model year include new Harley-Davidsons, new Yamaha Star models, the Suzuki Boulevard M105, additional Victory models,

Last summer, Suzuki showed this concept drawing of the 2006 Boulevard M105, expected arrive in production form this year.

http://motorcyclecruiser.com/newsandupdates/predict06/

**John** · 25th April 2005, 22:12

Originally Posted by DarkOne

Predictions for 2006 Cruiser Motorcycles
The new cruiser motorcycles we are expecting for the 2006 model year include new Harley-Davidsons, new Yamaha Star models, the Suzuki Boulevard M105, additional Victory models,

Last summer, Suzuki showed this concept drawing of the 2006 Boulevard M105, expected arrive in production form this year.

http://motorcyclecruiser.com/newsandupdates/predict06/

Man that doesnt look like a vrod at all

*sarcasm maximus*

**Waylander** · 25th April 2005, 22:15

Headlight looks ugly as but then they do on the current ones aswell.

**The Preacher** · 25th April 2005, 22:22

Originally Posted by John

Man that doesnt look like a vrod at all

*sarcasm maximus*

May look like the V-Rod but does it have the class of one - no

**The Preacher** · 25th April 2005, 22:28

Originally Posted by alucard_draken

Headlight looks ugly as but then they do on the current ones aswell.

Be interesting to see what appears on the road after seeing the concept drawing

**Waylander** · 25th April 2005, 23:23

Originally Posted by DarkOne

Be interesting to see what appears on the road after seeing the concept drawing

They hardly ever look like the concept drawings but it should be close. I hope they change the headlight casing, still think it's ugly. But that just means I wont buy one. I wonder what the Shadow will look like next year...

**White trash** · 26th April 2005, 12:00

Originally Posted by alucard_draken

Dude stick with the Virago. It's as good a bikr as any of those just not as powerfull. And tell me if you ride a cruiser do you really need all that power? Unless you happen to be on a ride with all sportbikes and want to keep up. But I can attest that te Virago is capable of doing so if the rider is.

Bullshit. (10 thingees.)

**White trash** · 26th April 2005, 12:02

Originally Posted by alucard_draken

What do you expect when the basic design for the engine comes from Racing supersports?

Mate! Where the fuck do you find your info?

HD's never had a Supersport bike?! You're loco.........

**Waylander** · 26th April 2005, 13:13

Originally Posted by White trash

Mate! Where the fuck do you find your info?

HD's never had a Supersport bike?! You're loco.........

Admit I was wrong about the supersports but the V-rod engine did start out on the track. They took the design from one of thier race bikes and as far as where I got this info, was on Discovery Channel a little before the v-rod hit the streets.

**White trash** · 26th April 2005, 16:06

That's better. AMA Superbike is where the engine is derived from.

Then they sent it to them Germans at Porsche to dumb down for the masses. A V-Rod engine during development had to last 500 hours, flat chat, at full load on a dyno before HD would aprove the final build spec.

We have not seen a SINGLE MECHANICAL FAILURE on a VRSC motor.

That is engineering excellence people.