Cruisers - Just ride them!

[lemure]

...i went back to a sports type bike as soon as i could, and that wasn't soon enough!
someone please make me understand why they are so good compared a sportsbike?

Don't know about the "so good compared to ..." part, I'd think each to their own. But after riding a Katana 650 for a while the cruiser's seating position is much better for my back. However it's harder to get off my bum onto the footpegs while going over major bumps - almost impossible I've found. (So now I try hard not to go over any.) They're also "different" to get around corners - more like a Rolls or Bentley - but give a more sedate ride. I've found sports bike "busy". Guess it might be an age thing, or even perhaps a "returned biker" thing - don't really know. I know I feel more comfortable - mentally and physically - on my cruiser than on my son-in-law's Ducati 904.

[Mom]

Lower seat height + lower center of gravity should = no catcher required.
You have been hanging around sprots bikes for too long

Dont encourage me!

[jafar]

Dont encourage me!

Aww c'mon I can just see you on a VT750c2

[bmz2]

Don't know about the "so good compared to ..." part, I'd think each to their own. But after riding a Katana 650 for a while the cruiser's seating position is much better for my back. However it's harder to get off my bum onto the footpegs while going over major bumps - almost impossible I've found. (So now I try hard not to go over any.) They're also "different" to get around corners - more like a Rolls or Bentley - but give a more sedate ride. I've found sports bike "busy". Guess it might be an age thing, or even perhaps a "returned biker" thing - don't really know. I know I feel more comfortable - mentally and physically - on my cruiser than on my son-in-law's Ducati 904.

missed one major thing , chicks love big v twin cruisers.Sportsbike look very much the same as the rider tends to blend into the bike .Bike and rider are as one ,most cases a blur, cruiser riders sit up right and bike and rider just look so relaxed .My i say it, just bloody cool

[MarkDv]

Dont encourage me!

If you are riding a 600 already, try the XVS650, some hell deals going on them also. I know my 1100 is awesome on a long trip and my wife is under 5' and can hold it up. So you should be fine!

[johnnyflash]

The riding thing is not my worry.....tis the stopping thing really........mind you that would take me back to the days that I used to have a catcher when I stopped.......LOL

Looks like Mom needs to attend a few Real Cruiser rides and have a sit on a few I sense a waivering in the force Luke...

[Mom]

Looks like Mom needs to attend a few Real Cruiser rides and have a sit on a few I sense a waivering in the force Luke...

That mean jafar made me sit on his bike at the Puhoi, What amazed me was my feet not only touched the ground.......but I could reach the pegs too! I had sat on this big bad boy Harley V-Rod a while ago and was so pleased with myself cos my feet reached the ground.........imagine the shames....I needed wooden blocks on the pegs, my feet were a long way from them......LOL

[jafar]

Dont encourage me!

If you are riding a 600 already, try the XVS650, some hell deals going on them also. I know my 1100 is awesome on a long trip and my wife is under 5' and can hold it up. So you should be fine!

Looks like Mom needs to attend a few Real Cruiser rides and have a sit on a few I sense a waivering in the force Luke...

MOM on a cruiser
Triumph america would be the ticket

[peg]

...i went back to a sports type bike as soon as i could, and that wasn't soon enough!
someone please make me understand why they are so good compared a sportsbike?

...yes, i did a wheelie on the motorway (1st gear) (30kph) and a rolling stoppie, and about 6 other wheelies (snip)
yes we acted like retards...
yes, i am sorry

I guess some people just don't suit cruisers, and vice versa? ...Never mind.

For me personally, I simply prefer to sit up like a King rather than to crouch down like a Queen. Plus my significant other likes to ride pillion, and that just looks uncomfortable and not very friendly on a sportbike?

[Mom]

My bike is a comfy thing to ride, not a sit back thing, no lean forward thing but a nice posture, no sore back, no sore bum...suits me, for the now.

[johnnyflash]

...i went back to a sports type bike as soon as i could, and that wasn't soon enough!
someone please make me understand why they are so good compared a sportsbike?

After years of riding alsorts of bikes from dirt to sport to cruiser, I think the cruiser takes more skill to ride properly, Reading Lines, cambers as well as speed and braking all need finer margins when you stoke it along, Yes they are more comfortable and easier on the body as one ages as well, though with increased weights they also require fitness and strength. The ride experience is more enjoyable. Depending on the size, power and torque can be just as exillerating as a high powered sporty.
And ofcourse a major consideration on tour is the ability to carry as much as you like, and arrive at the destination as fresh as when you left..
That said, I still occassionally get the urge to take out a sporty for a 30 minute blast.

[bmz2]

Looks like Mom needs to attend a few Real Cruiser rides and have a sit on a few I sense a waivering in the force Luke...

Luke, use the force, trust your instinks.BUY A CRUISER

[Maha]

MOM on a cruiser
Triumph america would be the ticket

Now ya talkin'....i could see myself on one of those.....

Or one of these....

http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/Us...d=11636176261D

[Gremlin]

Plus my significant other likes to ride pillion, and that just looks uncomfortable and not very friendly on a sportbike?

Really depends what you consider a "sportsbike"? Also depends on specific bikes. The 03-04 636 has a very good pillion seat... the 04-05 zx10 has a shocker. Do you consider the blackbird a sportbike perhaps? Biiiiiig variety.

Having tried a blackbird, and pegged it, I can firmly say I am not yet in the mindset for something with even less clearance One thing I did find you guys should be wary with, is the yamaha dragstar 650 I had as a loaner was shocking for posture, and I found I got a fair amount of lower back pain, from the curvature of my spine. I hear other cruisers can have that issue... so something you do need to take seriously. Taking shocks on the spine where it is curved ain't good for it.

[lemure]

missed one major thing , chicks love big v twin cruisers.Sportsbike look very much the same as the rider tends to blend into the bike .Bike and rider are as one ,most cases a blur, cruiser riders sit up right and bike and rider just look so relaxed .My i say it, just bloody cool

Good point - forgot about that. Another thing: saw a sports the other day with the pillion perched so high above the rider they looked very uncomfortable - like sitting on the top rung of a gate swinging wildly in the wind. (Silent thought ... cruiser pillions usually only need one change of underwear per day - wonder how many changes sports bike pillions need?)