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    Quote Originally Posted by AllanB View Post
    Next you'll be telling us you don't like Jack Daniels ...........
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    Read this review on Stuff yesterday, might be useful for you.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/bike...avidson-killer
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    Wink

    some of them even don't think Sportsters are "proper" Harleys

    Of course they are "proper"...every bit the real deal - boring, old technology, slow slugs...with riders adorned with badges, tassels bells and bandanas..

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    Or you could track down one of the 400cc mid-90's Ducati Supersports and LAMS on that. But I'm not biased, no-ooo...

    As other posters have mentioned, the best thing to do here is actually ride as many different bikes as you can before you make a decision. I've been keen on quite a few bikes which looked great on paper but just didn't work for me once I'd ridden them. If the harley is the one for you, go for it. But make that purchase based on experience.

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    ...you want the Harley?...buy the Harley...they are as good as any other thing wiv wheels, if thats what you like...KB is opinionated shite, espoused by lots wiv no experience but plenty of waffle, and those who know every fucking thing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by OddDuck View Post
    Or you could track down one of the 400cc mid-90's Ducati Supersports and LAMS on that. But I'm not biased, no-ooo...

    As other posters have mentioned, the best thing to do here is actually ride as many different bikes as you can before you make a decision. I've been keen on quite a few bikes which looked great on paper but just didn't work for me once I'd ridden them. If the harley is the one for you, go for it. But make that purchase based on experience.
    How do you jump from a wee cruiser to a sports bike....?

    I think they'll hold their value better than some of the jap cruisers simply because of the name.
    What's the build quality reviews like out of India? Rubbish from the states apparently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trade_nancy View Post
    some of them even don't think Sportsters are "proper" Harleys

    Of course they are "proper"...every bit the real deal - boring, old technology, slow slugs...with riders adorned with badges, tassels bells and bandanas..
    You make it seem like it's all a negative thing....
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    Quote Originally Posted by nerrrd View Post
    Read this review on Stuff yesterday, might be useful for you.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/bike...avidson-killer
    Yet in Stuff the HD write-up was not too bad. And the HD was cheaper than the Vulcan.
    Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    Yet in Stuff the HD write-up was not too bad. And the HD was cheaper than the Vulcan.

    yet another free coffee and an expensive sausage roll for another cub reporter and yet another cub reporter review...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    yet another free coffee and an expensive sausage roll for another cub reporter and yet another cub reporter review...
    Poor things, what with their industry going down the shitter, free review food is all they can afford to eat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    yet another free coffee and an expensive sausage roll for another cub reporter and yet another cub reporter review...
    Just like the Vulcan review I suspect...
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    Saw a vulcan on the motorway the other day, looks nice, as far as cruisers go.

    However ill admit I do like sports bikes.

    Theres a huge range of lams bikes, all of which yiu will shift as soon as you get your full because they are all underpowered, as is the nature of the lams system. Some can be derestricted, which is a bonus if you are dead set on throwing huge sums of folding stuff at a bike.

    Personally, i'd buy an older bike, let someone else take the new bike devaluation hit, then throw the big wads of cash at a "real" bike when the appropriate license is held.

    Hell, my 88 cbr250 has put some of the new lams bikes to shame. Yeah its old, lots of kms and a little tempramental, but imho thats what gives it its character

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    Quote Originally Posted by nerrrd View Post
    Read this review on Stuff yesterday, might be useful for you.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/bike...avidson-killer
    LOl. Don't ever take any motorcycle review by that butt muncher seriously. He shouldn't be testing bikes. He's a total fuckwit that should stick to rating other mens knobs.

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    226kg LAMS bike!


    That's a porky mother.

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    Its how they get away with a bit more power,150kW per tonne is the restriction, so make the bike heavier you can shove some more power into it

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