Harley Davidson XG500 vs traditional learners bike?

[Moi]

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.

I take from your comments that you are less than favourably impressed with his writing?

[Crasherfromwayback]

I take from your comments that you are less than favourably impressed with his writing?

Good spotting. Thought I was being subtle at first.

[Moi]

Good spotting. Thought I was being subtle at first.

As subtle as a sledge-hammer...

[rambaldi]

Good spotting. Thought I was being subtle at first.

Said no to you at the circle jerk?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Said no to you at the circle jerk?

Not my type of spare time activity sorry. But each to their own.

[GrayWolf]

...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...

and that includes the author of that post, opinionated, biased {hardly owner} ...
HD's are 'ok' as a motorcycle. I've ridden all of them from the 1970's amf 1000, the shovel, and all the evo's. the only two I havent ridden is the twin cam and V-rod. The Frame in use now is the same as the ones developed for the Evo motor. So apart from the 'cosmetics' and different fittings, ride one, ridden em all so to speak.... similar to the Guzzi's, shared common frame across the range, just altered fittings and state of tune.
If you want the HD 'lifestyle' and want the 'hard core' image they try to foster, go for it certainly. But from a price, engineering standpoint etc there are plenty of 'better' machines out there.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I've ridden all of them from the 1970's amf 1000, the shovel, and all the evo's. the only two I havent ridden is the twin cam and V-rod. The Frame in use now is the same as the ones developed for the Evo motor.

Incorrect sorry.

[Subike]

mmm, interesting. I love mine. Just the right size and power for me. Any faults? Pegs scrap real easy, Std muffler was real quiet. ummm. oh brake pedal was set a bit low ...
In all i think its not to bad for a scratch built bike that carries very few parts from other model harleys.
Sure there will be quirks, faults and other things that could might have been built better, but heck its a virgin model.
New everything, it only has room for improvement,
Some say the brakes are too soft,
Some say the seat is too hard,
Some say the engine vibrates everything when exceeding 110kph
Some say the mirrors are set too low......
Some say it is...................


The same could be said for any new model of bike to come on the market.
But I am an owner,
What do I know

[awa355]

I had a look at one parked on the main street a few days ago. The rear tyre was a 240/44/15?. A rear tyre that wide couldn't be standard would it?. Seemed a hell of a wide low profile tyre for a 500.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I had a look at one parked on the main street a few days ago. The rear tyre was a 240/44/15?. A rear tyre that wide couldn't be standard would it?. Seemed a hell of a wide low profile tyre for a 500.

Should've gone to spec savers...

[Ender EnZed]

Yeah you could drop $15k on one of those 660 LAMS Street Triples.

$14k for the LAMS Striple.

226kg LAMS bike!


That's a porky mother.

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

The Street 500 is no where near 150kW/T, even the Street 750 would be LAMS approved if it weren't for the 660cc limit. For the same price an MT-07 would be considerably faster.

That said, it's probably still fast enough for its role as a learner cruiser and I'm sure any LAMS bike with an HD badge on it will hold its value alright.

[98tls]

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.

God forbid...why the fuck advise anyone to do that? Cagiva built supersports were 1/2 a motorcycle at best (yep i owned 2) but to advise someone to buy a fucking 400 he would have more fun on a skateboard.

[Voltaire]

God forbid...why the fuck advise anyone to do that? Cagiva built supersports were 1/2 a motorcycle at best (yep i owned 2) but to advise someone to buy a fucking 400 he would have more fun on a skateboard.

I bought a 94 600SS off a mate last year and it was a lot of fun, the suspension was horrible but the engine was very revvy.
Liked it so much sold it and got a 900, different beast all together, still fun.
sold that and got a 94 Superlight, still have that.
Same mate got a 400ss ( he likes buying Jap import non runner and playing with them), I rode that once and it was pretty slow, as you'd expect.
(90's Ducatis...whats not to like

[rastuscat]

For what it's worth I've ridden one of those Harley 500s

Nice enough. Just quite small. I'm onot 181 cm and it was quite small for me. Great lams bike for the smaller bloke or average lady.

[ellipsis]

For what it's worth I've ridden one of those Harley 500s

Nice enough. Just quite small. I'm onot 181 cm and it was quite small for me. Great lams bike for a small ginga bloke or average ladyboy.

...is that what you mean Pete...if so, you should be ashamed...