Jap cruisers

**sandmart** · 9th March 2008, 14:03

Anyone thought abought the 1800 goldwing. has all the mod cons,alloy frame etc. only if you can afford one though. cheers Martin.

**Rockbuddy** · 9th March 2008, 14:17

dont know if i would call the goldwing a cruiser more of a tourer in my books

**daytona 2** · 9th March 2008, 17:13

suzuki vz800 gets my vote

0-100 in 5 seconds that enouh for me!

**xwhatsit** · 9th March 2008, 17:26

Originally Posted by AllanB

oops forgot to add the link - this time below.

That is quite delicious. Silly drawing on the tank, and needs normal lower bars, but isn't that drum brake just sex?

Do you have a link for more details?

**scumdog** · 10th March 2008, 08:29

Originally Posted by daytona 2

suzuki vz800 gets my vote

0-100 in 5 seconds that enouh for me!

If it's a crusier and takes twice as long as that I wouldn't give a toss.

0-100 quickly is not a crusiers forte' - you must have missed the point.

**duckonin** · 10th March 2008, 09:12

Originally Posted by scumdog

If it's a crusier and takes twice as long as that I wouldn't give a toss.

0-100 quickly is not a crusiers forte' - you must have missed the point.

Yep will stand by that comment if you go to fast on a crusier you end up back at home toooooo fast, crusiers for crusieing, kick back enjoy the scenery to hell with 0-100

**daytona 2** · 10th March 2008, 19:47

i get ur point but you dont want a cruiser that drives like a 50cc scooter

and its fun to blow off boy racers with a cruiser

**duckonin** · 10th March 2008, 20:10

Originally Posted by daytona 2

i get ur point but you dont want a cruiser that drives like a 50cc scooter

and its fun to blow off boy racers with a cruiser

More fun to go slower in front of the boy racers knowing you may be able to blow their car off..trouble is some of their cars well !!!!!! plus your calling the shots not them using you for their entertainment..

**ValkRider** · 10th March 2008, 23:09

1ST place goes to the 2003 Honda Valkyrie

2ND place goes to the Honda Magna

both retired unfortunatily.

**Winger** · 15th March 2008, 08:06

Originally Posted by SPman

Honda VT1100 has got a good rep. Mates got a VTX1800, which replaced a Valkyrie and he reckoned his VT1100 is a better all round bike than any of them.
But of course, this is just hearsay, not haven ridden any of them.

nice ride the VTX 1800 my choice Yamaha Roadstar 1600 handles well stop well even 2 up 350k's plus to a tank of gas and looks cool 2nd pic VTX 1300

**OpFor** · 17th March 2008, 23:21

I have Yamaha DragStar 1100 and this is excellent bike. My buddies from our club rode around the world last year - they went through everything that Ewan and Charley passed like crybabies (I admire them, anyway), on Yamaha's cruisers, 2x DragStar 1100A and 1x MidnightStar 1300A.
You can check it on:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...ian+world+team
and watch a video on:
http://www.putokosveta.com/menu/menu...enutabone.html

So, I don't want to say "the best", but Yamaha cruisers are excellent bikes and "combat" proven

**Goonrider** · 20th March 2008, 09:48

I rode my mates new XVZ1300 Royal Star Yamaha he bought from the Yamaha dealers on the North Shore the other day. Not really into cruisers but man that thing sounds awesme. V4 with the pipes drilled. Sounds like a bloody V8.