Wel, the wife was off on for a rare Saturday, so we were going to be 2-up all day. I decided to run by my cousins house to see if he was going to be out, he just bought a leftover 03 (0 miles) VTX 1800 about 6 weeks ago ($8,600 OTD, why do I never find these deals.)
So anways we get there and unfortunately he playing super dad, as his daughter has some friends and all over. But since he can't ride, he offered up the keys to his bike for the day.
Well, being no dummy, I eagerly took them and didn't bring the bike back till about 12:30 AM (left about noon.
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So this is like comparing bricks to frisbee's, but I've never rode a bike the size off the VTX before, and all I can say is WOW, what a nice ride. You can definitely feel the extra top weight sitting at a light, or trying to move out off a parking spot, but once the clutch is let out, that thing was a dream to ride. Lots of torque but not much HP, very short rev line ( no tach so I have no idea what it is), but she handles like a dream, braked better than the Busa in my opinion and was so much more plush over the rough country backroads.
After riding the VTX all day and then climbing on the Busa to ride back home, first impression was, this damn busa is small and narrow, the hand grips are puny, but the power, god yes the power.........I missed that all day.
So though I have a love affair with my Busa, I think I need to add another bike to the stable for some all day 2-up riding, we've spend many hours and many miles 2-up on the Busa, but none of those were as fun as yesterdays ride.
So here's how my day started
And here's how it finished, he has a sissy bar on it now.
So anways we get there and unfortunately he playing super dad, as his daughter has some friends and all over. But since he can't ride, he offered up the keys to his bike for the day.
Well, being no dummy, I eagerly took them and didn't bring the bike back till about 12:30 AM (left about noon.
So this is like comparing bricks to frisbee's, but I've never rode a bike the size off the VTX before, and all I can say is WOW, what a nice ride. You can definitely feel the extra top weight sitting at a light, or trying to move out off a parking spot, but once the clutch is let out, that thing was a dream to ride. Lots of torque but not much HP, very short rev line ( no tach so I have no idea what it is), but she handles like a dream, braked better than the Busa in my opinion and was so much more plush over the rough country backroads.
After riding the VTX all day and then climbing on the Busa to ride back home, first impression was, this damn busa is small and narrow, the hand grips are puny, but the power, god yes the power.........I missed that all day.
So though I have a love affair with my Busa, I think I need to add another bike to the stable for some all day 2-up riding, we've spend many hours and many miles 2-up on the Busa, but none of those were as fun as yesterdays ride.
So here's how my day started
And here's how it finished, he has a sissy bar on it now.
