trent
Forum Mentor
Closer to 50 than 40 these days but still have a faired superbike in the garage... hopefully always will. It's funny that the superbikes of the 80's (the reason for this website) are exceedingly comfortable and easy to ride very long distances, yet are still "rice rockets for young people" to many. After riding a number of cruiser style bikes through my job, I'd can honestly say that I'd rather do a cross-country trip on one of my 1100's than on a Harley or other cruiser... they tout comfort as one of their strongest selling features but it's really hard on the spine and tailbone to be sitting bolt-upright like that for long periods. Give me a little rake please, or better yet, a lot of rake. I've had lower back issues for over 20 years now but still find supersport machines easiest on my body... I'm thinking it's the way that the riding position stretches my back muscles out that does it... of course the high foot pegs do give my legs fits at times but that's likely an issue for anybody over six feet tall. But cramped muscles beat bees flying up your pant-legs any day!
I rode a friends softail with windshield and saddlebags and highway bars or engine bars with footpegs,floorboards had three different places to rest your feet.
I did like the windshield and didn't think I would, I rode three hundred miles one day and three hundred back the next and it kicked my butt, My gs750 I do that ride and don't even feel it. Gs750= $1,200 friends harley= $16,000
But the harley was a nice looking bike and it was still fun and maybe if I got used to it and I hear the touring models are for 500-600 and more mile days.
