Howdy... new to forum....
Some background... I have mostly ridden upright sport bikes (like the Ninja 1000) for the last 10 years.
Last season, I decided I might want to start transitioning to a more upright riding, a cruiser of some type, but not a Harley type sofa on wheels.
So I got a great deal on a new 2010 Honda Stateline V-Twin 1300CC cruiser.
Well, long story short, the 1300, which redlines like at 5500 RPM, just doesn't cut it for me. I know it is no sport bike, but damn, I can only get the Stateline to like 35 MPH in first gear before the limiter kicks in. That really just does not give me any sort of thrill. It feels WAY too far away from my Ninja 1000 in terms of acceleration.
So, I have been studying a litle more over the winter... I bought without doing a lot of reading last year, I figured a cruiser is a cruiser.
Well, I have since found out that there is a small class of bikes that some call "Power Cruisers". They are typified by larger displacement (usually more than 1800cc), and maybe more importantly, redlines that are more like 7000 RPM or 7500 RPM.
It seems the M109R is one such bike.... It might allow me to get more of that hair on fire acceleration....
So some questions
1. When you pull out in first gear, and goose it hard, how fast can you get going before you hit the redline?
2. What exactly is the redline? 7500? 8000? Is there a limiter?
3. How fast by redline in 2nd gear?
4. I know it won't turn like a sport bike... but the 240mm rear is worrisome. How well does this handle? How hard to initiate turn-in?
5. Does this bike turn as well as most cruisers? It does not appear to have too bad a rake, so I figure it might be average for a cruiser...
6. Bike looks like it has instant torque, and it is a real torque shelf.... instant on, and pretty constant across rev range... am I right?
Man, I really like the new black and yellow BOSS. What a great looking bike.
Some background... I have mostly ridden upright sport bikes (like the Ninja 1000) for the last 10 years.
Last season, I decided I might want to start transitioning to a more upright riding, a cruiser of some type, but not a Harley type sofa on wheels.
So I got a great deal on a new 2010 Honda Stateline V-Twin 1300CC cruiser.
Well, long story short, the 1300, which redlines like at 5500 RPM, just doesn't cut it for me. I know it is no sport bike, but damn, I can only get the Stateline to like 35 MPH in first gear before the limiter kicks in. That really just does not give me any sort of thrill. It feels WAY too far away from my Ninja 1000 in terms of acceleration.
So, I have been studying a litle more over the winter... I bought without doing a lot of reading last year, I figured a cruiser is a cruiser.
Well, I have since found out that there is a small class of bikes that some call "Power Cruisers". They are typified by larger displacement (usually more than 1800cc), and maybe more importantly, redlines that are more like 7000 RPM or 7500 RPM.
It seems the M109R is one such bike.... It might allow me to get more of that hair on fire acceleration....
So some questions
1. When you pull out in first gear, and goose it hard, how fast can you get going before you hit the redline?
2. What exactly is the redline? 7500? 8000? Is there a limiter?
3. How fast by redline in 2nd gear?
4. I know it won't turn like a sport bike... but the 240mm rear is worrisome. How well does this handle? How hard to initiate turn-in?
5. Does this bike turn as well as most cruisers? It does not appear to have too bad a rake, so I figure it might be average for a cruiser...
6. Bike looks like it has instant torque, and it is a real torque shelf.... instant on, and pretty constant across rev range... am I right?
Man, I really like the new black and yellow BOSS. What a great looking bike.