Smilin Jack
01-17-2004, 05:29 PM
Well I went a saw and touched all the new toys... and I am still glad I have my mighty Valkyire around.
The Trimuph new 2034 CC bike looks pretty good and If I was in the market for a new bike I would probably choose it at 15,900 not too bad of a deal especially when it will spank a Hyabusa (sp) to 60 mph.
I would ride one first to see If I could stay up with Vicki of course.
The Kawaski new 2000 is just an over grown V-twin in my opinion. However the cosmetics looks pretty good. From one report I heard is that the acceleration at low end is good but it dies at the top end... time will tell
Honda....What a disappointment. They had all the VTx's and a couple pretty good nice ones. Did not see the Griffon... it would have been cool
a lot of ATV's if that is what your into. And a hand full of sport bikes. When you come down to it your choices in the Crusiers Honda are a 750, a VTX 1300 or 1800 or the 1800N which sports a nice tail light, or the Goldwing...
Harley Davidson... just the same as last year except the Sportster with the bigger tank and rubber mounted engine. It does make it a nicer bike in the 1200 CC range and would make a nice second bike to make some noise It looks larger and probably will attract a lot of customers since it is under 10 grand decked out. the rest of the line up is the same except the Hertiage softail which sported a new bag line and a top trunk....I did not see any of the new 1700 CC Ultra Glides.
BMW,,, nothing to write home about
NO Boss Hoss....that I saw.
No orange county choppers.
While ther bumped in to ToolTom, Mark Jones, buntingman and Stanley Steamer.
All in all a lot of folks mulling around. the kids in the steel ball were pretty good... with 3 in there it sure did get crowded in a hurry.
Then went to the Gun show 5 miles up the road. Lots of nice guns for sale. A lot of AK style assult rifles guns in the 233 cal range from around 200.00 dollars up brand new. I just bought some more 9 mm and a box of 22 lr.
Heard rumors of the Valkyrie in 2006? who knows. by then I''ll have 90 thousand miles on my lady and probably just invest in a blower and new paint.
Smilin' Jack
The Trimuph new 2034 CC bike looks pretty good and If I was in the market for a new bike I would probably choose it at 15,900 not too bad of a deal especially when it will spank a Hyabusa (sp) to 60 mph.
I would ride one first to see If I could stay up with Vicki of course.
The Kawaski new 2000 is just an over grown V-twin in my opinion. However the cosmetics looks pretty good. From one report I heard is that the acceleration at low end is good but it dies at the top end... time will tell
Honda....What a disappointment. They had all the VTx's and a couple pretty good nice ones. Did not see the Griffon... it would have been cool
a lot of ATV's if that is what your into. And a hand full of sport bikes. When you come down to it your choices in the Crusiers Honda are a 750, a VTX 1300 or 1800 or the 1800N which sports a nice tail light, or the Goldwing...
Harley Davidson... just the same as last year except the Sportster with the bigger tank and rubber mounted engine. It does make it a nicer bike in the 1200 CC range and would make a nice second bike to make some noise It looks larger and probably will attract a lot of customers since it is under 10 grand decked out. the rest of the line up is the same except the Hertiage softail which sported a new bag line and a top trunk....I did not see any of the new 1700 CC Ultra Glides.
BMW,,, nothing to write home about
NO Boss Hoss....that I saw.
No orange county choppers.
While ther bumped in to ToolTom, Mark Jones, buntingman and Stanley Steamer.
All in all a lot of folks mulling around. the kids in the steel ball were pretty good... with 3 in there it sure did get crowded in a hurry.
Then went to the Gun show 5 miles up the road. Lots of nice guns for sale. A lot of AK style assult rifles guns in the 233 cal range from around 200.00 dollars up brand new. I just bought some more 9 mm and a box of 22 lr.
Heard rumors of the Valkyrie in 2006? who knows. by then I''ll have 90 thousand miles on my lady and probably just invest in a blower and new paint.
Smilin' Jack