Awesome bike dude! Those Yamaha 1700s are solid motors. I have a '11 Road King. I definitely understand what you're saying about the exhaust note. Cruisers are all about the character. It's like driving a '60's muscle car. They're not as fast nor handle as well as a lot of modern cars, but the experience is unlike anything else. My only advice would be go practice low speed maneuvers in a parking lot to get used to the handling of the heavier bike.

I had a midnight warrior years ago, bought it new and came back with an oil temp sensor recall. I took it to HYR Motorsports in Redlands California to take care of factory recall. they decided to change sensor which was located inside the motor case. They send me down the road with no oil in my motor. completely destroyed the engine. They then decided to offer me a rebuild and warranty which I really did not have a whole lot of options since you cannot get a new motor for these bikes like you can a Harley Davidson. After their repairs there was always a bearing noise that came up at a very specific engine RPM, of course they could never duplicate the sound during test rides. I gave up on Japanese bikes and dealers all together. I now have 12 bikes consisting of KTM's and Harley Davidson's. The warrior was a great bike until the dealer ruined it for me.

Pretty dam good looking bike right there!! The tank was made perfect for the look, but i think the rear fender should've been arched to match the lines of the rear tire instead of going away from the angle .. Curious what TMV thoughts are on the 2014-2016 FZ09's are..the upward riding style shouldn't be to big of an issue for his hip.

super nice bike man. this is one of my dream bikes .not found in norway so importing is the only option.

I really love the way this Bike looks, I bet it pulls like a mule too!

That is awesome!

I think it looks great !!! Cool bike sir ! I always wanted a Vmax .

Looks good blaze

ivans tune... best bang for your buck upgrade

real nice

Super Rad bike, not my 1999 R1 but the same spirit and drive🤙 Has a lot of gusto, and torque to keep it up with the big dawgs!! A sport bike douche, but son of a buck this bastard could keep up with the 23yr old R1 without fail!! Gnarly acceleration, bitchin handling, and awesome torque💪 Best cruiser /sportster invented in my opinion ♥

I cannot get used to forward controls. My Hypermotard 1100 feels like my old XR400 on steroids.

did you changed the bars?

I have two 1973. Cr 250,s both came in same crate, I raced one of them to more than 100 first place wins. The other one has less than 10 hours run time, maybe,0 still beautiful new, in every way. I want to talk with you, can we talk , let me know. I was the first person to move shock's forward for LTR around here in the mid south,. what month and year did the dirt bike magazine show the photo of shock's moved forward, that month was when I painted my Cr red. What was that date, I am a old man now and would like to remember it, it was a great time for me.

How much was it?

I bought, for my first and only street bike, a slightly used 2007 Harley Sportster (Nightster) in early 2009 just after obama got elected,---figuring, "I better grab a hand full of the USA while I still can." To this day, I am sure I made the right choice.