Show Me Your Ride!

[Eujeankilt]

Thanks Dale, but if I have my way I'd like to drop in on you in Eugene (U-jean??). The Pacific northwest is the one section of the country I've not visited that I really feel I've missed. (Mind you, there is one other broad area of America I've not visited, but I don't feel like I'm missing anything.)

Back on subject though, my compliments on the nice, tidy, clean beemer. I know from first-hand experience how much effort it takes to keep one's single-track-vehicle polished. It ain't like a car you can hose off and wipe down in ten minutes and be done with it.

I like the low bars on your R90, too. So many people seem to think that unless you are sitting in the same position you sit in to watch TV, you'll be uncomfortable on your motorcycle. Curiously, they seem incapable of accounting for the omnipresent 75 mph wind that is usually absent from most living room TV-watching experiences. Contemporarily, those bars were called "European." For discussion purposes here, let's call them Scottish, waddayasay?
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Scott,

Come up any time. We'd be glad to show you around.

Man, we need to talk bikes. Sound like we're on the same wave length.

I could never ride a cruiser style bike, it kills me in the sacroilliac.

Scottish bars, I like that.

Dale

[Matthew J. Greene]

I could never ride a cruiser style bike, it kills me in the sacroilliac.

I tend to agree, most of the time. When I bought my Sabre I was looking for something along the lines of a used Honda Nighthawk 750 or even a new Suzuki V Strom.

I tend to like a more upright riding style. The Sabre for someone my size (6'2") actually has me sitting in a pretty upright position.

[Mr. Kilt]

I tend to like a more upright riding style. The Sabre for someone my size (6'2") actually has me sitting in a pretty upright position.

That is why I bought the Sportster that I did. It's very similar to my old Triumph & BSA bikes, or a UJM (universal Japanese motorcycle), in the riding position. My Vulcan 800A was very much a "cruiser" style riding position, complete with forward controls. I discovered that I didn't enjoy riding like that all the time. My Sporty has nice low bars and standard controls. Much better!

[shawhighlander]

I tend to like a more upright riding style.

The upright riding style is great, when you can get your heels underneath you (in-line with your spine)...the best bike I have found for this is the BMW R1150 GS. It is the all-around perfect machine, with cantilever brakes in the front end; the bike squats downward, rather than forward and down, when you mash the front brake. It has 7" of clearance and is multi-purpose. Would make a great companion to a trip across Scotland...in fact, I may do just that.