xtremelow
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Oh and I can already see the comments but my next bike will most likely be a Honda Fury. Yup you read that right. I am looking or a cruiser style bike I can sit two up on and toss on a couple side bags for a weekend trip. The Fury look cool out of the box and other than some small changes nothing costly or to reduce the reliability and it is ready to ride.
Here is one with some touches
Here is one with some touches
but I wouldn't say it if I didn't feel it was true. Before I bought my XB9R in 03, I had a Duc 916 for 3 years and did track days a lot, the Buell was so much better on the street but the 916 was better on the track. After that I did not ride a current Japanese bike until recently and just felt my Buell was a great handling machine. Now that I am the sales manager for an independent shop I ride them everyday. 600, 1000's from all manufacturers. ZX10 in my garage right now, CBR1000RR last weekend and so on. I feel they handle much smoother than my 9 did. The same corners and off ramps I can take way faster and smoother on the I4's. I even have an 08 1125R here that while it has a great motor, I still feel the geometry of the suspension lacks feel. It's like I'm pushing it and counter steering it way more than the Jap bikes. I too drank the cool aide for many years but I've always been one to accept new info and change my mind based on that info. I know many of us here don't get a chance to test ride anything and everything like I do but if you're down in San Diego I will certainly let you have a spin on a bike or two. 
