HOWDY!
I’m your typical mid 40s, married w/ children, guy who’s been away from riding 18-19 years. Last summer a friend bought a new ’05 Lightning XB12 and absolutely loved it!!!
I’ve been looking at lots of bikes to return on and just moved to the Memphis area this spring where the riding season is much longer than my old Midwestern home. There is a local dealer with both a new ’06 and a new ’07 Uly and I like’m both a lot! Being 6’1” with a 30” inseam the ’07 sets a little better stopped but the ’06 sets okay for me and gives a little more leg room perched. Obviously the ’06 $ is better and I don’t believe there were any huge upgrades between ’06 & ’07 other than the seating position, were there?
I had thought about getting back into riding a season or so on an XB9 then moving my wife onto that for herself and graduating up unto the Uly but the CityX seemed too scrunched in the knees for me.
My previous years riding ended on a late 80s V-Twin cruiser but the Buell really seems to fit the bill as I desire a weekend tourer that I can battle Memphis morning traffic on daily. My only real concern about the Buell is range. I’ve heard everywhere from high 20s to high 40s for mileage. I realize throttle control, terrain, and rider build / weight all play into the overall average but 100% variation seems ridiculous. My pal never rode more than a couple hours at a time on his Lightning so he couldn’t really guesstimate touring mileage and the Lightning might be quite different that the Uly for range.
If y’all could give me a little feedback it’d be greatly appreciated.
THANKS!
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I’m your typical mid 40s, married w/ children, guy who’s been away from riding 18-19 years. Last summer a friend bought a new ’05 Lightning XB12 and absolutely loved it!!!
I’ve been looking at lots of bikes to return on and just moved to the Memphis area this spring where the riding season is much longer than my old Midwestern home. There is a local dealer with both a new ’06 and a new ’07 Uly and I like’m both a lot! Being 6’1” with a 30” inseam the ’07 sets a little better stopped but the ’06 sets okay for me and gives a little more leg room perched. Obviously the ’06 $ is better and I don’t believe there were any huge upgrades between ’06 & ’07 other than the seating position, were there?
I had thought about getting back into riding a season or so on an XB9 then moving my wife onto that for herself and graduating up unto the Uly but the CityX seemed too scrunched in the knees for me.
My previous years riding ended on a late 80s V-Twin cruiser but the Buell really seems to fit the bill as I desire a weekend tourer that I can battle Memphis morning traffic on daily. My only real concern about the Buell is range. I’ve heard everywhere from high 20s to high 40s for mileage. I realize throttle control, terrain, and rider build / weight all play into the overall average but 100% variation seems ridiculous. My pal never rode more than a couple hours at a time on his Lightning so he couldn’t really guesstimate touring mileage and the Lightning might be quite different that the Uly for range.
If y’all could give me a little feedback it’d be greatly appreciated.
THANKS!
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