aps45819 said:True dat
I've got a pair of the lined deerskin gauntlets and elk skin ropers from aerostich. BIG difference between how they feel and the cheapies from Lowes. Some (most?) of their gloves come with a little strip of silicone rubber sticking out of the side seam on the left hand index finger.
Faceshield wiper.
Not very well.aps45819 said:
Very tall bike. I am 6 ft tall with a 31 inch inseam and even with bootswith a thick sole I could still not flat foot it stopped.
Pete said:Not very well.
Very spongy ride, you would think with 240lbs of me squishing it, it would ride firmer, not so.
Front end dive when brakes were applied was terrible.
It is a cold blooded bike, even in 90 degree temps it took 10 minutes to warm up.
The handlebars were teeny, felt like I was holding onto pencils.
Not very powerful. Had more umph than my RK but not scary power I was thinking it would be.
I hope the front can be tightened up, the dive during braking was horrible. Part of it was on a low traffic road then the rest was in traffic. It was a loner bike so I didn't want to brake the little thing but it just didn't have rip roaring power. I actually tried to pop a wheelie and couldn't do itPonytail said:The suspension is VERY adjustable, and easy at that. knob under the seat stiffens the ride. Front shocks are adjustable too. And they have a lower seat available.
Buells don't ever really "warm up" till you learn to ride them like they were built...ride it like you stole it, and it runs like a champ. It took me a short while to learn that about mine.
BUT, your comments are on target with most of the reviews...just lacking the parts about how fun it is to ride.
And I don't understand how you can say it's not very powerful. 100+hp and nearly 100 ft-lbs of torque for a bike that weighs nearly 2/3's as much as your road King. I think you just need more seat time. It's a higher revving engine than the RK. I wasn't there to see how you rode it, but I just don't understand how you couldn't have felt the power...even with your "240 lb" butt on there. :shrug:
Probably more lack of talent than lack of power. 
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Pete said:I hope the front can be tightened up, the dive during braking was horrible. Part of it was on a low traffic road then the rest was in traffic. It was a loner bike so I didn't want to brake the little thing but it just didn't have rip roaring power. I actually tried to pop a wheelie and couldn't do it
My partner said I looked goofy on it too
You don't have to try to do wheelies on those. They do it by themselves in first gear, by just rolling on the throttle...cruise at about 2000rpm, then crack the throttle and the front comes right up. 2nd and 3rd gear wheelies work with a little clutch. I've never done it and thats prolly a good thing. I'd hate to see THAT ticket...passing a cop on two wheels is bad enough. 
Hope the one I ordered gets here faster than yours did. Need to have it in hand by Friday evening.aps45819 said:Got the vest yesterday, it comes with a 2 gal. plastic zip-lock bag useful for soaking the vest and storing it while it's wet.
Don't whip out your pocket knife and slice the package open
