I have a few people who talk a lot of smack about my Valk, but when I start up, they change their minds real quick. Granted, I have the stock pipes, but he still sounds mean. Wall-E(the bike's name), is the fast black

. I do have a fellow worker that has the full dress Yamaha. He talks a lot, but I think he ran against another one on the road a while back. For some reason, he hasn't talked much about racing. Yeah, his is nice, but the Valkyrie is unique. I have been doing research on this bike for at least 4 years, trying to decide if this is what I wanted. I finally got the money up to buy my I/S, and haven't looked back.(except to see where everyone else is behind me

)This will be my last bike I own. I had an '83 V-65 Magna. I had her for 11 years. But I knew back then that I was going to upgrade. I still gas on it every now and again and still smile, knowing that I made the right decision.