The only thing wrong with going somewhere on a Valk...

[houstone]

is getting there!

I have started leaving an extra 10 or 15 minutes for every trip....

;-)

[BF]

The only thing wrong with going somewhere on a Valk......

is having people staring at it.  

I've been going down the road, minding my own buisness with people in the lane next to me video-ing me with their cell phones.  

I've had little old men and women (seriously) give me a thumbs up and roll down their windows to tell me they liked my bike (that was the freakin' coolest).  

I've stopped to buy gas and have had people walk up first thinking it was some kind of new style Harley asking me what is it.  

I've been going down the road minding my own business with people driving in the lane next to me roll down their windows when they get next to me......i assume to get a better look....or to hear what it sounds like.

I've had a guy follow me for a couple of miles and pulled into the parking lot of the auto parts store I was going to just to ask me what kind of bike it was and where could he get one.  

The only thing wrong with going somewhere on a Valk......is I don't own two of them.....yet.  Plus, I seem to take the long way home alot more offen. 

[SgtBunny]

... is having a loud HD pull up behind you with ape hangers and continuously gun it to try to get your attention.  Happened in June.

... is having my HD buddies give me hell for riding a rice burner until I show them the MADE IN USA stamp on the engine.

... is being too new to troubleshoot simple problems and look like an idiot trying to start it at Lowe's with the kill switch engaged.  This was after I had fixed the battery corrosion problem the day before.

... is my gas mileage really sucks anytime it gets near the local college.

... is you can never have enough stuff when it relates to it in some odd way.  Chrome, performance mods, exhaust, chrome, tires, Sea Foam, sidecar....

[Chrisj CMA]

The only thing wrong with going somewhere on a Valk......

I've had little old men and women (seriously) give me a thumbs up and roll down their windows to tell me they liked my bike (that was the freakin' coolest).  

I was in PUBLIX shopping I parked next to a van, went in and never gave that van a second though.  When I cam out a very old frail (from the back) looking woman was loading groceries in that van.  I got on and started the bike......she glanced over and appeared to be glaring.

I was thinking well I guess the bike is offensive to her............

Then she put down the bag she was holding and stepped over to me.  Geee, I thought, is this gonna be one of those headlines.......Biker gets the snot beat out of him by an old woman????  LOL

Well she get close and I could tell she was going to say something so I turned the key off.  She said "Who makes that Machine"  I said "Honda"  She said how much she was admiring it before I came out,. and that she had (for the first time in a while) missed her HD that she had bouught new in like 1940 or 50 something.  I remember saying something like all motorcycles have come a long way since then and she nodded and that was about it. 

But, yes, that was very cool

[X Ring]

I get it a lot parking at the local grocery store.  I park in the yellow striped off area at the beginning of the row.  People will walk by and tell me they like the bike, it's cool, etc.  I also get the former Valk owners, who lost theirs during Hurricane Katrina, saying how much they miss theirs.

Don't know how many times, I've been stopped at a red light and saw the people beside me staring at the engine.  

[Momz]

Or the people that come up and ask "what kind of Harley is that?".

Or the youngsters that drive up, stare and say "Dude how'd you get that a Porsche motor in your bike?".

[stormrider]

It is amazing the conversations started about the Valk and especially the older folks that used to ride that comment on it.

[98 T]

I love it when you're slowly passing someone on the super slab and the driver casually looks over at you, then at the bike bike, they glance down at the motor, then suddenly slap the guy in the passenger seat and then points back at my Valk... the passenger leans forward and they both stair as I roll past...  I'd love to hear that conversation.


When I get someone at a gas station asks me what that is, I tell them it's a super secret project where Honda is fitting Accord car motors into a bike frame to see if it works out and I have one of the only "test bikes" in North America....lol!!

[Serk]

Had a good one the other day... The usual "What kinda bike is that???" Told him...

"When did Honda start making flat opposed engines???"

Told him "1975, I believe..."

[G-Man]

Is trying to wipe the huge smile off of my face when I arrive!    

EVERY time I get on the Valkyrie, somewhere along the ride, I am amazed at how smooth, agile, and awe inspiring it is.

I'm beginning to wonder about the few recent negative posts about the Valkyrie.  I think I smell a rat!