Are you riding a NEW INDIAN too?

[BradValk48237]

Hey All,

I was out at a local bike night and a couple of guys wanted to know how I liked the "New Indian"!!!!!

So my question to all is, what makes have other riders and people thought your Valk was when they saw it?

B

[ILcruiser]

I went to an open house at a HD dealership, and a few posers, er, guys were ogling my Valk.  They thought it was a Boss Hoss.   

[Bobbo]

I've had a few ask "What year is that Harley"?  

One thought it was a Boss, and another thought it was a 3 cylinder car engine!  Had to show him the other side!

[John Schmidt]

I went to an open house at a HD dealership, and a few posers, er, guys were ogling my Valk.  They thought it was a Boss Hoss.   

I had the same thing happen to me at a local HD boutique...."that's a beautiful Boss Hoss ya got there buddy." Then one asked how much it set me back and how long to get used to all that power. They were shocked at the cost, figured it was at least double what I stated. Then I asked them what engine most of the Hoss's have....."uh, usually a big V-8, why??" I said "that would mean at least four spark plugs on each side. Right? So, how many do you see here?"  I then got on it and rode away, leaving a couple of dummies being laughed at by a group of more knowledgable folk. 

[R J]

I've been asked if it was a Boss Hoss, V6.
If this was that new Rocket bike, Triumph.
If this was a Kawasaki or Suzuki.
Also asked if it was a new model Moto Guzzi.

An older guy asked me at a HD open house if this was a new Honda, this was in like 2005 or so.

Told him nope, the original engine bit the dust and we put a Honda Civic in it.
He said nice job and walked away, he knew I was blowing smoke up his a$$ then.
His grandson was still looking it over and I told him to tell Grandpa it was a Honda 6 cylinder Valkyrie, started production in 1997 and stopped it 2 years ago.   He said, okay, I'll tell grandpa.     About 3 hours later when we were leaving the place, about 5 Valkyrie's, grandpa run 1/2 way across the parking lot to wave and say thanks to us.    Real nice old gent.   Well minded grandson also.   When grandpa said no touch, he no touched anymore.

[Hook#3287]

Pulled up to a red light next to a HD with a hot babe sitting on the back.  She looks over and says "Oh, that's pretty, what kind of Harley is that?.  I replied "The best kind, it's not"  We smiled at each other as her driver was pushing steam out his ears.  Light changed, I'm gone.

[Jim N]

The plates on my '99 Interstate and '00 Tourer - note the frame on the tourer!

[Lyn-Del]

I think my favorite was the guy who came up to me in a parking lot and asked about the bike.  When I told him it was made by Honda, he told me I was in error, it was a Kawasaki!!

He spent a good 5 minutes trying to convince me it was Kawasaki, then finally walked away, probably thinking that I was just a dumb b(#$@. 

It took me a while to realize he was thinking of VULCAN, not VALKYRIE.

[sandy]

A guy asked me what kind of bike I had and I said a Valkyrie. His girlfriend looked at him and said "I thought you pronounced it Victory".

[97ValkSteve]

Yesterday at the hardware store one of the young clerks told me he'd never seen such a big engine on a motorcycle.  I gave him a brief history of the Valkyrie and told him wait to you hear it start up (it has the two brothers drag pipes).  I think he was suitably impressed. 

I've only had my Valk for a couple of weeks but I haven't seen another one yet.  Lots of Harleys and such.

[f6rider]

Best I heard is one of the guys on the Rune board said it was a Lamborgini 

[DIGGER]

Yesterday at the hardware store one of the young clerks told me he'd never seen such a big engine on a motorcycle.  I gave him a brief history of the Valkyrie and told him wait to you hear it start up (it has the two brothers drag pipes).  I think he was suitably impressed. 

I've only had my Valk for a couple of weeks but I haven't seen another one yet.  Lots of Harleys and such.

when someone is impressed by your Valkyrie.... I always throw in the "NICKEL TRICK"....it usually blows them away

[Momz]

Last summer my wife and I rode our bikes to a local Bike Night. Some HD rider walks up to me and asks what I was riding.
I looked him in the eyes and asked if he was from "around here"? And then I said, "around here, we call it a motorcycle".

[old2soon]

Went on a C M A ride today. About a 120 mile loop. Got back to the fair grounds and the female organizer was checking out the bikes. Mostly harleys one gold wing and one lonely valk-mine. A harley rider took her for her first ride ever. I was there when they got back. After he shut off the threshing machine-and in ear shot of the other h/d riders-in a not very soft voice-if ya wanna see what a big motorcyle is supposed to ride like-hop on. Sad to say she didn't. RIDE SAFE.

[98 T]

Lyn-Del, I love that story about you having a Kawasaki  Valkyrie-Vulcan!!!!


I've posted this before but I think it's funny. In 2004 at a gas stop in Kentucky, I was traveling home to Wisconsin with my Harley-ridin' cousin. At this gas station, a fellow came over  and in a proper British accent asked me if I had an "automobile engine" placed into my motorcycle.  I told him I was riding a semi-secret proto-type Honda bike where Honda engineers placed an Accord 6 cylinder engine in a bike and I was testing it. My cousin was rollin' on the ground laughing.  He thanked me and walked back and I heard him tell his wife in the car , "That chap over there put an automobile engine into his motorbike".

Gas stops on a Valk are often interesting...

One other story:  During the Harley 105th Anniversary party here in the Milwaukee area, I was at a big Harley event in downtown Waukesha (about 15 miles west of Milwaukee)... I happened to park at the front of a long line of Harleys. I was sitting across the street waiting for someone & watching people.  A group of bikers (men and women) walked past my bike and from across the street, I heard one of the girlfriends/wives  turn to her hubby/BF, point to my engine, and say to him,  "look honey, this bike has more 'thing-ies' than your bike does - what is it"... he just grunted and kept moving, but one of his buddies snapped  a picture as they continued walking by.
This is the scene on that storyl



I've always been proud that my bike has more "thing-ies"  than the average V-twin....lol

[Fudd]

On one of our bike nites at Hooters'

I caught "the question" from some old road weary hog captain.

While just playing, I convinced him it was built by Honda on commission from NASA to test ""trans-sonic rocket components."

He was impressed.  After a good hard look, he got on his ride.  Nine or so kicks later, and a lot of this and that with the choke and throttle, he putted out the parking lot.

[MarkT]

I've told a number of noobs it's an aircraft engine - the hardest part was removing the propeller.

Worked in the Plaza Tower which has a multi-level garage, back when I was a geek.  Had a woman contradict me, when I said it's a "hot rod version of the Gold Wing", that it was a Harley - she says, "I know a  Harley when I see one." 

"Oh really?  OK, you're right, it's a Custom Screaming Eagle - I don't want to sell it but I'll think about it for the right price - got a spare $45,000?"

[Bobbo]

A couple months after I got the Valk, my wife's uncle was looking it over.  He said "Oh, it's like a Goldwing"  I replied, "Yes, it's like a Goldwing, but with HAIR on it's chest!"   

[Super Santa]

I refer to mine as a "stripped Gold Wing on steroids'.

[czuch]

I had and rode a '48 Chief for a time back in the early '80s.
I'll stick with my Bosshossvictoryvulcanotherhardleykawiahatrumpet.
Its the nickle trick that does it every time.
Here ya go, I was at a bike night and was showing the trick to this dudes girlfriend. He snatched my nickle and told her to move the $&%@ along. The next week he looked like he'd been clocked with a cast iron frying pan and she was gone.

[Jabba]

I never mess with anyone.  I politely tell them the truth.  I get a lot of questions still.  Especially when I am on Blue.  The IS doesn't get the attention that Blue gets.  I especially like Blue when she's all stripped down, sans the bags... but I just can't live with a backpack all the time.  And I guess I just can't survive without a lot of crap with me.



Jabba

[Willow]

I get a lot of questions still.  Especially when I am on Blue.  The IS doesn't get the attention that Blue gets. 

I was out riding with a few friends one weekend.  We stopped for refreshment and fuel at a small town service station/store.  A man leaving the store walked right past two Interstates, stopped in front of my Standard (which looks a little like yours), stared at the power plant, and asked incredulously, "Is that an aircraft engine?"

I usually tell them the truth.