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Honda never made a Valkyrie? What would you be riding?
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2015, 08:34:06 PM » |
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Honda 750cc Magna or possibly a Honda Shadow 1100 or of course a used Wing/F6B which I guess is much like our Valks in so many ways. Maybe not include the Wing or F6B as well?
I also like looks of the Victory cross country tourer or BMW 1600 which is out of my price range.
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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2015, 08:37:44 PM » |
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Today? No telling... But when I got my Valk, the Valk was actually my 2nd choice, I was aiming for a Suzuki Bandit 1200 when I stumbled into a Honda dealer and they were giving away left over '98 Valkyrie's still in the crate...
I initially thought the Valkyrie was comically huge and silly, but the price was so right I figured what the heck, and the rest... is history...
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2015, 08:38:21 PM » |
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I don't want to think this way. Knowing what I know now it would be 1) F6b 2) Full on wing  |
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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2015, 09:15:23 PM » |
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ST1300, maybe a Wing. Love them Hondas!
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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2015, 09:55:41 PM » |
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Man-talkin bout a tuff question here. BUT bein as Mutha Honda DID build the Phatt Ghurl AND I duz own one no gotta have any kinda negative thought process's rattlin round in my noggin!  BUT to attempt an answer to the query at hand-one of the Japanese big 4 at 1200 C Cs or more.  I like and enjoy reliability and longevity! RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2015, 10:07:23 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2015, 12:18:54 AM » |
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Was looking for a replacement for a 2000 Nomad when I stumbled across my 1st Tourer. Probably a Nomad or Shadow Tourer.
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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2015, 03:15:34 AM » |
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Probably a VTX1800R love them things.
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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2015, 03:22:46 AM » |
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Back in 2000 I was shopping for a Goldwing. The Valkyrie was too big, too much of a bike for me. But I was wrong. I dove two different Valk's for 15 great years. Now I have a F6B.
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« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2015, 03:34:33 AM » |
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ST1300 or VTX1800
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« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2015, 04:51:14 AM » |
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probably a harley ultra classic, or an Indian..
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« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2015, 05:04:41 AM » |
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I would've continued to ride my ST1100
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« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2015, 05:16:57 AM » |
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Goldwings. I was actually looking for a truck when I bought my Valk.
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« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2015, 06:25:21 AM » |
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GoldWing with a sidecar |
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« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2015, 06:28:37 AM » |
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I probably would have kept my 1978 KZ 1000A. It was a great bike, last year for kick start. It was fast too...until I rode the Mothership for the first time.
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« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2015, 06:36:27 AM » |
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1500cc Victory TC Deluxe. That's what I was riding when a friend let me ride his Valk. I don't know if I would have ever moved up, but I was drooling pretty heavily over the Victory Vision. That's probably the bike I'd have replaced the TC Deluxe with if not for the Valk.
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« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2015, 06:47:26 AM » |
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Probably a ST1300 or a F6B. I could never stand V-twins.
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« Reply #18 on: August 04, 2015, 06:54:54 AM » |
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Not a V-Twin guy either.
Had a 3rd Gen Magna and loved it (everything but the range).
Once I sell one of the 3 Valks we currently have I will look for a GL1200 naked or a Suzuki GS1100.
Todays bikes?.... probably a CTX1300.
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« Reply #19 on: August 04, 2015, 07:13:35 AM » |
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The only 1200 that came naked was the 84. Mine will be getting some work this winter.
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« Reply #20 on: August 04, 2015, 09:26:59 AM » |
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Probably a Royal Star Tour Deluxe. Water-cooled V-4. I rode a Royal Star demo bike at Sturgis in 1996 and was impressed by its torque. Then, possibly the same day, I rode a red and white Valkyrie standard, and immediately knew what I had to have.  |
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« Reply #21 on: August 04, 2015, 09:38:57 AM » |
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Maybe nothing. I have always liked motorcycles, and I had a Harley before I got the Valkyrie, but I hardly ever rode it....  -Mike |
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« Reply #22 on: August 04, 2015, 09:47:42 AM » |
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Probably a Royal Star Tour Deluxe. Water-cooled V-4. I rode a Royal Star demo bike at Sturgis in 1996 and was impressed by its torque. Then, possibly the same day, I rode a red and white Valkyrie standard, and immediately knew what I had to have. One of my buddies has a white one. It's a very nice bike. Not my style but it is a very capable bike. Maybe nothing. I have always liked motorcycles, and I had a Harley before I got the Valkyrie, but I hardly ever rode it.... -Mike Because it is uncomfortable? |
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« Reply #23 on: August 04, 2015, 10:36:56 AM » |
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Probably a VW or Porsche powered Trike from the Trike Shop in Mpls.
When I bought MGM I had a VW from the Trike Shop and also a Harley Full Dresser.
Sold the Trike and traded the Harley straight across for MGM.
Never looked back.
Son has MGM now.
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« Reply #24 on: August 04, 2015, 11:08:16 AM » |
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Because it is uncomfortable?nope, because it was meh... Seeing the Valkyrie for the first time got me jazzed. Having and riding a Valkyrie keeps me jazzed. I like riding motorcycles, but it pretty much has to be as much fun as riding a CR500 on gnarly single-track in the mountains to live up to what came before... chasing the Wild Bunch through the mountains on a water cooled flat six does the trick Mike
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« Reply #25 on: August 04, 2015, 11:16:13 AM » |
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I still ride my VTX1800C3, so probably if I didn't have a Valkyrie I would ride it a lot more.  |
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« Reply #26 on: August 04, 2015, 11:26:12 AM » |
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Probably would have stayed on my BMW K75S for a while longer, then who knows?
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« Reply #27 on: August 04, 2015, 11:34:42 AM » |
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Yamaha Royal Star liquid cooled V4, or Shadow ACE Tourer VT1100CT or HD Road King or BMW straight six.
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« Reply #28 on: August 04, 2015, 11:37:49 AM » |
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Because it is uncomfortable?nope, because it was meh... Seeing the Valkyrie for the first time got me jazzed. Having and riding a Valkyrie keeps me jazzed. I like riding motorcycles, but it pretty much has to be as much fun as riding a CR500 on gnarly single-track in the mountains to live up to what came before... chasing the Wild Bunch through the mountains on a water cooled flat six does the trick Mike I would like to get my hands on a cb1000r but I'm probably too old to ride it any long distance and naturally one up only. I'm sure that would be fun in the mountains? Single track, I would love to try a KTM 300 two stroke as well as the CR500 however Ill bet the CR500 is either off or on try to enduro it and plugs get fouled up? |
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« Reply #29 on: August 04, 2015, 11:46:13 AM » |
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Too hard a question. Kind of like if your one and only soul mate/love of your life/wife (of for me 43 yrs today) was not born who would you be with? An impossible question to answer.
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« Reply #30 on: August 04, 2015, 12:03:02 PM » |
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Because it is uncomfortable?nope, because it was meh... Seeing the Valkyrie for the first time got me jazzed. Having and riding a Valkyrie keeps me jazzed. I like riding motorcycles, but it pretty much has to be as much fun as riding a CR500 on gnarly single-track in the mountains to live up to what came before... chasing the Wild Bunch through the mountains on a water cooled flat six does the trick Mike I would like to get my hands on a cb1000r but I'm probably too old to ride it any long distance and naturally one up only. I'm sure that would be fun in the mountains? Single track, I would love to try a KTM 300 two stroke as well as the CR500 however Ill be the CR500 is either off or on try to enduro it and plugs get fouled up? I had a 86 yz490 that fouled plugs if you (me anyhow) rode it in the woods. It was OK on a motocross track, cause you could wring it out more, but I was never man enough to really "wring out" an open class motocross bike... I read a whole bunch of stuff about jetting at the time, and re-jetted it with a much smaller (mid-range? I don't remember...) jet. It quit fouling plugs in the woods, but if someone who could really "wring it out" on a motocross track had ridden it, it probably would have blown up  ... My 87 CR500 never fouled anything, never missed a beat. It had explosive power, but was anything but "off or on"... it was "on" period... competitive enduro and hare scrambles riders would put flywheels on them to make them less explosive, but I was a fun rider, not a competitive rider... -Mike |
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« Reply #31 on: August 04, 2015, 12:23:22 PM » |
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Because it is uncomfortable?nope, because it was meh... Seeing the Valkyrie for the first time got me jazzed. Having and riding a Valkyrie keeps me jazzed. I like riding motorcycles, but it pretty much has to be as much fun as riding a CR500 on gnarly single-track in the mountains to live up to what came before... chasing the Wild Bunch through the mountains on a water cooled flat six does the trick Mike I would like to get my hands on a cb1000r but I'm probably too old to ride it any long distance and naturally one up only. I'm sure that would be fun in the mountains? Single track, I would love to try a KTM 300 two stroke as well as the CR500 however Ill be the CR500 is either off or on try to enduro it and plugs get fouled up? I had a 86 yz490 that fouled plugs if you (me anyhow) rode it in the woods. It was OK on a motocross track, cause you could wring it out more, but I was never man enough to really "wring out" an open class motocross bike... I read a whole bunch of stuff about jetting at the time, and re-jetted it with a much smaller (mid-range? I don't remember...) jet. It quit fouling plugs in the woods, but if someone who could really "wring it out" on a motocross track had ridden it, it probably would have blown up ... My 87 CR500 never fouled anything, never missed a beat. It had explosive power, but was anything but "off or on"... it was "on" period... competitive enduro and hare scrambles riders would put flywheels on them to make them less explosive, but I was a fun rider, not a competitive rider... -Mike I wonder how the early 400/465/490 blue Yamaha IT's or later WR500's would have done Ill bet they were good woods bikes with a big kick? I stuck to KDX 200 and 220s |
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« Reply #32 on: August 04, 2015, 12:28:36 PM » |
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Too hard a question. Kind of like if your one and only soul mate/love of your life/wife (of for me 43 yrs today) was not born who would you be with? An impossible question to answer.
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« Reply #33 on: August 04, 2015, 12:51:44 PM » |
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Perhaps a Gold Wing, more likely nothing at all...
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« Reply #34 on: August 04, 2015, 01:16:12 PM » |
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Because it is uncomfortable?nope, because it was meh... Seeing the Valkyrie for the first time got me jazzed. Having and riding a Valkyrie keeps me jazzed. I like riding motorcycles, but it pretty much has to be as much fun as riding a CR500 on gnarly single-track in the mountains to live up to what came before... chasing the Wild Bunch through the mountains on a water cooled flat six does the trick Mike I would like to get my hands on a cb1000r but I'm probably too old to ride it any long distance and naturally one up only. I'm sure that would be fun in the mountains? Single track, I would love to try a KTM 300 two stroke as well as the CR500 however Ill be the CR500 is either off or on try to enduro it and plugs get fouled up? I had a 86 yz490 that fouled plugs if you (me anyhow) rode it in the woods. It was OK on a motocross track, cause you could wring it out more, but I was never man enough to really "wring out" an open class motocross bike... I read a whole bunch of stuff about jetting at the time, and re-jetted it with a much smaller (mid-range? I don't remember...) jet. It quit fouling plugs in the woods, but if someone who could really "wring it out" on a motocross track had ridden it, it probably would have blown up ... My 87 CR500 never fouled anything, never missed a beat. It had explosive power, but was anything but "off or on"... it was "on" period... competitive enduro and hare scrambles riders would put flywheels on them to make them less explosive, but I was a fun rider, not a competitive rider... -Mike The best dirt bike I ever owned was a CR250. Lots of power and very nimble |
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The best dirt bike I ever owned was a CR250. Lots of power and very nimbleI finally got positioned to buy a 82 CR250 a month or so before the 83s came out... -Mike "The 83's were a lot better  "
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« Reply #36 on: August 04, 2015, 02:57:59 PM » |
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Too hard a question. Kind of like if your one and only soul mate/love of your life/wife (of for me 43 yrs today) was not born who would you be with? An impossible question to answer.
Agreed. If the Valkyrie had never been built, I would most likely be riding a stripped down Gold Wing. Not really sure. As Jim said, the Fat Lady is the answer to my wants, desires and prayers in my motorcycle wants/desires. Do I wish she had that 1800 + engine and single swing arm? You bet but, she does just fine with what she's got. Was just in Lexington and a lady HD rider walked by my Fat Gir three times, on the forth trip by, she stopped and asked me about the fat girl. We talked for over and hour. Her son is the manager for the local HD dealer. She loved the look of my fat girl and even asked if she could climb on board for a test fit. She said, "That's the sexiest bike I've seen in a long time." I just smiled.  |
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« Reply #37 on: August 04, 2015, 04:37:41 PM » |
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These are not legal in this country, but if it could be done... www.v8choppers.comI might be one of the few that wishes the valk had a LOT more juice.  |
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« Reply #38 on: August 04, 2015, 05:08:43 PM » |
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was looking at an 02 Nomad or a 02 Wing in Illusion Blue
when I saw the Valkyrie at Americade
Thats all it took
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« Reply #39 on: August 04, 2015, 05:15:03 PM » |
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A Goldwing AND a BMW 1600 GT AND a 1984 VT1100 Sabre AND a 1979 KZ1300.
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