| Author | Message | ||
     Gpb |
Well, after exactly one year and 5000 km, I turned my 1125R to the HD dealer and ordered a 1200 Sportster Nightster. I guess that at 53 I need a more relaxed and comfortable riding... It has been an exciting bike and this is a great forum.. | ||
| Zac4mac |
Go with what fits you Giuseppe. I find that I'm riding my Uly more than the 1125R but I can't imagine ever getting rid of Loretta. The Uly is a beast, Loretta is so sleek and fast... Ride safe whatever you are on. Zack | ||
| Ratbuell |
I hope you rode the 1200N first. If you haven't...DO IT. Seriously. They're cool...but short on comfort. If you want small and comfortable, look in the Dyna family. Sportsters by their nature are shaky and have a firm ride; throw in the lowered suspension and low seat, and the ride is even more hard. Not trying to talk down on the bike...but if you want "comfort", I would seriously take a long ride first. Please. | ||
| Sportster_mann |
If you do long trips you may well regret it ! But good luck - I've always enjoyed Sportsters ... | ||
| Gpb |
I briefly rode an 883 Superlow and I just sat on a Nightster. Another world with respect to the 1125 of course... I've done two long trips (500+ km each) on the 1125 and had to stop every 100 km for my butt was aching... However, I've done long trips on a Morini 500 Sei-V and a Kawasaki KLE500, other than on my V-Strom, and I would be surprised if the Nighster proved less comfortable... | ||
| Duphuckincati |
In 1992 I was riding my FLH (in an attempt to chill out on the road) on a great curvy road in California. Holding around 75, had a curve coming up and started the process of reeling in the speed. You know the deal on a bagger, lift your foot for the brake pedal, go through the couple of inches of travel to move the shifter, big handful of brake and clutch, and with great attention bend 'er wiggling and wobbling into the curve. About the time I was at the apex, about 4 or 5 sport bikes came FLYING (WHOOM WHOOM WHOOM!!)through the opposite way. I had been working at convincing myself that I liked the bagger, but in that split-second I yelled in my helmet "F*** this piece of s***!" and went home and traded in for a Ducati 900SS. Like the song says "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." You'll be back. | ||
| Redbat |
Gpb, I wanted a new HD 883 Iron, but I won't sell my 1125CR, so now I have both! With a few changes, I plan on taking the Iron on a 3000 mile trip next June. There is so much you can do to a Sportster, with all the aftermarket support. I suspect you'll like it. | ||
| Xnoahx |
The suspension is a lot harsher on the Nightster than the 883L. Sportsters are fun bikes though. I wouldnt say they are any more shakey than a Dyna though. | ||
| Rkc00 |
Have you tried one of these yet?  | ||
| Ratbuell |
Mmm. My favorite V-rod. They should have built them all like the R...but then...they didn't sell to the "core market". Quite a fun motorcycle. One day I'll find a decent-condition orange one to play with. | ||
| Rogue_biker |
I'm the opposite. I ride my 1125R MORE than I do the more comfortable VFR. Ever since I got into shape with diet and exercise, the 1125R is much easier and more comfortable to ride. | ||
| Dannybuell |
A V-rod with mid controls has some serious touring potential. I read at one of the vrod forums , they take their inner air box out too(bad). 5 quarts of oil is what the vrod forums top their motors off with. Air cooled is nice. I have a 96 S1 with almost 100K miles, its next farkle is going to be a Mikuni HSR42-11. The CR is light years better in so many respects. The S1 is like a lineman strong but not fast. The CR is a wide receiver it just gets out there now! | ||
| Coastrambler |
My 2 bytes worth; Sportster. Get a 1200 with 4.5 gallon gas tank. They handle better, your knees have something hang onto. I've ridden the fat front tired one and it's a fun ride. I made a Four Corners Run on my '03 1200. That's 14,600 miles on a solid motor-mount bike. When I got home I traded it in on a St Rod, mines Yellow Pearl and currently has 45,000 miles on it. So 2 years ago last October I bought a new 2009 1125R. Black, the fastest color of course. It has 23,00 miles on it right now. And a Corbin seat. I feel more "in" the bike with it. I've done many 300+ mile days on the V-Rod and a few on the 1125. My butt and wrists are much happier on the St Rod. | ||
| Gpb |
There's no question that the 1125R has been for me the most satisfying bike from the pure riding control point of view. However there's no question that it's an impossible (or at most very uncomfortable) bike to drive in the traffic and also in close quarters and/or with an uneven pavement. In such conditions my V-Strom 650 is a world apart. My wish with the HD is for a relaxed all around bike with "character". I'll see if this would be the case, otherwise HD's here sell well and easy...  | ||
| Kicka666 |
Each to the own, I would rather walk than trade my CR for a HD. Happy New Year | ||
| Rkc00 |
For all the reasons above I just got one of each. 96 S1----------------------------97 S1---------------------------06 VRSCR----------------------09 XB12X------------------------09 1125CR-------------------09 1125R  | ||
| Ratbuell |
Wow, Michael - all you're really missing is a member of the S2 family....speaking in "Buell heritage" terms, anyway. Or maybe an RS/RSS. But I appreciate having a well-rounded stable:  06 UlyX; 09 CR; 01 M2L; 95 S2; 98 S1W. | ||
| Dannybuell |
@Rkc00 Do you notice a difference in the handling between the 96S1 and 97S1? | ||
| Rkc00 |
Dan, Would not know. The 96 was purchased as a collector bike for me. I have not ridden it yet. Not sure I will. It has 80 original miles on it when I got it. It is 100% original from the factory with no recalls done. It was a new old stock untitled bike sitting in a Harley dealer in Pa. The dealer let some his employees ride it the first day he got it and then put it on the showroom floor were it sat until a fellow Badwebber told me about it. Here is a photo from the day I picked it up. Oh and Mike was lucky I let him take the S2!!! Ha!!!  | ||
| Ratgin |
Giuseppe I had a nightster and the ride was punishing. However i threw on airshocks and that made it sweet to ride. The peanut tank was a show stopper for me. If i want to stop at every gas station i pass id have taken the Hemi. If you have a wee then your setup fine. Wee for the longer rides and the nightster for around town/shorter cruises. | ||
| Skntpig |
You shoulda got a Saddleman seat for the 1125. Hope you do enjoy the lil sport. | ||
| Court |
>>>Do you notice a difference in the handling between the 96S1 and 97S1? If you do . . . having test ridden both of them . . . I'd suggest there is something amiss with one of them.  | ||
| No_rice |
Rkc, i still wish i could have bought both of those. | ||
| Timebandit |
> "Well, after exactly one year and 5000 km, I turned my 1125R to the HD dealer and ordered a 1200 Sportster Nightster. I guess that at 53 I need a more relaxed and comfortable riding... " Wasn't that the original demographic reason behind H-D's plan to own Buell? Bring younger, sport-oriented riders into the family, and guide them into a cruiser as they got older and wanted more comfortable riding positions. It's too bad that the current management at H-D seems to have forgotten completely the reason they wanted to own Buell in the first place. | ||
| Timebandit |
> "In 1992 I was riding my FLH ... I had been working at convincing myself that I liked the bagger, but in that split-second I yelled in my helmet "F*** this piece of s***!"" There's that old saying among Harley guys that "Sooner or later everyone owns an FLH." I've never liked the floating Barcalounger. I've owned every modern Harley platform over the years and the 94 FXRS-CONV is the only one that I've kept. | ||
| Littlebutquick |
if you are going to get a 1200 nightster get the stage one kit from twinmotorcycles had my 48 done puts a big smile on your face http://twinmotorcycles.nl/artikelen.asp?cid=16&aid =171 | ||
| Zac4mac |
Honestly after all my riding - THIS is the best it gets  Don't need anything else. Z | ||
| Duphuckincati |
My slightly different version of that combo is the CR and a 650 V-Strom, all bases covered with those two. BTW, those gold wheels look great! | ||
| Ratbuell |
Court - I can't tell from Michael's pics above, and my memory isn't what they tell me it used to be...but didn't some of the early S1's have WP Roma forks (triple-adjustable) like the S2? Or were all the S1's one-side-compression, one-side-rebound forks like my S1W? |
