Wheeliehappy

Honestly I love all bikes I have a 2015 Indian Scout great little bomb around town bike, i love it, I really like Harley's too, I dont think they are the best , I actually believe Yamaha are the best but I do like Harley's, I love all 2 wheel things with a motor even Vespa's and Mopeds, that been said, I dont know about where you guys are but up here in Canada, Ontario there is a mini series about Harley Davids on Discovery Chanel tonight at 9 that I'm really looking forward to watching, I have the chips and dip already :-). all my brothers ride Harley's , so I have to have an Indian or Japanese or Both :-)

Well thank you very much for all the info Guys this has been a big help and I appreciate all the info, I think you guys will be seeing alot of me on here in the future. I hope to be picking my bike up in the next month I'm thinking the end of the riding season is insight here so I'm hoping to get a good deal on one. so you guys know the difference between a Yamaha rider and a Harley rider ?????? The Yamaha Rider can read, hahahaha

Whats the Car ? I saw the history its starting to become more clear, I think in 98 they went with the 32 mm Mikunies and I guess in 2005 is when they camed the motor and put in the bigger air box. I remember the first gens back then I was riding RD's and RZ's but what I did learn recently was (1) I had no idea the V4 was used in the first gen and my biggest surprise and I should have known but I did not put 2 and 2 together that the V-Max uses the same but different engine. I do like the fact that the 2005 has the quick release wind shield and back rest to convert in to a cruiser , I have an Indian Scout that is my sport bike cruiser now but 2 cruisers is better than one hmmmmm what one do I want to ride today :-)

with out getting from the questions that I asked, what is considered first and 2nd and so on gens ?

I'm very new here and I was looking for a thread called introduce your self or new users or something so I hope its ok that I started this thread here I wanted to introduce my self and ask a question. if this is the wrong place to do this please don't rip on me to hard, i'm about as sharp as a bowling ball sometimes. Anyway, I'm new to the cruisers in the last 2 yrs. I always had sport bikes but at 50 and Arthritis in my neck and shoulder problems from my bodybuilding days and a heavy influence from my brothers who are Harley riders, I decided last year that I would get a cruiser to see how I liked it and I bought a 1999 Kawasaki 800 drifter, I was out on it for an hr and knew I love this change and have put quite a few km/miles on that little 800 since, also, what has become clear is that with the wife and I on the hwy its under powered and that little motor is struggling, after a couple of months of re search from V Stars, Road stars , Vulcan 1500 , VTXs, Harley's and Suzi's, I have concluded that the Royal star Tour deluxe is the bike I want. of course I want to keep as much money in my pocket as I can but also this bike is one that I plan on keeping for a good few years, as fare as I'm concerned I feel Yamaha make the best Motorcycle engines so having a Yamaha for a long time bike I have no issues with. here is the problem, I can get a mint 98 Royal star deluxe with low KMs/Miles for a lot less then say a 2005 with the same KM's so the first questions is , what is the difference between the 2 bikes. I found the Horse power differs 60ish HP compared to 98 HP that is a huge difference and frankly seems hard to believe with out huge engine changes and the only difference I can find is better air box in the later Royal stars, what are your guys experience?. The way the wife and I like to ride and we did this on the sport bikes as well, we may ride 100 to 300 miles just on winding country roads taking in the scenery and maybe stop for lunch at a nice country restaurant or cafe but when its time to go home and we are a couple of hrs for home this is when its nice to have the power, some times the flow of traffic here in Ontario, Canada can be 80 or 85 miles per hr, not often but some times, however 70 or 75 is not uncommon and this is where the little 800 Kawi would fall short with 2 of us on it would the older royal star handle that kind of Hwy cruising for a hr or 2 at a time ?. You guys are the know all about the royal stars so any info you would like to share I'd really appreciate, things to look for or avoid anything at all. cheers Karl