after a succession of fast good handing sports bikes Ive decided to try life in the slow lane and bought myself an XR1200 I must be getting old

now all my mates are ashamed to be seen with me

at least I didnt buy a car!!

G'day ZJM

welcome ot the forum

Welcome

Welcome

 

Welcome mate. 

Welcome to the forum,you will enjoy the good info.

I dunno about slow XR. Every now and again I can get around a sportsbike on mine, ok not very often...but it has happened.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome mate

Welcome m8. Slowing down you say.

gday zjm welcome to the forum

XR1200's go mate, put a good rider on one of them and you would be surprised how many jappas would suck Harley fumes. Welcome slowpoke

Its growing on me, the more I ride it the more I like it and there is less chance of getting locked up when you open it up a little bit it

G'day m8 & welcome ...

Welcome, now you own a real bike.

Congrats on getting a real bike.....Welcome to the forum

Ride hard stay well Show them a Harley is better than any Jap bike......=-))

Ive put 4000 ks on it and from what I can tell its quick for a harley and It handles Ok. and I have to say that harley owners are nice people
the best bits on the bike are made in japan (suspension and brakes) , parts are a rip off how about $365 for a spanner to adjust your back shocks (that would be in the tool kit on a jap bike) and the dealers dont want to sell it to you ! who takes their bike to the dealers to bump up the preload
jap bikes are the same price in australia as japan yet harleys are 50 to 60 % dearer here than the US I doesnt cost $6000 to freight a bike from america
harley must have a captive market of people who wont ride anything else and keep coming back for more and pay top dollar too because their bikes are pretty ordinary the build quality is nothing special Im sure they buy that bolt on the steering head from aisle 4 at bunnings
Sy's at liverpool are good people to deal with ,unlike the bad attitude I copped last time I went to frasers they obviously dont like me and my money after they sold me my bike

Welcome ZIM hope you enjoy the forums.

welcome and remember, its not what they ride... its your ride; enjoy