I was at a motorcycle event this weekend that as predominantly HD attended. I saw a black Gen II C14 and decided to check it out. The owner saw me and came over to the bike. He looked at me with a smile and said "Too smooth, too fast, and too powerful for you." I smiled back and said "From a guy with an inferior, speed limited, wrong color, Gen II?" He replied "You must have a Neutron Silver Gen I." Funny stuff...
When I was first shopping for my C14, I was at my local kawasaki dealer, and really checking out the bike. I was seeing first hand the many things that I seen on the internet about these great bikes. The salesman finally came over and I asked to sit on the bike. After about minute, he looked at me and said "I hope you know that this isn't a beginner bike". I simply looked at him and said "nor is my Vmax sitting outside". His surprised look was priceless as he chewed on his foot. To say the least, he didn't get my money, and to this day, I still won't open my wallet there.