You have to get acquainted with your bike and learn to trust it. It won't happen over night, but the bike is very capable.
Where's the "like" button!
You can check this thread for some more pics from my trip.My Gosh! That's an extreme angle. Nice skills leaning her over. Way to wear out the sides before the center on those tires.
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=3767.15
Of course the weather here is forecast to be crappy. Sunday thru Wednesday, temps in the 50's and rainy. The temps are not so bad, I have gear for that, but the rain isn't much fun for joy rides. So, I've only had time to get 120 miles on the Connie so far. Saturday we took a 65 mile ride on some of the back roads around here and it just gets easier and easier to adjust to. Of all the bikes I've owned, I never felt like any were "the one", but that feeling is there now, the Connie is "the one".Sweet! I feel the same way. It is The One for me.
I'm already thinking about mods (yes, I know, I was told to wait, but it's ok to think about it right?). A larger windshield is definitely needed. I had a National Cycle Switchblade 2 up and home made lowers on my Vulcan, and there was no wind noise and no helmet buffeting. On the Connie stock shield the wind noise is as loud as when I'd take the switchblade off of the 1600, no matter what position I put it in. I usually ride with ear plugs so thats not such a big deal, but having some protection from the wind and weather will be a factor on long rides. With the stock shield in the top position, if I duck my head down just a couple inches, all the noise goes away, so I'm thinking a shield 2-3" taller is all I'll need. In the low position it'll be good for the wind in the face feel, and all the way up will be good for those interstate mile eating legs of the trip. Just having the adjustment option is awesome.
Handlebar risers are the other item I'm going to do right away. I think the ones with the ram mount ball built in so I can mount my gps.
After those 2 items I think I'll be good for a while. We'll see how the seat holds up after some day long rides. At some point I'd like to get a trunk, but for now, I have a soft tail bag that has served me well on my other bikes.
...With the stock shield in the top position, if I duck my head down just a couple inches, all the noise goes away, so I'm thinking a shield 2-3" taller is all I'll need. In the low position it'll be good for the wind in the face feel, and all the way up will be good for those interstate mile eating legs of the trip. Just having the adjustment option is awesome.
Handlebar risers are the other item I'm going to do right away. I think the ones with the ram mount ball built in so I can mount my gps.
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Another cruiser rider trades up to a high-performance super-sport-touring C14. Like PeeWee Herman flying the Space Shuttle - LOL !!
Does anyone consider working their way up the sport bike spectrum? I can't even imagine jumping off a low power, poor handling cruiser right to the ultimate sport-touring bike?
Go Darwin......
I saw that vstream, I think that's what I'm going to get. It's a little wider too. The parts mgr at my dealer has a Connie too, he got the 2" risers and likes them a lot. I think I'm going to get those. ...
I saw that vstream, I think that's what I'm going to get. It's a little wider too. The parts mgr at my dealer has a Connie too, he got the 2" risers and likes them a lot. I think I'm going to get those.Congrats Danl on the new Bike! I see from your T tag that your another Delaware Connie owner,and from your comment about the Service Manager owning one I take it that you bought from Diamond! Good shop!They've always taken good care of me.
Here's some pics, not that anyone hasn't seen this bike before