Ducati Monster Forum

 Ok, my new wife and I just made the third pmt. on our new Yamaha V-star 950 tourer. I never thought I would own a bagger. I was looking for something a lil more "fun" that could accomodate a passenger and luggage. We also wanted something she could ride (yes she rides  [drool]).
Bringing it home for the first time was a new experience , Its been a long time since I've rode anything other than a sport bike. You dont squeeze your knees, you dont slide off the seat while turning and parts drag the asphalt a lil sooner (scared the sh!t outta me the first time). After about 1500 miles on it I actually like it. Its comfortable, turns incrediblly tight in a parking lot, is awesome at slow speeds and can keep up with my friend's Harley.
But every time I sit on it I can't wait till i go back to New York so I can bring my Monster down to Florida.

pics or it didn't happen  ;D

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Thats Susan and Me
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and thats the new ride. I hope i did this right

Nope

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obv, no spaces in the img tag

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This is susan and me

woohoooo!  [beer]

LOL thanks  [drink]

nice bike, btw  :)

Thanks

 Nice pics! Just a little tip, though, if you have any doubt about how your post will look, there is a preview button next to the post button that will let you see it before you post it. I use it a LOT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI)

Oh, you said bagger. My bad.

Your wife is beautiful!   [thumbsup]

The bike, well...  :-\

 ;D

Here's my ugly bagger:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/pompino/DSCN2510.jpg) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/pompino/media/DSCN2510.jpg.html)

Thanks DucHead, I wanted something more like your bagger, but this was easy on the wallet and Susan can reach the ground easilly

Congrats! Enjoy you two up travels [Dolph]

Awesome!  New bikes are always fun as is a wife that enjoys riding as much as you (mines getting there).  You know what the best thing about baggers are?  It gives you a place to stick your GoPro to for some killer shots  ;D

This was taken from my Yamaha bagger (2004 FJR)

(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r212/moore_clan/1000504_10201647186077437_810270515_n_zps15ae039d.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/moore_clan/media/1000504_10201647186077437_810270515_n_zps15ae039d.jpg.html)

 [evil] Awesome pic dark_duc, I dont think i can get that much lean angle without scraping the foot boards.

Never been a better sentence to sum up my loathe for cruisers, baggers, etc. ;)

I now live in Florida, i havent found any twisties yet  :( And my Monster is still in New York.

The wife and I may be moving to FL ourselves if a job she's after comes through...while I will be super stoked to leave the miseries of winter in OH behind, the flatness that is FL is something I won't be too thrilled about. :(

If you're moving to FL, just buy a cruiser. Truly, there are absolutely no roads that I enjoyed riding on. The very few twisties were always packed.

So Diavel then for FL?

The Diavel handles surprising well, but yeah, something that is more comfortable than the Monster.

I figured that if I had to have a cruiser then might as well go all the way. They're a $30,000 bike here though, but buying used with the Termi kit would be cool. At least they don't weigh 600lbs, handle well, brake well, have safety features and incredible power.

Just checked. Used with very low miles for under $20,000.

I would have liked something like the Diavel, But We picked up the Yamaha brand new for less than $9,000. The low seat height makes it easy for Susan to ride it. Those were two of the biggest factors as to why we got the Yamaha.