New Honda Motorcycle
Two posts in one day? Holy crap!
Call it maturity, immaturity, growing old, too much free time or just plain frivoloity but I (finally, after 3 weeks waiting for the title) brought home the 2006 Honda Shadow Aero tonight. I'm keeping the SV for rides in the mountains with friends and the cruiser will be for rides around town and with the wife as riding 2up on a sportbike really isn't that fun. The retro looks of this thing helped me make my decision and the killer deal I got certainly didn't hurt either.
It's got short pipes and what basically amounts to larger direct air intake. It's loud as shit and I'm pretty sure some parts of my body are numb from the vibration. It's got nothing above 70mph but I can't really see needing to go above that on a cruiser. The interesting thing about is it's actually pretty nimble. Hip movements have a much larger effect than I would have thought given the weight but I suppose the extremely low seat height and center of gravity is what does it. I'm convinced cruiser guys are nuts because everyone I spoke too said a 750 wouldn't be enough and it certainly seems plenty quick for me.
The first item of note is taking off the retarded saddle bangs and installing the money Corbin I got for half price.
~click for bonus exhaust flame clip~
Update (4/5) - Added link to better pics below.
Call it maturity, immaturity, growing old, too much free time or just plain frivoloity but I (finally, after 3 weeks waiting for the title) brought home the 2006 Honda Shadow Aero tonight. I'm keeping the SV for rides in the mountains with friends and the cruiser will be for rides around town and with the wife as riding 2up on a sportbike really isn't that fun. The retro looks of this thing helped me make my decision and the killer deal I got certainly didn't hurt either.
It's got short pipes and what basically amounts to larger direct air intake. It's loud as shit and I'm pretty sure some parts of my body are numb from the vibration. It's got nothing above 70mph but I can't really see needing to go above that on a cruiser. The interesting thing about is it's actually pretty nimble. Hip movements have a much larger effect than I would have thought given the weight but I suppose the extremely low seat height and center of gravity is what does it. I'm convinced cruiser guys are nuts because everyone I spoke too said a 750 wouldn't be enough and it certainly seems plenty quick for me.
The first item of note is taking off the retarded saddle bangs and installing the money Corbin I got for half price.
~click for bonus exhaust flame clip~
Update (4/5) - Added link to better pics below.
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