Well I had two 1997 Valkyrie's and loved them both. I have a standard Valkyrie and I had a Tourer that I bought in Cal. about 3 years ago had only 87 miles on it. Under a tarp for 16 years. I seen the F6B during Bike Week here in Phoenix and knew I had to have one. So I sold the Valk Tourer and I sold my Suzuki DRZ 400 dirt bike (I didn't ride that one much anymore) and within a couple of weeks I had my Black F6BD in my garage. I still have the origional Valk standard I bought many many years ago and I will probably always have it but I do love my F6BD!