Well a couple years ago I built a Bagger out of a roadstar 1700 to make it my long distance touring bike. I really loved the bike, it was definitely bad ass, but the vibration was just too much for me to really enjoy doing 2500 - 3000 miles in a weeks time consistently every year. Plus I hated the really crappy turning radius. So I bought a Kawasaki Concours C14 to make it into my long distance bike and kept my roadstar for shorter trips. It was a really great bike also but even after adding pull back risers I was still looking for a bit more comfort and missed having a radio with tunes.
So, I rode a 2015 Road Glide and really liked it a lot. Still had the vtwin rumble around town but because the motor was rubber mounted it didn't vibrate much on the highway at all. I almost bought this bike, and I would have been happy on it, but I really wanted to ride a F6B before I decided on something. I waited about 6 months and finally had an opportunity to ride the F6B, well that was the hook line and sinker!!! Traded in the Concours 14 that day on the B. Drove the B an hour in the freezing cold and had the biggest smile on my face ever by the time I made it home.
After that first ride on the new B, I knew I would never take my roadstar on another trip again (which is what I built it for) so I sold it to a guy that is taking really good care of it. As much as I love my B for the long stretches and country riding I still missed that vtwin rumble around town, so I bought another roadstar 1600 a couple weeks ago just to have around town when I'm not riding the B. I've had a lot of bikes but the F6B is definitely my favorite so far. These are the bikes I've owned in the last 11 or 12 years.
1995 GSXR 750 (sold)
2005 Yamaha R1 (sold)
2000 Honda CBR 600 F4 (sold)
2003 Kawasaki Mean Streak 1500 (sold)
2003 Suzuki SV650 (sold)
2007 Kawasaki Ninja ZX14 (sold)
1998 Honda Magna 750 (sold really cheap lol)
2005 Kawasaki Ninja ZX10 (traded with some $$$ for a trans am)
1999 Honda Magna 750 (sold with the 98 for parts)
2004 Yamaha FZ1 (sold)
2004 Yamaha Road Star 1700 (sold)
1999 Yamaha Road Star 1600 (quick flip, put in a new motor only had it for a couple months)
2008 Kawasaki Concours C14 (traded in for the F6B)
2013 Honda F6B (My current touring bike for country roads and long days in the saddle)
2001 Yamaha Road Star 1600 (my cool ass around the town loud pipes bike lol)
My around the town roadie still a work in progress
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Originally Posted by blueverclear
