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| | RatDog | Chaac | | | Reg. Date | : | 09/12/2012 | Posts | : | 516 | Location | : | Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Posted : 02 Aug 2018 - 03:11 Post title : 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness | |
Any takers? Sat on one at a local dealer recently. Bike seemed a bit wider and heftier than say a Street Glide on which I am comfortable. I do like it although I am thinking they could tone down those massive air intakes a bit.
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| Posted : 02 Aug 2018 - 04:29 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: RatDog) | | No thanks, a monstrosity
Each to their own of course.
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| | AZCactus | Taranis | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | Posts | : | 4,524 | Location | : | AZ |
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| Posted : 02 Aug 2018 - 05:19 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: RatDog) | | I'm set though find the bike interesting...electronic upgrades, suspension and 5 year warranty. One thing that doesn't interest me is an air cooled motor (especially in the desert). And price?
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| Posted : 02 Aug 2018 - 07:22 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: AZCactus) | |
AZCactus wrote:
I'm set though find the bike interesting...electronic upgrades, suspension and 5 year warranty. One thing that doesn't interest me is an air cooled motor (especially in the desert). And price? |
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I reluctantly agree about air cooled engines. .....though part of me still thinks that water cooling a motorcycle makes as much sense as air cooling a submarine.
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| Posted : 02 Aug 2018 - 09:51 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: RatDog) | |
RatDog wrote:
Any takers? Sat on one at a local dealer recently. Bike seemed a bit wider and heftier than say a Street Glide on which I am comfortable. I do like it although I am thinking they could tone down those massive air intakes a bit.
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Awfully looking.
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| Posted : 02 Aug 2018 - 12:03 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: Slcharger) | | Not My Cuppa
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| Posted : 02 Aug 2018 - 13:13 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: GerPa) | | I like the wheels.
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| | AZCactus | Taranis | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | Posts | : | 4,524 | Location | : | AZ |
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| Posted : 02 Aug 2018 - 17:24 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: Linkdog) | | ...I kind of like it! I mean features like embedded turn signals in the mirrors, ram air, recessed driving lights and fairing/headlight arrangement (similar to the Triumph concept bagger)...great illumination. But interest dropped off when I read specs: 875 lbs (wet) and 34 mpg (wow)!
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| Posted : 02 Aug 2018 - 23:22 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: AZCactus) | | 100% agree a monstrosity , as you say each to their own but not my cup of tea.
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| Posted : 03 Aug 2018 - 02:51 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: RatDog) | |
RatDog wrote:
Any takers? Sat on one at a local dealer recently. Bike seemed a bit wider and heftier than say a Street Glide on which I am comfortable. I do like it although I am thinking they could tone down those massive air intakes a bit.
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Talk about a Street Glide clone that is probably close to 35k.
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| Posted : 03 Aug 2018 - 09:51 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: PES) | | Those new yammy's are horrid
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| Posted : 03 Aug 2018 - 18:21 Post title : Re: 'Journey Further' Star Eluder by Cory Ness (Re: PES) | | I looked at that machine long before I looked at the Indian.The things I did NOT like about it were: #1-the weight-That machine has to be one of the heaviest ,if not the heaviest,machines on the market,#2- The heat that comes off that 1854CC air cooled motor was unbelievable,and #3,from what I could see,it's a real prick of misery to work on.So thank you,but no thank you.I owned three Ventures before I bought my Tbird,an 83 Standard-1200,a 93 Royale 1300,and then the 99RSV,also a 1300,and the heaviest of the three with a weight of 869 lbs. and was a real bugger to pick up if ya dropped it,which I did twice.But I also traveled well over a half million enjoyable miles on those three machines,200,000 on the RSV alone.However,that first year,1983,was plagued with problems which I encountered but fixed myself. Dave!!!
| Post edited by davetac1 on 03 Aug 2018 - 18:22 |
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