Comments on: New 2011 H-D 1200 Custom Gets Really “Custom” (Bike Reports) (News)

By: H-D

H-D — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:02:35 +0000

i am only 20 and have a HD 1200 custom and wouldnt trade it for anyother brand of bike. my buddies have foreign bikes but wish they had mine. so HD def. do appeal to the youth. I like to keep my money in america not overseas!

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By: STEVE

STEVE — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:00:03 +0000

I THINK THE TW200 HAS MORE SUSPENSION TRAVEL!!!! AND PROBABLY MORE GROUND CLEARANCE

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By: STEVE

STEVE — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:58:23 +0000

KAWASAKI HAD THEM BEAT WITH THE VULCAN 750! HAHA

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By: kpaul

kpaul — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:49:02 +0000

Great comment Tim. So true

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By: MikeD

MikeD — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:42:25 +0000

I like the Yellow/Black one.
Just not swallowing that “Farm Tractor Tire” of a front tire.
Why not 17″ front and back ? It would give the rider a “really wide spectrum” of tire choices, not to mention better handling.
Oh, wait ! , we are talking about a cruiser here, and not just any cruiser but an H-D. No chance for evolution of The Breed.
Echoing others, the XR1200 was going in the right direction, but they slapped an 18″ hoop on the front, SMALLish tank, that HIDEOUS(for sure made of lead HEAVY) Ducati Exhaust knock off, a steady diet of donuts, milk & oreos and all went down the drain from there.

Keep trying H-D, u could get my attention and money someday.

P.S: If i wanted heavy with benefits i would rather buy a Bandit 1250 ABS and still have some $ to buy an aftermarket can and other bits and pieces.

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By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:54:35 +0000

Short stroke motors like the Ducati DO create more hosepower at the expense of torque and Harley DID with their VROD which I have ridden and which is very nice indeed. Having said that, there is nothing like letting the clutch out on my Nightster and it moves immediately. The whole first two thirds of the throttle is great. And that’s what I want pulling out into traffic. On the highway I would like more horsepower, but, a Harley Superglide twin cam 88 six speed will give you just that. I’ve written to Harley and made the same arguments on various forums. But now that I have ridden my Sportster, I see what it’s about. Cruising through my town on the main drag on my Sportster, people everywhere are watching me cruise and I am enjoying it. Every place I stop, people are chatting about the paint and the Ohlins and the fork gators and so on. It’s a real motor-cycle. Raw. Rough edged. Tractor like. Unrefined. It ain’t French bread! That’s what it’s all about. Try it.

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By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:19:41 +0000

I own a Harley Nightster 1200 and it is all about the motor. I’ve owned many Japanese inline fours, twins and now a Suzuki TU250 single as well. In each gear the Harley pulls like a tractor yanking a stump out of the ground and once settled into a 40 mph glide down a back road there’s a nice rumble that you become part of. I added Ohlins shocks (nice to actually have an engineering mind in the old noggin) so the ride is now nice and smooth. Everywhere I go people are bound to say, “That’s a Sportster? What year?” – If we want something else, there’s lots of else out there. The price is made in USA. And we have choices there too. Style? I agree with innovation. Love what Confederate did, for example. But it is simply not what Harley Davidson is. Look at the Ducati Diavel. That is, the different cruiser with light weight etc. – But, it’s not a Harley.

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By: T. Rollie

T. Rollie — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:35:20 +0000

this is a beautiful idea!

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By: T. Rollie

T. Rollie — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:29:16 +0000

How much do my kids yearn for a beautiful Buick? How many times have I heard, Dad, I really like that Oldsmobile, but I like the Cadillac even more. Harley has a serious youth problem. They need to hope that at least folks in their 40′s start falling in love with a Harley, after they sell their Japanese or European ride. I wish them well. But for the kind of money Harley asks, I’d certainly look at the latest European bikes first…

By: chris

chris — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:49:51 +0000

Wow 2011 and the so called motor company comes out with more obsolete junk,How long are they going to continue to make bikes that were obsolete when they . first came out 50 years ago.They owned a great company in Buell ,but they really screwed them up by not letting Erik comew out with the great designs he had,and in reading all the magazine articles that have been written since HD closed them you come to realize just how stupid harley really is CEO keith Wandell said that harley davidson does not want to be in the adrenalin market.(meaning no sport bikes) Hello Wandell but motorcycles ARE about adrenalin Another ex. is that Harley spent more money on designing the rear fender of the Rocker than they gave Buell for the entire 1125 project.Well i guess when you spend a boat load of money you get a Boat anchor

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