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sport/tour rider

I bought a used 09 with 800 miles as a 2nd bike.I ride a fjr on longer rides.Always loved Yamaha.The bike took a few rides to get used to,forward pegs,long wheelbase.The power is great,sound is just loud enough,balance is light for a 700 lb bike and looks like it should cost double.You feel the bum...ps in the back a bit.I swaped and rode a Victory Hammer and it wasn't even close to the quality or performance.Thought I'd keep it 3 or 4 months,now thinking 2 or 3 years.It's bee a nice change from a inline 4.Yamaha knocked it out of the park.I'll let my friends ride HD,I'll be enjoying my 2 Yamahas. Read Full Review

my 09 raider

im 46 in a few days been riding since 78 legally owned everything just about since. bought my raider couple of weeks ago think its great. i have never paid anything like this for a bike and to tell you the truth im not sure i should have. thought im getting older and would like to ride again. i did ...stop riding for a few years for what ever reason,and couldnt get it out of my mind. i bought a toyota tacoma trd truck in 99 and its been absolutely trouble free it may not be heavy duty steal like we think american products should be but it did really make me think that their is something to be said for this engineering and reliability and what is american made mean anyway with all the parts made elsewhere. nobody has ever paid my bills.if you want to ride and like this style of bike and everyone does you cant do better and who has a bigger better motor? not those little starter bikes like harley davidson. Read Full Review