2009 Shadow 750

Great bike! The handling is great, and very smooth shifting (easy to get it in neutral to). I would also like to mention this is my first bike and I couldn't have made a better choice...not too much power where you could get yourself into trouble but enough to easily cruise the highway. The only t...hing thou is the gas mileage isn't so great..about 40 mpg but then it isn't fuel injected. I wish Honda would make a touring version of this bike with fuel injection, gas gauge etc...but in this line you don't get the fuel injection until you step into the 1800. All-in-all you can't loose getting this bike... Read Full Review

I love this bike

I bought the bike without knowing anything about it and I love it. It has good power and handles well. The brakes are good and it looks good. Overall it is a very good bike. Read Full Review

750 shadow

I been ride a sport bike 2008 honda cbr 600rr,and crossed over to the cruiser side. and i love this bike on long distance ride.no more leaning over like a sport bike. took me a little bit to get used to the pedal being in the front other than that. I Love it!
Now i need some pipe to make it loud!! Read Full Review

Best City Cruiser....

OK, been riding bikes for 30yrs and this is my first cruiser... I looked and tried them all, from Harley's, Suzuki's M109R down to the Yamaha V-Star 650. All of them great bikes, but all had something I didn’t like or lacked something I wanted. After just sitting on most of them there was always a &...quot;But", but it's too heavy, but it’s too large, but it’s uncomfortable etc, as I wanted a bike for riding in the city/suburbia and the occasional bit of country riding as well.

And after sitting on the Spirit, as the Goldie Locks said “this is just right” and no "Buts"... This was the perfect sized, mass and comfort for a bike to do what I wanted. And here in Australia the Spirit is fuel injected, and mine gets city riding, 66mpg (Imperial Gallon) or 4.2L/100km which is superb, better than I expected.

It’s low seat height and centre of gravity makes it a dream to ride around town and even at almost zero speed it will stay upright and feel very well balanced and in control. It also handles extremely well on country roads, it’s no sports bike but still very respectable. With its wide ratio gearbox, and very torquey motor, you don’t have to rev it to get more than adequate performance and it’ll pull you out of the corners or from slow speeds in taller gears.

As for comfort, the seat is very good, but I wouldn’t go for extremely long distances on it without a break, as I’m sure you’ll end up with a bad case of botrot after an hour or two in the saddle. I’m 6ft tall and 85kg (187lbs) and find the forward controls just right, if you’re shorter, you should have no problems but if you’re taller, you may start to feel a little cramped for space... I found the handlebar position just right and the controls well placed. I would have liked to have seen the foot brake pedal extended slightly as you have to turn your foot inwards slightly to apply the brake, but no big deal...The fuel tank is just the right size, comfortable and holds about 14 litres which is very good for use around the city, but if you do a lot of highway miles you may have to plan your trip with fuel stops, but you should get close to 200 miles out of a tank before you’d have to get off and start pushing it to the next gas station...

The gearshift is very smooth, a little clunky going into second, but to my surprise I found after my first Oil change (now using Motul 5100 oil) it made the gear changes even smoother and almost eliminated the 2nd gear clunk. Neutral was very easy to find by changing down gears when stopping but could be harder to select at times if you stop in a higher gear (4th or 5th) and then trying to change down to neutral. It would have been nice to have a rear disc brake, but the drum brake does do its job. The Australia version of the Spirit has EFI and is just superb as it just gives the engine a very flat broad power band, nice for city riding. Its rear axle gear is more suited for city use, but still works well on high speed highways...

Overall, it’s a really nice bike that’s extremely well finished, not perfect, but then again is anything...
I would highly recommend this bike to either a first time buyer or someone that wants the cool looks of a roadster cruiser with a long wheelbase, low to the ground, great shape and sized tank and has the looks with 21” front wheel, dual exhaust pipes & mufflers with easy predictable handling especially in city traffic and with low maintenance...
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My first bike

I love my first bike. I was wondering why I took soo long to buy a bike. I looked at several bikes from different companies. The big reason why I brought the Spirit was low seat and feel of handlebars. The ride is not that bounce. This red bike will turn head toward you. Read Full Review