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Originally Posted by Dupo
I say this because the VLX 600 and the Vulcan 500 really are low end CC bikes on todays market. If you want a putt putt bike, then there ya go. Those two are great examples of 'just enough bike' to hit the highway. Easy kinda killed his own ride there ... low top speed and nothing left if needed and, it vibrates.
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"Just enough bike to hit the highway" is exactly what I wanted AND it is what Danny expressed too.......so it would seem that you are trying to push him into something that he neither wants or needs. My VLX runs very smoothly, for a V-twin, at any speed I will ever run it.
With a top speed somewhere around 100, the Vulcan 500 is MORE than adequate for any highway situation. With a top speed somewhere around 80, the VLX is MORE than adequate for my situation where it will NEVER see a "big city" interstate where it is necessary to go over 70.
The last bike I had was a 600 cc 4 cylinder Kaw Eliminator. IT would do 100 with 2 gears left and would top out about 140 (claimed, I never tried that). The size of the engine doesn't necessarily equate to performance......although you persist making a blanket claim that it does as thought it was a fact........which it isn't. The Ninja 250 keeps up with highway traffic quite nicely, as a matter of fact.
You also seem to repeatedly give the impression that anybody who doesn't share your view of the biking world is somehow shortsighted and stupid for not heeding your advice. I find that distasteful.......but that's just my opinion. YOUR opinion is just that, an opinion and it certainly doesn't apply to everybody.