FIRST Time on a Cruiser! Weirdest Feeling Ever
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- Get your Motorcycle gear @ shop.yammienoo... $1 = 1 Entry to win our giveaway bikes
Join @ yammienoob.co for access to our Discord server and automatic entry to win our bikes
Our best videos: bit.ly/Best-Vi...
Our Best Selling Street Glove: bit.ly/valenci...
------------------------------------------------------------
Best Beginner *Sport* Gear:
Helmet: bit.ly/SS900-H...
Jacket: bit.ly/SS-Savage
Gloves: bit.ly/4SR-Mon...
Boots: bit.ly/Coastal-...
Best Beginner *Dual Sport/ADV* Gear:
Helmet: bit.ly/SS2600-...
Jacket: bit.ly/Hammer-...
Gloves: bit.ly/Firstge...
Boots: bit.ly/AR1-Rac...
Best Beginner *Retro/Classic* Gear:
Helmet: bit.ly/Arai-Re...
Jacket: bit.ly/Armored...
Gloves: bit.ly/4SR-Mon...
Boots: bit.ly/CTA-Lea...
---------------------------------------------------------------
FAQ:
What should my first bike be? A Turbo Hayabusa.
Very funny, no seriously. What should I get? A TURBO BUSA.
What is this channel? The premiere source of motorcycle edutainment (educational + entertainment) on RUclips. We take on everything from the best bikes you should buy all the way to praying to our lord and savior Rossi.
Why should I subscribe? Because you want the highest quality motorcycling videos on RUclips delivered to your feed every single day (seriously, we do daily uploads)
Why do you guys make these list videos? Like any good capitalist, we supply the demand the market has.
Music: amplelife.band...
NOTICE: Elements utilized from other videos are fair use and fall under U.S. copyright law because it is transformative in nature, uses no more of the original than necessary and has no negative effect on the market for the original work. It is against the law to fraudulently claim a copyright on a video you do not own under the DMCA or to abuse RUclips’s copyright claim tool.
Every sport bike rider "First Cruiser Ride Video."
Wow it's big
Oh man hahaha
Holy shit it's so comfortable
*corner*
OH FUCK
lmfao
Jeff Wentz lmao
And then, after surviving the corner ...
Oh man, it accelerates so slowly.
_Gets out on highway_
Whoa ... this thing goes faster than I expected this big fat pig to be !
*1 hour later* WTF did the gas go?
Fills it up and then complains about how much fuel it takes. :D
All bikes are cool and every one has its own vibe
Some have more, ahem, 'vibe', than others though. ;¬)
So my 50cc 2 stroke supermoto with only 4 horsepower (because of the restrictions) is cool? :P
Joel, it's cooler than a Geo Metro.
@@Joel-jl8nn yup
@@Joel-jl8nn its pretty fuckin cool lad
every guy who owns a cruiser is just sitting there with a smile going yerrrrrrrr to everything he says (inc me)
AT 8:42 i passed infront of you im the one in the grey jeep lol i saw you and thought "track gear on a cruiser?" i would've said hi it i knwe that was you
Fernando Rodriguez jeep lyfe brah
Wow you got a nice Jeep :D
Sick jeep man
Feel like you are lying but ok
@@luvaanrooyan2564 oddly specific for him to mention it? I want to belive it if it's true or not so I will
I say we get him on a goldwing lol
StiffPlays Screw it, just go Triumph Rocket 3.
I say a Valkyrie
StiffPlays Is he tall enough?
or an ultra classic
that's a cadillac on two wheels
And this is why I have a cruiser and sportbike, sometimes you want adrenaline, sometimes you just want to cruise. Also they each get you sore in different locations, swapping up is really nice.
I just got a naked bike that can do both without switching the ride. Still need something for offroad, though. Maybe Africa Twin.
Weltenspinner LPs cb500f?? That's the Chef Ramsey of bikes.
You need to try out a VTX 1800
Y have a 1000rr, boulevard and monster
Y like my s1000rr for track days
My boulevard for cruising around
My monster for popping the dankest wheelies of all time..
Ok and fun
I have a CB1000r naked and a 650cc Kawasaki Vulcan. Very different, fun to ride them back to back. The Kawasaki is fun 0 to 75mph, Honda fun from 75 to 150 mph,,,,
The greatest thing about a cruiser is that you can enjoy nature, scenery, and your surroundings. It can be about the ride, not just speed. With all his experience, it's still like an epiphany to him. Lol.
❤yyuuuppoo
You can do that on any bike. The only difference is you have to do it slow and clunky on a cruiser
@@jvillain9946 stop speeding
"Downtown traffic" boi lol
*laughs in California*
“traffic” lol.
laughs in indian
Whats traffic laughs in oregonian
"Actually owning good bikes" lol
*Laughs in thai*
Texas : "you think you have traffic? Hold my Whataburger"
Im from the OC/LA area and I was like "downtown traffic"? gtfo of here lmao
This is coming from a 80' s soul girl, i love cruisers, the faster ones and even the old slow grandpas, i love the aesthetic, the overall feeling
I also love and respect sport bikes with all my heart, i love a little adrenaline rush, but my soul doesn't belong there. I don't feel like it should be a competition, just because I ride a cruiser doesn't mean that I have a bad attitude or that I feel somehow superior to the other types of bikers. You're all amazing humans 🖤
This has got to be my favorite video of yours so far, just because you're so far out of your comfort zone, and enjoying it so much! :)
See, now you know, Motorcycling isn't always about speed.
So, which one of the 7 cruiser riders are you? Lol.
the helium voiced soy boy
motorcycling isn't all about speed, sometimes it's about going fast.
The total outcast..... Japanese Cruiser Guy. :)
The wind in my vagina girly man
@@Mybwain the wind drag on those big ol batwings flapping in the wind. Lol
Gotta get you on a really big cruiser haha, those 1100s are nice but wait till you feel the torque on a Vstar 1700 or a big twin harley.
Two years later but we still need to make this happen.
@@edman79 yeah good luck picking that bike up after dropping it. I hope you don't get crushed when that happens
Gotta love the fact that you two interact. Now let em ride your bike shadetree, and you go ride his! Lol
@@Gangst3r4ever I'm guess you've never actually been on a bike that big or tried to handle it. It's really not that bad...
@@Gangst3r4ever not that hard honestly. It's not any heavier than my k1200rs or 86 vt1100c. You have to actually have technique.. but uprighting a 6-800 lb cruiser can be done by a 130 lb girl.
Yammie: "This thing weighs like 600 God damn pounds"
Me: "Oh so it's a lightweight bike, cool"
Exactly.. let's get him on a full dresser that's heavy enough for reverse.. nothing says comfort like goldwing. Wait till he finds out about real motorcycle cruise control.. not throttle locks.
Right, my Vulcan 2000 is about 800lbs
Bruh my buell weighs like 700
I’m only 17 tho so it’s kinda heavy
Yeah, that's not an accident waiting to happen...
I was thinking the same thing, I ride a vtx 1800
Cruiser riders try sports: Its cool. Not my thing but its cool.
Sports riders try cruisers: Holy shit this is awesome! Where you been all my life? Oh my gawd I need one now!!!!!! So comfy!!!!! arghghghhgjhfdcdxhjrzyiusyh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!
Cruiser riders try to act cool and...
Sport bike riders are just honest....
k😐
That’s because you may love putting a knee down around a corner but no one likes doing it for 30 miles sitting folded up like you are in an air duct trying to escape a prison, while sitting on the equivalent of a bed of nails
@@Grassroots_Hegemon So true... but.. I miss my CBR1000RR :/
um, no.
Yeah umm no. I've tried cruiser and can't stand them. I'm in my 40s and my mid life crisis wont be getting a cruiser, it's when my body wont let me ride a sports or sport cruiser. Stop trying to act like we all secretly want to ride a cruiser. BTW I commute 45 miles a day on a liter bike. Rather be uncomfortable than ride that
Cruisers are awesome. I have a shadow 1100 and I've rode it 7 hours straight comfortably
I love Shadows. I have an '84 VT500C, I've ridden my dad's '06 750 Shadow Spirit, but haven't ridden an 1100. Must be huge.
84 vt500c was my first bike! I miss that thing so much. (I got hit head on by a car. It's totaled) The action Camera died right before it happened too :( The 1100 is a pretty big change from the 500 but once you're going down the road, just like any other bike it weighs nothing and you forget it has twice the displacement. Super comfortable ride
My son has an 1100 Spirit. Great bike that does everything mine does. He lives in Cocoa, FL and I live in Lansing, MI. We ride back and forth a lot. Sometimes meet up in NC. My profile pic is during one of our rides in GA 2013.
TristateRider how many km or miles did you get on a tank ? In 7 hrs ? I'm planning my first long distance trip
about 43 mpg (18kpl)
I typically fill up every 120 miles (190km) and use about 3 gallons. (11.3L) 4.2 gallon capacity so 1.2 gallons left or 4.5L
I've taken mine on a few road trips 700 miles (1127km) long and it did great the whole time. I would recommend it
"our roads are big and straight"... Bless your heart, you should come to the northeast.
Ha, ha! I used to think my sport tourer was perfect safe fun for the twisties in CT...after bottoming out the suspension a few times and picking my kidneys out of my boots, I understand why my next bike must be an adventure bike. Well, that, and the necessity of navigating dirt roads and gravel driveways on occasion...
All you guy's should come and try the roads in New Zealand! I've seen a few vids on Y.T about riding the 'twisties' in the U.S HA!!! check my vids for REAL twisties.
Matthias Weiss+ you know it and after the winter the roads get a bunch of deep holes and cracks
Liberals can't build straight roads. The west coast is just as fucked up as the northeast.
You should come to fucking Europe man, our roads are like your pavements
That first reaction is like when I first rode my buddy's Harley with forward controls.
"WHERE THE FUCK DO I PUT MY FEET? Oh...."
Then again, he had a similar reaction when he took my Aprilia out. He'd only really been on low-rev cruisers so he kept short shifting, and was scared to get much over 5-6k RPM. Once he hit it hard and knew what it was like to bang through gears at 10k rpm and come down hard as shit on the brakes, he just said "I get it. I get it now; I don't need this."
After all the friendly shit talk, it was kind of funny.
SkuzzyJ same thing when I switched to sport tourers from a Harley. I spent a week trying to stick my feet up front and missing the rear sets miserably. I found where they went eventually. 😂
+SkuzzyJ So even his first bike was a cruiser?
RaphaelLee Peters
His first bike was a Sportster that had factory mid controls that he switched out for forwards. That bike got totaled and is now on the lift in my garage waiting for a rebuild.
SkuzzyJ I'm sorry for your friend. I hope the bike gets fixed soon! :)
The owner seems a real nice enthusiastic guy.
Cruisers rock! I have a V Star 650 and love it to bits. It's my first bike and my first time on a sports bike was a weird experience as well.
Yammie noob I watch your videos all the time. If you are ever in Connecticut I have a 2016 Harley street Bob you can take for a test drive. 500cc more than the Yamaha in this video and totally worth a review
6:23 - New favorite Yammie quote
along with the rev
I give you props for being a sports bike rider and giving a cruiser a chance instead of just dismissing them. It is comfortable but if you want comfort get on a Gold Wing.
I was talking to my teacher today and he said you ride motorcycles? I said yea. He said motorcycle riders are good organ donors🤔😂
Dylan_F302 remind him that he is poor.
DyF125 how old are you? I know that sounds weird I just want to know when I can get a bike
Tell him to fuck off... after you pass your class.
@@SV-pp9ub look into your state/countrys laws 🤦🏼♂️
But in the usa all 50
16 is the norm....
drivinglaws.aaa.com/tag/motorcycle-licenses/
Bro when I picked up my motorcycle license from the dmv the lady behind the counter just went ahead and marked me down as an organ donor shes like "you woulnt be needing those much longer"
Lol. You feel american on a japanese cruiser.
Eskimo227 It's not "sad" to admit, it's simply true. For pretty much every type of vehicle, there's always a Japanese made model that will hold up with the rest.
Curtis Lenox
True, but they can still be seen here making something that passes visually as an American made product.
Young ADV Yeah I knew Japanese cruisers are just as good as their American counterparts, but I just thought it was funny how a Japanese bike made him feel American.
I_Am_Sam and they really aren't as good... they are a bit downmarket in most people's eyes, and are a bit agricultural in application and sound. I personally have never laid eyes on ANY metric cruiser and said 'Wow! I got to have that!' It's more like, ' Well... I only have 2000 bucks to spend. This Virago doesn't look like too much of a piece of shit. I'll take it!'
Curtis Lenox Most people here don't view them as being as good as harleys, just because of Harley Davidson's "heritage." but there isn't a single Harley i'd trade my shadow 1100 for, at any budget.
the real coutch on wheels is the honda goldwing
My Indian vintage 111 is even smoother
This is hands down the best sportbike rider review of a cruiser on RUclips. There was no snarky, snotty, insulting or derogatory comments while still saying it just isn't your thing. I appreciate that. Consider me subscribed.
the crazy thing is, that isn't even a big cruiser! I love your videos dude, and hearing someone downshift a cruiser is hilarious.
Why, I do it all the time beating around on my 103 StgreetGlide! just because it's a big cruiser doesn't mean you can't have fun!
Thanks for having an open mind and trying. Glad you enjoyed the ride!!
Somebody is not using his indicators.
literally your best vid so far. Love this. you are so out of your element and it's great.
Nobody:
Every single sportbike youtuber on a cruiser: It's like a couch on wheels
try to ride some 2-stroke supermotos? i wanna see your opinons on them. let me know if you ridden them?
***** well give it s try :D it's a lot of fun :)
One stroke isn't enough and four strokes wastes two.
Try and ride maybye a old two stroke sportbike? Suzuki RGV250, Aprilia RS250, Honda NSR250. They are meant to be mental af.
You should totally give them a go! It would also be pretty cool if you could test 125cc 2-strokes. Like Honda NSR 125 or Aprilia RS 125
Have a Suzuki MArauder 125. They are awesome and looks big compared to other 125's but the heavy frame makes them breathless at 50mph. You can go 60 if you are on a flat road... If you are stuck in the UK, dont put much into one and get yourself a full licence and buy a big fat one later.
Huraani for us stuck in the UK
The cruiser bug is on to you now hahaha! Welcome to the club!
I’m from Kentucky and I always watch all these videos (or when we travel out of state) and it is amazing how straight the roads are. Here you can’t make it 200ft before there’s a turn. So many hills and twists.
Hey Yammie, im new to this channel and i subscribed about a day ago, just want to say you are awesome. I'm happy i found this channel :)
Yammie, you ride a cruiser for a week or two your love it. on my second cruiser had it for 2 years already done 28000 miles.
even lane splitting is easy. there good bike's to load-up & just take off on.
respect for giving it a go. a lot are put off by the size
It's funny this guy is the first that you've shown that is so enthusiastic about his bike. I guess I'd be the same way if someone asked to try my bike and vlog on it. But I ride a busa so everyone is scurred...
602_Busa Busa is no H2.
Agreed. But a Busa can still scare the pants off you.
Come on you get use to the blobby looks in the end !
It's a big old girl but can ride not to bad in a supertanker come
speedboat kind of way ,,,,joke
602_Busa Busalife brah!
Me and my Honda shadow 650 appreciate you trying cruisers, my favorite way to sit for hours. Rode for 8 hours on the thing through the beautiful mountains of West Virginia and it was the best time I’ve ever had
Every time i watch the Yamster it makes me wanna ride out
I have that bike, and it's my first bike. I love it. It is comfy. With no road trip experience, I rode 100 miles on it before I had to stop and stretch. Just cruising for DAYS
That being said: I can tell you're being cautious here, but it really can handle way better than you'd think, even at low speeds. It feels sketchy, but it is really pretty hard to put it down unless you just really have no idea what you're doing
3:57 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID
4:06 "Stop, stop, stop!"
Very glade to see you enjoy a big boys bike. I ride a VTX 1300 C, about 700 lb. Very smooth down the road.
I love cruisers more than any type of bike, even though i owned alot of other types of bikes, but cruisers just fit my lifestyle more, im 20 and i got a harley fatboy and i love it and i love all cruisers tbh, theyre comfortbale, sporty, luxurious and the sound is just eargasmic
I'm actually picking up this same bike from a friend next month. Such a fun ride!
Glad to see you're back on the road again man!
+Yammie Noob you should try the Ducati XDiavel. It feels equally weird but is super fast like a jet plane.
I'm a cruiser guy. I feel weird on a sports. I love the comfort, the low Bwraaap of the engine. The classic looks is what got me into them. I love timeless things. Speed and acceleration, don't attract me much... I like to ride for hous... ONly drawback is I live in the UK and I'm stuck on a 125 cruiser Suzuki Marauder with 12 horsepower until I can get my "full Big Bike licence". That's an extra £1000 man...
"... like a couch on 2 wheels."
Still laughing
My dad owned this bike and rode it all over just before he passed. Hearing that sound again is a wonderful thing. Always loved cruising on that thing.
“I FEEL SO GOD DAMN AMERICAN”
“YEAAAAAAHHHHHHH”
Yo Yammie, back in the day (before you were born) I tried a 1982 Honda Magna. Good motor but the cruisish posture sucks. Have you heard the history of why cruisers sit feet first and sport bikes lean forward? It has zero to do with the efficacy of sport bike posture and everything to do with horse riding styles pre-motorcycle.
If a sport bike was a Ferarri, this would be a lowrider
Bob Smith I think you mean a muscle car
Lowrider would be a cafe racer maybe
A big wheel chopper is a low rider
Slap some ape hangers on it and you're right. Odelay homes.
I used to be strictly sport bikes buuuuuuuut once I bought a cheap Honda Shadow it was a game changer and I now love being ever so comfortable.
I love cruisers, and most of my bikes were cruisers❤️❤️ and i own a honda vtx 1800N which i love to death💯❤️
This made me smile so much because it reminds me of the first day I owned my first bike, which was a Honda shadow ace 750
i wear sport gear on a cruiser...
Would do the same thing , when i am too old to ride a real bike.
+ZhongDe 95 Cruisers are real bikes. Just because they're not your preferred version of a motorcycle doesn't make them any less "real" or cool. ALL motorcycles are cool, fun and "real", depending on what type of riding you're into. A true motorcyclist knows this. Posers like you are nothing more than flash in the pan wannabes who ride one type of bike until it's no longer cool within your group of friends and then move on to the next hobby. Go back to riding the couch with your PS4 or XBox
mmastert2 Goddamnit, cant make a friendly joke without upsetting atleast 1 person. I know that cruisers are "real" bikes, I rode one. Also, its more common for cruisers to ride in groups and pose in europe, then it is for Sport bike riders.
On second, be mad, it amuses me. Go ahead and be a keyboard warrior, bitching about other people bitching.
Have a good day sir.
In my defense My Honda Magna has a de-tuned VFR engine lol
Ive owned CBRs, ninjas, and i have a vstar at the moment, id own one of each type of bike if i could, one for each mood. All bikes are good bikes. And as for the gear i wear cruiser esque stuff on sportsbikes and sportsbike stuff om cruisers, whatever i feel like at the time. Dont worry about it dude haha. Do whatever you want to at the end of the day bro.
I have the smaller version as my first bike. Same size frame (I think) and 650cc engine. I like what you said "you can take in the world around you" that's what I appreciate about my cruiser. Good thing to take a chick on and just enjoy the ride + scenery. I want a sport bike next to have some fast fun 😉
I wasn't comfortable when I rode cruisers, the feet being in front bothered me soooo much...
I am the same way man. I like the position of sports, naked, and adv so much more than the cruisers.
The same, though I probably got a bad taste as the first cruiser I rode was a H-D Sportster 1200C, so had the pegs WAY out front. The torquey motor was nice, but the handling was vague as fuck and my hands were tingling after only about 5 minutes on the bike, and this was a newer rubber mounted motor.
my first cruiser ride was a sportster 883 with the pegs directly under the seat. The seat was so low, the handlebars so far forward, that I was sitting in a squat. Very uncomfortable. The bike had no power and the pegs were huge and not sprung, so if you bumped them with your feet, they would not return back down... so annoying...
the second was the big monstrous victory cruiser with the batwing up front. The thing was too damn heavy! Too heavy for old men with weak knees!
The foot platforms were SOLID! that means if they scraped they wouldn't move... The feet were so forward, that it made me feel unstable riding slow together with the steering head being so far away, the handlebars swooped back making even the slightest steering adjustment be this huge arm movement. Not impressed...
The third cruiser I rode was some HD dyna something or another. The power and torque was comparable to the FZ-09's but not as brutal. (even tho the fz-09 has a waaaaay waaaay smaller engine) This bike accelerated nicely, and even stopped nice too! but the stupid feet platforms... Even the least of inspired turns would make me scrape the damn things... and here's the worst part. I was taking a swooping turn at highway speeds, very minimal lean, when I hit a bump. I was bumped off the seat and because my feet were not located anywhere under my center of gravity, my butt landed off the seat. I had to pull myself from the handlebars to get back on the bike...
And to top it all off... it somehow melted my boot...
This year I'm going to the LongBeach motorcycle demo show and try every cruiser I can get my hands on... I'm going to pick them to pieces... I will first want to demo ride the FZ-10 tho.... :D
I liken it to personal choice in other activities like horse back riding or canoeing. Some people like an English saddle that is small and light and requires constant good riding position. Others like a big heavy western saddle where it's OK to just plop your self in that big chunk of leather and cruise the land. In canoes I can never sit up on the seat. I feel unbalanced with no bracing or control, so I always kneel and spread my knees out to grip the hull when I want to get moving for real, even though at my age my ankles go numb - the price to pay.
So cruisers make me feel less in control than a sport bike position. Like sitting in a patio lounge chair.
All the weight is on the seat too so that initial feeling of comfort comes at a price of developing lower back problems because you can't distribute the weight to the tank or the feet.
I Have never rode a sport bike before :/ So bet that would be weird
I started on cruisers. Im more of a street bike person now. But my favorite cruiser is the yamaha vstar
I have the 650cc one love those vance and hines cruzer pipes 👍💣💥
I turned my vstar into a bobber and I recently got an FJ-09. I owned a Rocket 3 for a while, gobs of torque. The Rocket 3 is a definite conversation starter at every gas station, they are rare around here! If you get a chance to ride one go for it!! It's always the one bike I wish I still had
thats why i got my shadow i tried multiple cruisers before i bouht mine, it was the most comfortable one ^^
Yo I LOVED YOU IN THIS VIDEO, MAN. You were SO cool in this video. I must say that I love your preference (bias) to Speedsters, don’t change that. This take that you had in this cruiser video, was so awesome by that. Give us more cruiser vids in this way, much more, and don’t change this. Give us a new genre with you !! Thanks. Just wanted to say that.
I cringe when people ask if a bike is a harley.. and it clearly doesn't look close..
SneakyWeasel Channel awwww, do you? That blows
To the average shmoe on the street, all cruisers look about the same.
What are you a fucking car guy
Glad your feeling better Yammie. congrats on your FZ. I love my FZ, your going to love yours too.
After you ride the Triumph Rocket III, try the Yamaha VMAX VMX17!
No try and find a old air cooled BMW boxer even the local "bike" cops
kept crashing them when got them as a modern update for the Triumphs and
Nortons been on for years Long travel front forks torque reaction from the
shaftdrive massive when "crack" it open in a low gear out a bend ,time to retrain and learn Ze Master race way of riding fast ok quick no more riding
the wheels of it , and not to mention the wobble and weave at odd speeds with tyre (with a y) wear , A good time be a speeder on a semi decent bike
till they got the K series flying bricks ,Now lets see Mr Yammie i can down
shift hustle on of them down the bendy bits .sounds fun to me
For a long daily commute, a cruiser or an adventure bike are probably the best choices.
You're basically the only non-douchebag bike channel.
walterrific? Love the username.
you should check out royaljordanian awesome british dude
Walterrific?
check RidingWithTom
But what about Snowfag? sorry I meant Snowcat
I miss having a sportbike for canyon carving, but for general transportation as well as joyrides, cruizer is the way to go.
another japanese cruiser bro convert in 3.. 2..
I can COMPLETELY RELATE! I just rode my friends Honda Shadow a while back, and yeah, you definitely get the giggles from riding it, these cruisers are just so fun, chilled and comfy.
I feel so God damn American! Guy is on a Yamaha...
MrPanangelo A Yamaha modeled after a big American bike.
Yammie pointed that out many times in the same breath, to be fair.
What's more American than buying Japanese?
Harley’s suck.
Actually vstar is american. Do a little homework before vomitting words that are not fact.
this is my first bike. Sure its heavyer and less manoeuvrable, but In Quebec there are more potholes than ashphalt on the roads so the extra weight helps with stability!
A Triumph Rocket 3? Why, I happen to have just purchased one over in Ft. Worth on Saturday. There are only three words for it:
*HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.*
After a CBR600 F4i then a Busa for a few years, I wanted more comfort but didn't want to give up speed. Ended up on a gen 2 VMAX and love it. Ride one when you can, Yammie!
You really should try the royal enfields.
Love my 05 Fatboy cvo. Done the sport bikes. Not my thing. I am a little older now and just want to kick back, relax and cruise. But the 103 screaming eagle will give me power if I want it. Good vid. Nice to hear the other viewpoint.
i still have trouble with right turns on my cruiser
Try taking a rider course. All you need is technique and you can get some really tight turns.
shisno314 I did that's how I got my license
I’m not a cruiser boi but I do like the body work of the Harley street, I’m not gonna deny it, that is a thing of beauty.
Hello Yammie! :D
I bought my first motorcycle today! It's a Yamaha TZR 125! (I'm only 16 so I can't get anything bigger than a 125)
Yeah, it is a bit old but it's cool and it was really cheap. :)
What do you think? ^^
Guzten2 any ride is good...welcome to the family,stay safe out there 😎
Guzten2 the TZR 125 was a good ride back in the day. take it easy & have lot's for fun
Thanks, feels good to have joined the family. :)
Enjoy, and always come home and live to ride another day!
Oh yeah I’m 15 about to turn 16 and I’m ready to join the fam
Glad that you Rode a V-Star 1100 they are a Great ride Low center of gravity great Balance Loved Mine rode to Michigan ,Fla ,Ark and Ok still own her she is my second ride now Ive gone to her Big Sister a 07 Stratoliner Fantastic Cruiser for cross country
you should try riding an electro glide
Z-Army Is that a Vibrator?
+Homefront AHAHAHAHAHA
I got this bike's little brother back in September, a 2002 Yamaha Vstar 650 in black. I had been on dual sports for years and it took me a while to get used to the cruiser's lower center of gravity and riding position. That, and the floorboards. Absolutely love it. Thanks for posting.
I have the 650 too (2001) but I replaced the boards with pegs.
You think THAT is comfy? Get on a VanVan 200 that thing is like a Barca-Lounger on knobbies bro!
I got to ride one when I took the MSF, they are stupid fun for being such small displacement motors. I wouldn't buy one to commute on, but for shits&giggles in your neighborhood, they'd be a great little bike.
V-Stars are like boats dude, fantastic smooth bikes, my buddy bought one as his first bike brand new and I have to say I love it! Fun to watch you try it out.
AH HAAAAAAAH! "It is so comfortable..." But seriously you need to ride a GOOD modern cruiser. The Star bikes are bulletproof but terrible examples for a a rider like you. Better suspension, better breaks, better handling it's all there with the comfort. You need to get your hands on a Dyna or Scout ASAP!
Even a good suspension can help. My 'Shadow ACE has a Progressive Suspension and is both more comfortable and better handling than my Honda PC800 (except for cornering speed, of course, since the cruiser can't lean as far). The opposite should be true!
Scouts have terrible suspension, Dyna might be ok they tend to be the least bad handling of the non V-Rod H-Ds, though H-D brakes tend to universally suck. Maybe try something like a Vulcan 900 or if you can find one a Yamaha Warrior.
mrvwbug44 ye scouts n octanes are fucking awesome aside from suspension
You need to try one of the modern HD touring bikes with Brembo brakes and linked braking.
+1 for scouts. That’s what I ride, I’m in love with it.
seeing you pass right by all of these places where I live is so wild to me
somebody needs to build a harley with a 1 liter V8. now that would be the most american bike ever.
nah.... a v8 diesel. 3 liter.
Arch Motorcycles. 2343 cc engines
Fuck it, dump a cummins in.
Time for an LS swap
My favourite vlog of yours so far. (Not just because I ride a Yammie V-Star). You should get out of your comfort zone like this more often and allow yourself to react to the new bikes and new surroundings. Really good stuff.
yammienoob- now go ride a road king with a heated mustang seat? It will make that bike feel like a toy. No kidding, they're comfy! I rode my RKing 293 miles straight without a single stop and could of kept on going except I needed gas and something to drink. Was anyone else yelling at him to kick his legs straight out, lean back, and enjoy the ride?
You should try out a 83-86 Honda V65 Magna. Its a sporty take on a cruiser chassis. Wicked fast and can hang with sport bikes in most turns.
If African-American can be called a race, why is American considered a nationality? Also wondering what makes a bike American?
Chug chug maybe ?
Because for some reason, "USAian" doesn't sound great.
African- American refers to People, a specific people.
"American" refers to the conglomerate in the "melting pot".
.
American bikes were mostly V-Twins for many decades.
It's considered american because it's mostly popular in the states, firstly made in the states, and the bike itself might not be american but was modeled after an American bike.
Because black man in the wrong county is racist
The comfort is why I got a cruiser as my first bike this year. Low end power and it is just for fun to ride for me than a sport bike.
I mean... it’s a *Cruiser* there guy. LOL!
Oh! And if some of you out there aren’t familiar with the DFW area, but you’ve heard of Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina... DFW is about a thousand times worse. For example: instead of spans of what seems to be woodland between the most metro portions of RDH, in DFW it’s just lightly less metro, but still urban. It eats your soul (and suspension) as you drive through it. Wicked cool bridges, though!
While a sportbike is supposed to be slowed using both brakes, but most powerful comes from the front, cruisers are different. You can main the back brakes
My dad has the 650 of this bike. I practically grew up on this bike. I have so much love for cruisers because of this.
Nah, you need to try out a Triumph Rocket III Roadster. All the face-melting torque you can ever dream of with the acceleration of a sportbike, and the insurance cost of a cruiser. It contains the largest production engine - 2294cc.
It’s odd to see cities without heavy traffic because I’ve only ever lived in rural areas and all the movies and tv show city traffic as absolute hell
Literally just bought my first bike. Yamaha Vstar 1100 custom. Love it so far
I've always been a cruiser guy but I appreciate what a sport bike is and what it can be used for. I ride a 1987 Yamaha virago 1100 it's the predecessor to this bike and I love that bike it's awesome and it gets up and goes it's quick
I had a VStar 1100 Custom. If you think that bike is comfortable, you should try a Road King. More power too. I'm on a 1200 Sportster now. It's a nice balance between comfortable and handling.