Yea we have some carb issues to sort on it, but it is good to know that it should be smoother running. Neither Javier or I know any one in the area with one to use as a measure of how they should run. My NH750 with its 75 HP would eat this thing for lunch in a drag race, so if it is supposed to have 98 HP it should be pulling a lot harder. We just figured that it was meant to be a "chug on down the road" type of bike.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:35 PM, [email protected] <[email protected] > wrote: > Much like my gl1200. But mines not thumpy and rated at 98 hp > --- Sent with mail@metro, Real Life Real Time Mobile --- > > > ---Original Message--- > From: [email protected] > Sent: 10/6/2011 9:31 pm > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] I got to ride Javier's GL1200 tonight- Ride > report > > While I hate the handle bars, and the fact that the engine gets in the way > of putting your feet down when you go to stop. I have to say over all I > liked it! The engine is kind of wierd feeling especially at idle, it is > thumpy like a V-twin but not quite. Actually the engine reminds me of my > old > Karmann Ghia, which shouldn't be much of a surprise. It doesn't have much > horsepower, but the torque is good and it is happy as a clam to just put > around at 2k-3k RPM, and if you keep it in a good power band it can roll > out > fairly well. But the thing that struck me by surprise is how nimble it is > to > ride. At a stop it feels heavy and cumbersome, but once your rolling down > the road it is as smooth as butter, and I took some pretty twisty roads, > and > never hit the brakes, it just swooshes right on through them. The > ergonomics > are nice though the handlebar placement made my shoulder hurt a bit within > a > half an hour ride, also the handlebar placement made it impossible for me > with my long legs to use the highway pegs. With a different set of bars > that > make you sit more upright I think I could really dig having one of them. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
