I did get a chance to ride it and another VTX 1300 I was looking at. I think the 1300C is the more practical bike, but I did like the 1800C as well. Practical in that how often will you ever need 1800cc of power? That's not really my riding style. I liked the size of both bikes. If they made a 1300 or 1800 Nighthawk we wouldn't even be having this conversation.
The inline 4 is a "smoother" ride than the V-twin VTX, but there wasn't that much shaking and rattling going on. I like the lots of torque, the bikes had a lot of pull. The bike didn't feel heavy at all. The seller bought the Suzuki M109 because he thought he wanted one earlier and missed the special financing sale the last time. When it came around again, he jumped on it. He said the Suzuki is geared/tuned higher so it responds faster to the throttle than the VTX, but he prefers the riding position of the VTX better. He said if he wasn't financing the Suzuki he would have probably gone back to the VTX. I really like the bike, the high amount of miles is a concern, but I am confident that regular maintenance has been done on the bike. I'm going to take it to a dealer for a once over before buying. Any thoughts on what I should offer for this bike? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
