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Originally Posted by flybigjet
Good points.
I did a few test rides with a buddy who was in the market for a new bike last year. Both of us felt that the Indian's generally blew the doors of the Harleys in an "apples to apples" comparison.
He ended up getting a (very) lightly-used BMW K-Bike.
I could expand about what I dislike about Harley, but I do hope Indian makes it if for no other reason to provide additional choices in the marketplace-- they're making a nice bike, so it would be a shame to see them get punted.
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I have yet to sample my brother's Super Chief 116 (I earlier incorrectly thought it was a Chietain 112). We've ridden together just once two years ago. It was a quick ride to a family gig, so I didn't have time to ride it. We plan on a few rides soon, so I'll sample it then, if I can tolerate him riding the K - LOL. He likes the Super Chief quite a bit and chose it over a Harley as well. It was able to keep up with my then 24-year-old Valkyrie...
Good news for the Valk, my other brother has now decided he wants to ride it, so a full refurb is underway! It just needs a good scrubbin', brake pads all around, and replacement of the clutch slave cylinder.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."