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Tourer
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New Mexico | Although Harley Wide Glide is #1, Judge and Indian Chief Classic made respectable showings.
Really surprised Vision isn't listed. Here or in their 'Top 10 Touring' list. Cross Country Tour made that one.
http://www.motorcycle.com/top10/top-10-best-cruisers-for-tall-peopl...
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Cruiser
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Belding Michigan | I have ridden all but two of these and let me tell you, there was a saying about clothes a few years ago "you can be tall or you can be big but your not supposed to be both". I can tell you for a fact the only bike on this list that sits anywhere near comfortable for big and tall guys is the Suzuki Boss but at 805 CC that it is woefully under powered to pull my butt down the road. I guess the guy who wrote this was not all that tall and measured ergonomics do not tell the whole story. My Vision is the only bike that is comfortable for a ride to town and across the state I would love to make the cross country trip to proved it there too but that will have to wait.
From a man that is 6'10" and 400 lbs
Archie |
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Cruiser
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Marietta, GA | I haven't ridden any of those but I'm 6 ft 6 and 350 and very comfortable on my Vision. |
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Of course the Vision wasn't listed here. A Vision is a Full Touring bike not a cruiser. |
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Tourer
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Akron Ohio area | XRsteve - 2013-09-10 12:58 PM Of course the Vision wasn't listed here. A Vision is a Full Touring bike not a cruiser. Yep. They are comparing CRUISERS, says so right in the title. |
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Cruiser
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Henlow, Bedfordshire, England | There seems to be a few top 10s and not all about tall people -
http://www.motorcycle.com/top10/top-10-touring-motorcycles.html
http://www.motorcycle.com/top-10
Edited by uknessie 2013-09-10 8:38 PM
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | motorcycle.com is blind, canam spyder ISN'T a motorcycle and the multisrada isn't a touring rig.......... |
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Visionary
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | I'm sorry, but math does not equal comfort. There is no such thing as a soft tail that fits a person over 5'10", The judge is the most cramped feeling cruiser that Vic ever made, and the Wide glides have a big air leaner on one side, and a horn on the other. So for it to be comfy; you better be bow legged as well as tall |
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Tourer
Posts: 466
Grand Cane, LA | The earlier Judges do feel cramped but the '14 Judgeis a little more stretched out when you compare the two. The new Judge is more like the Meanstreak I use to have after I had put 4" Mapam forward controls on it. The Judge is the bike Kawasaki should've made before they quit making them and they would have sold a lot more of them. Disappointed a lot of Meanstreak owners when they went and made the 900 custom to replace it. It's what made me start looking for a new bike and I got my Vision. Almost pulled the trigger on a Hammer but talked myself into a tour bike instead. |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | bigfoot - 2013-09-10 12:53 PM
XRsteve - 2013-09-10 12:58 PM Of course the Vision wasn't listed here. A Vision is a Full Touring bike not a cruiser. ?Yep. ?They are comparing CRUISERS, says so right in the title. ? ?
Cruisers, Touring, Crotch Rocket, MiniBike, Huffy, Schwyn -
EVERY article on comfort, no matter what, should include the Vision!!
Edited by Boots 2013-09-11 10:52 PM
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Iron Butt
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Orlando, FL | I'm appalled that they included the Can-am and left out the Vision. Id-gits. |
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Judge & Indian make Top 10 for Tall People