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Best bike to enter cruiser scene?

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I have a Shadow Phantom, used you should be able to pick up a good one between 5-8. Personally I do like the bike, but if I had it to do again, I might have gone the Harley route. I wasn't really bike shopping when I went into the Honda dealer and bought this. Had I been shopping I would have done the research and found out that the HD 750 was cheaper and if I recall outperforms slightly. Vulcan 900 might have also been a consideration.

I will say that you will typically want more motor on the cruisers though, it only took me one or two seasons before I was wishing I bought more bike.

Edit: If you will be doing long rides of an hour or more, avoid entry level cruisers and get a mid range bike. Otherwise check beforehand if an aftermarket seat is available, expect to spend 700-1000 for a good seat that won't hurt your ass after an hour.
 
I'm liking the Indian Scout Bobber these days, but it's definitely not a "tall rider" motorcycle.

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Lightcycle said:
I'm liking the Indian Scout Bobber these days, but it's definitely not a "tall rider" motorcycle.

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If I wasn’t already swapping I’d buy one as an urban cruiser.
 
I'll fourth a VTX. 1300 is a good compromise on insurability versus the 1800 which some insurers will give the fuzzy eyeball to and a new rider will probably find unweildy as the VTX is a bit of a top heavy bike to begin with, much less the 1800 version with the bigger tank.

I regret selling mine a little more every day. OP, I put almost 100,000km on mine inside just under 5 years of ownership and the thing was a Timex. As as a not svelte 6' tall rider the thing fit me like a glove. With a set of highway pegs I found it more comfortable than my Vulcan Voyager I replaced it with. I just needed more storage than the VTX had to offer as I'm a long distance/endurance enthusiast. At least I was before Covid. :/

Best part of a VTX is you can find the 1300's all day long for $3500-$5K. It's a whole lot of bike for the money.
 
No, the CTX is a 4 banger. The VTX is a V-Twin.
 
Rebel 1100 out of the question as the seating position is same as the 500 you tried out.

HD 883 may be too tight as well.

Used:
Yamaha Bolt?
Indian Scout?
HD 48?
Vulcan 900?
Victory Highball?
 
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I was looking at vulcan or thunderbird storm when I made the switch to cruisers. As I sat on a vulcan at Ben's Motorcycles in Lakefield I looked down at it and realized that I should just buy the real thing instead of a copycat. If I were to buy an adventure bike I would buy that BMW that every bike wants to be. Get a real Harley.

Get a used 1200 sportster. buy cheap parts from amazon to make it fit you right. If you're tall you can buy forward controls, further-forward controls, short forward controls. Every handlebar, riser, seat combo you could ever dream of to make it fit. just stay away from the dealerships.

89-03=rigid mount motor, carb
04-06=rubber mount motor, carb
07-21=rubber mount motor, efi
22+ = new bike that is now trying to copy the scout
 
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The honda vtx was a great bike. I had a 1300 and never had an issue with it in different riding scenario
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VTX is on my radar for next bike, probably the 1800 though, would be looking for the full fairing touring model. Where the used prices are hovering, it's like getting a street glide for sportster money.
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