Hi everyone, My name is Richard. I currently live in Hawaii and have come a long way since my last ride. I used to own a Suzuki Hayabusa which was my pride and joy until I ended up with a somewhat worsening back condition. The far reachover style of the busa led me to move back to my "cage". My...

Hello all from Illinois. Just upgraded from the 1300 to the 1800 and lovin it!

Just a quick "hello" and introduction. Glad to be here! My name is Brian. I ride daily rather than drive. I have a car for bad weather, but I prefer to ride. I ride a '05 VTX 1800F. LOVE it. Just bought it 3 weeks ago. Before that, I was on a Kawasaki Mean Streak 1600. There's a big...

Hello all. Awesome forum here... It's obvious that time not spent tinkering with my bikes will have to be spent with my eyeballs in front of a computer monitor. :) I bought a 2004 1300 Retro earlier this week so I'm just learning about these bikes. Over the past couple of years, I have restored...

Just a hello. Read the posts here and decided to get my Retro model. Bought the white one. Have had 7 Goldwings, 1997 Valkyrie, 250 Elite, 2004 Silverwing, and before 1988 I was a Kawasaki rider. Now that I'm finished saying hello, I'm going back to read more tips, tricks, and general...

I rode a good bit in college on a '91 Nighthawk 750 that I bought in 2001 with 58,000 miles on it and chicken wire and electrical tape holding the brake light on. In the first 18 months I had it, I rode that one a good 20,000 myself. But that was a while ago. Then a few weeks ago, I suddenly...