buddy Posted August 21, 2011 Share #1 Posted August 21, 2011 Well to my dislike I sold Midnight last Month was not to my liking but due to my knees the bike was too top heavy and dropped it several times with Peg on board no damage was done to Midnight or Peg..... Peg and I talked it over one evening and either one of us wanted to sell Midnight but since I was having so much trouble backing out of the garage - parking lots and setting at red lights it got to where I was not comfortable riding Midnight after selling Midnight I bought a 99 V-Star 650 for riding to work light weight and good balance and figured I would save the money left over from the sale and buy another Touring bike in a few yrs that has a better balance? Well my best friend from work told me about a bike he saw at Honda shop the other day and said it was in pretty good shape and had a heck of a deal $ so Peg & I went over to check it out being its a touring bike? Well I looked the bike over not bad shape for a 2000 model but boy was this thing big Wow but when I set on it I could not believe how well balanced it was just like the Gold wing GL1800 Wow nothing like the Midnight - top heavy we took it for a ride and I really liked the smooth ride and power it put out and balance at slow speeds needless to say I ended up buying it with the money left over - no payments a plus too -and rode it home so far I had no trouble getting in - out of the garage - parking lots or red lights I read folks saying it was heavy but to me its nothing after being on the Midnight Don't get me wrong I loved my midnight very much! and I would still have it to this day if not for being so top heavy here is my new ride 2000 model Honda Valkyrie Interstate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chabicheka Posted August 21, 2011 Share #2 Posted August 21, 2011 Beautiful looking bike. I was always under the impression it was as heavy as the ventures if not heavier. I should test ride one. I feel the weight of the venture a bit overpowering for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman Posted August 21, 2011 Share #3 Posted August 21, 2011 Nice bike. I have riden my uncle's Valk and was looking for a good low mileage one when I found the Venture. I felt alot more comfortable managing the valk but the venture to me is a more comfortable bike. I'm 5'6" with a 29" inseam but I do well with the Venture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kregerdoodle Posted August 21, 2011 Share #4 Posted August 21, 2011 very nice ride!!!! would be my next choice also!! have fun and be safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG Hawks Posted August 21, 2011 Share #5 Posted August 21, 2011 Nice bike!! Road a buddy's of mine and it was a lot of fun! ENJOY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmicko Posted August 21, 2011 Share #6 Posted August 21, 2011 Congratulations!!! Those are awesome bikes and I was strongly considering getting a Valk Tourer when I bought my RSV. They're just very scarce around these parts. Now with a little hard work and some ingenuity you can make it look like this one. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b303/elmicko2002/utf-8BSU1HMDAyNjItMjAxMTA1MDMtMTQ1Ny5qcGc.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scarylarry Posted August 21, 2011 Share #7 Posted August 21, 2011 If and when the time comes for bike due to health reasons, I'm going with the Can Am they are great riding 3 wheelers handles like a sports car quite few safety features like if the one side comes up to much in a curve they throttle down automatic... Also has some great power too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art708 Posted August 21, 2011 Share #8 Posted August 21, 2011 You'll love the Valk.....nothing compares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiestar Posted August 21, 2011 Share #9 Posted August 21, 2011 Never ridden one but can only imagine it's a powerful, capable machine. Enjoy your new ride. Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tx2sturgis Posted August 21, 2011 Share #10 Posted August 21, 2011 The Valkyrie Interstate was on my short list back in 2007, but somewhere around that time (mid 2000's) they had ceased making them.... Its a good looking scoot. All proper motorcycles are black. Or black and chrome. Or black and red with chrome. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted August 21, 2011 Share #11 Posted August 21, 2011 OR Chrome and Chrome and Black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe Posted August 21, 2011 Share #12 Posted August 21, 2011 Or Gloss black, flat black and chrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddy Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share #13 Posted August 21, 2011 Best of both Worlds....... Peg prefer the Wing seats and ride over the Venture I loved the Wing ride but prefer the Venture design we took it out again today for lunch and needless to say we both love the ride this Valkyrie puts out!! Valkyrie has the Venture design yet it has the Wing ride and handling ! awesome motorcycle I did some reading not knowing if its true or not? I read the man who designed the Valkyrie and pushed the production passed away and the Gold wing was loosing their sales to the Valkyrie so Honda killed the Valkyrie line - biggest mistake from my point of view If Honda kept the Valkyrie line going it be the best selling motorcycle to date..... Just imagine what would happen if the Valkyrie line came back today? Just wish the Venture wasn't so top heavy.. makes me kinda wonder if and when they do come out with a new Venture say with 1800 motor how top heavy will that be? same or maybe worse?? we may never know? Buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiestar Posted August 21, 2011 Share #14 Posted August 21, 2011 I got the same info from our local Honda dealership here. They felt with the boom in the cruiser market lately, they would not be able to keep the Valk's in stock. It's the bagged cruisers with removable trunks that are taking over for a bit now. I personally feel that Yamaha could win win with a water cooled BIG twin, fuel injected with hard bags, fairing and optional removeable trunk so a passenger backrest could be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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