wylbur78

There's a Demo Ride here in Houston Texas today and tomorrow at the Mancuso Southwest location. April 6 and 7, 2018. I went and road the new Venture and man was it a comfortable ride. I did get some wind buffeting but not bad. When the motor gets warmed up you can definitely feel the heat coming from the back cylinder and heating up the back of your legs. I had the lower fairing wind-lets open so air could come through and it did provide some good airflow, but not enough to keep your legs cool during the summer months. It was 75 degrees here when i test road and overcast. I really want to love this bike, but the heat is the biggest detriment for this bike. I'm not ready to purchase yet so time will tell for sure. Will have to do some more test rides.

Thanks Freebird, I took care of it... Live in Texas, south side of Houston...

Good morning, wanted to introduce myself... I've been riding since I was 4 years old :happy65:and love to be out in the open air of the wild... My current bike is a 2016 Yamaha FJR1300:7_6_2[1]: and as I do love it, my wife is not tall enough to get on it (short girl problems 4"6"). I've ridden all kinds of metrics along with several HD's, my last 2 touring style bikes were a 2014 Street Glide (rough riding, wife hated it) and a 2015 F6B (was like gliding on a cloud of air). I regret getting rid of the F6B. Myself being only 5'5" I've never been able to flat foot a Touring bike UNTIL the 2018 Venture. I sat on one yesterday evening and really thought that i would suffer the same issues as in the past, but to my surprise NOPE. I wont be ready for a new bike till later this year but this may be the biggest selling point to me and my wife. I've been Leary about going back to a V-twin because of the heat issues, but thus far it sound like this new Venture is doing quite well dissipating the heat from what I've read from several members here. I'm supposed to do a test ride this week but the weather isn't permitting it right now... So any additional info pertaining to the New Venture would be much appreciated and if there are any locals in my area, would love to meet up some time. Thanks, Will R.

Thanks for letting me come aboard for the trial run... I've been part of a couple of forums for motorcycles:7_6_2[1]:, cars:auto: and fishing. They've all been free, but i completely understand the fees as well. So no problem from me about that. I've been very pleased with what I've been able to see and look at on the site without registering and thats why i wanted to come on board. I'm looking at getting the new Venture sometime this year and thats how I found you guys. When my times up if not before I'll most likely pay my measly $12 and continue to stay on board... Thanks, Will R.