First off I've been a member for a while, but haven't posted since I've found all of the answers to any questions I've had searching the forum (thanks for all the help)

Question of the day: Is it possible to like cruisers and sportbikes? I just got my GS500f about 4 weeks ago and have decided that my 3rd bike might be a cruiser (after another sportbike). Provided I may be getting ahead of myself and we are talking some time down the road...) A sportbike for my speed fix, then a cruiser for the weekend around time cruising,

But does anyone here ride both or share my sentiment?

I can't think of one good reason not to have both, can you? 

I'm always very happy when I see sportbikes and cruisers riding together, and--who knows--I might have both when if I grow up, too!  

i take my wife's s-40 out almost as much as i do my GS, even considering that i may be a little to big for it 

I have ridden a couple of my cruisers like sportbikes, and they were quite capable.

Alot of people down here do that. . . sportbikes for tracks and the mountains but for long trips ride cruisers or sport touring.  And some trailer their bike to the track or mountains and don't ride anywhere else  

I'm all about that...  I want an M50, but I don't want to get rid of my GS.

They're different animals...  They ride differently...  You use them for different things.

If you can have both, then by all means have both!

A BIKER is a BIKER.

My signature below has a comment:  THere are two types of bikers: which are you?

the two types of bikers are....Those that seperate bikers into groups and those that don't.

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even if a sportbiker doesn't particularly like cruisers.....I bet he'd enjoy a quick ride on a fast cruiser. ( I know I do)
And Vise Versa, a Cruiser may not like sportbikes, but they can appreciate the vehicle.

to each his own... I plan on having a lot of different bikes when I grow up...cruisers, dirtbikes, pocketbikes, dual sport, touring......etc.etc..

I'd personally like at least 3 or 4 bikes:
1. Naked hooligan bike   ie. ducati monster
2. Sport tourer   ie. V-strom
3. Cruiser   ie. M50 or some kinda bobber with a parallel twin
4. maybe a dirtbike

For now the GS does pretty good at all of these

it is the hallmark of a true bike enthusiast to appreciate all sorts of bikes for their unique characteristics.  If money were now object, my stable would include (in the following order):

GRXR-750
SV650S
VTX1800
Buell Firebolt
V-strom

and of course the list goes on and on....

It's been my experience that the people who are blindly loyal to one style of bike and/or riding simply have never given the others a chance.  Many of them don't seem to be very well educated about the type the are so fiercly loyal to in the first place 

I prefer money to be an object.  A round object.  Many of them.  With a non-zero object in front, and no decimal point for a while. 

But I'm too lazy to ever have that.  Oh well....

Bikes I want:

KLR 250/650
SV 650
GSX-R 600/750
VFR 750
CBR600RR
Burgman 650
Goldwing

Also I want to fix my FZR600... damn job. 

Quote from: vtlion on June 16, 2006, 11:28:15 AM

It's been my experience that the people who are blindly loyal to one style of bike and/or riding simply have never given the others a chance.  Many of them don't seem to be very well educated about the type the are so fiercly loyal to in the first place 

good point, I didn't realize how nice a cruiser was until I rode one during the beginner MSF class. From other posts I got the impression that I was the only one that appreciated both, but apparently that's not the case.
For any cruiser's: do you or anyone you know on a cruiser ride with a full face helmet? Just curious, usually see either half or no helmet

I know a few people that ride cruisers with full face...   And...  Who gives a shaZam! what other people do?  It's YOUR face!!


As for the people that like one kind of bike and hate the other...   (Although, plastic covered bikes are ugly.  )


I'm still planning on having a GS500 and an M50...  It's just about when I can actually do it...  Then maybe I'll get a Thruxton too. 

my old man has a big fat old harley, its a tank i dont like riding it at all, such a pig to ride, but i bet you could ride all day comfortably.
i used to have a nv750 as well that was a vtwin cruiser, hated it only kept it for about a month then swapped it fro a zxr
me i personally like the upright rides and don't like to be riding a lazy boy chair, so ill probly never get another, but each to there own, it would be a boring world if we were all the same

Yamaha V-Max:  sort of a cross between a sportbike and a cruiser.

I like any kind of bike.   But the bike you BUY depends on what your priorities happen to be.   People who look down their noses at someone else who rides a different kind of bike are f*cked in the head, IMO.

If I had the $$$ and storage space, I would definitely have a cruiser next to the GS in the garage.   And a touring bike.   And something with a sidecar.   But I'm not greedy.  

By their very design, the bikes that are going to be the most fun in the canyons are not going to be great for touring 700km a day.  For that reason alone, you need at least two bikes!   

I'd go sport-touring over a cruiser, but same diff.

g6

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The Suzuki Blvd S50 (formerly Intruder 800) is a good motorcycle that happens to be a cruiser (semi-chopper, really).  Lean & clean.  The Blvds' C50 and M50 are mechanically the same bike as the S50 but with 100lbs of American classic styling added on.  Literally, 100lbs.  In that case, form over function is so skewed that there's no way I could consider these good motorcycles.    

Y'know...I would love to add a Rocket III to my GS... 

You know what makes me want a cruiser? My GS's seat.

Bikers that don't return the wave? That is prevalent among ALL types of riders, as being an @$$hole is prevalent among all types of people.

My cruiser of choice : Suzuki Boulevard M109R  (The seat is bigger than most airports!) Just for how it looks though.

But, I can't say that the cruiser would see much seat time. If I want to relax and have a big cushy seat I rock my 1979 Buick Regal V-8 with power velour seats and ICE cold AC. Put in an Aerosmith 8-track (Yes it does, and yes I do.) and put (65mph x 9 hours = ) 585 miles away in one day.

When I ride, I can't really help craving up the canyon.