No more 929.........

[ZUKIMON]

Now that I have you attention........

Really though. I've been thinking about selling/trading my bike for a different one. It just seems that after riding it for an extended period of time that it really drains me to no extent. I have never had a bike that did this and I am to the point that I cannot take it anymore. I really think it's the riding posture and handle bars.

I wanted a Suzuki Marauder when I got this bike but couldn't find one that I liked. I'm thinking now that maybe the Marauder isn't what I want, but something along those lines. Help me decide on a particular bike, or atleast style as I am pretty sure that this is going to happen and I don't want to get something that is not worth the steel and aluminum it's made out of.


I can just see myself on something like this.





(I'm going to get ragged about this I'm sure but it's just not for me to have this bike right now I guess)

[tached1000rr]

It's your money get what you want, screw what anyone says. What type of riding do you want to do is perhaps the first question you should answer? Nothing wrong with a cruiser at all. You could look into some of the more upright bikes.

[fasternyou929]

If you want to get the most for your 929, part the thing out. I parted mine out last summer with 69,928 miles on it, a busted motor and rash on every single piece of plastic. Still made $3,400 parting it out. Judging from the fact yours is running and doesn't look like someone put it through a shredder, I'm sure you'll get substantially more.

Unlike the GSXR's, there's a limited amount of parts available for 929's so they go for good money.

If you don't feel like dealing with parting it out, let me know what you want for it.

[OTB]

As far as the 929...I'm with ya. I don't think a bike EVER rode and handled so well but made so miserable as the one I had. I would hurt for hours after a morning or afternoon on that thing.

I still think the new Sportster Xr would make a great all-around bike......

[derf]

get some heli bars, you will feel 1000 times better about riding for extended periods of time.

[OTB]

Originally Posted by derf

get some heli bars, you will feel 1000 times better about riding for extended periods of time.

It wasn't the bars....the tank splays your legs, the pegs are wayyyyy to high and you have to fold your legs up so much your knees are stressed to the max............

The 900 didn't have so radical a riding position.....

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by OTB

It wasn't the bars....the tank splays your legs, the pegs are wayyyyy to high and you have to fold your legs up so much your knees are stressed to the max............

The 900 didn't have so radical a riding position.....

You definitely don't want a 1000RR then! Took me a while to get used to having so much weight on my wrists when riding it because it's pitched much farther forward than the 929.

[derf]

Ive ridden the 929 and yes the body position is much sportier, but helibars go a long way in seating you more upright

[ZUKIMON]

I don't think I could bring myself to part this bike out for any reason. Now if I happen to crash it.......that's another story totally. I also think that my asking price for it would be more than what most would want to pay for an '01 bike, but I feel that it's a pretty fair price considering what they are/were and can do. This one has a new battery, fresh oil and filter, new plugs, new fuel pressure reg., new tires, new tinted screen, front flush mounts, rear aftermarket blinkers, Scorpion slipon, braided/stainless brake hoses front and rear, 5400 miles and about as clean as could be asked for. Yamerhaw has seen it and I am sure that he can attest to how nice it is. It's not perfect, but it's so damn close that you can taste it. lol I don't want to give up the power of this beast, but I mostly commute with it and it's just not easy on me for that. I totally agree with OTB, this thing rides and handles like a dream but just hurts me when I am off it for the day. I honestly think it's more me than the bike, but the bars could be the deciding factor.
I just like to get out and ride better than anything I can think of, next to sex. This bike is meant for more than just riding, or atleast the riding that I do.

I do like the looks of that HD and having a belt is something else that turns me on.

I'll keep the heli bars in mind derf. I'm not totally committed to selling out just yet but I have to do something different before I get to that point. I'm not saying I wouldn't sell it for the right price, as everything I have is for sale for the right price.

[Gas Man]

Get the XR... you'll love it!