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New Bike Day (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by CADmonkey@lemmy.world to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world
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I bought a 2023 Nightster, and I love it.

I traded an old amd cantankerous DR650 and a nice 750 Street Rod in on this. The SR was starting to need some parts, and it was going to be a long time before I was able to get them. So I had two bikes, one which needed a belt and fork seals (which I couldn't get unless I waited) and another that I could get parts for, but I was constantly having to fix.

Now I have one nice bike I can actually ride. It's smooth, quiet, fast, and reasonably comfortable. I've never had traction control or ABS brakes before, that may take some getting used to. The bike is so effortless to ride. It's nimble, its fairly light for a cruiser. (and it's feather-weight compared to any other harley) The suspension soaks up the bumps, and I've never ridden anything that felt so firmly planted on the road. It has a 975cc engine that sounds nothing like a "typical harley", but it still sounds good. Here's hoping I don't have the only one left four years from now, like what happened to my Street Rod.

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[-] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's literally the only place I've seen the displacement shown in ci. On the manual, the paperwork, the title, and the actual machine its an RH975.

Sportsters have been showing their displacement in cc's for decades. There's an 883 and a 1200.

[-] ChiefPockets@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's the genius of good ABS and traction control — on the road, riding normally, you won't ever know they exist!

But when you whack open the throttle on some wet leaves or cross a patch of oil while braking hard, that's when you might notice something. But even then, with good ABS you'll might feel a little pulsing in the lever/pedal and with good TC all you'll notice is a light flashing in the cluster.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I rode it yesterday and got caught in the rain... and it was a non-event. The bike handled the reduced traction with no issue. It was uncanny.

[-] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Cool bike. Congrats!

I've never seen engine displacement measured in anything other than cc or liters. Harley went full stupid with 59 cubic inches lol

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This one has "975" on it, it doesn't have 59 ci anywhere.

Suzuki cruisers are listed in cubic inches also. Like an S83 Boulevard is 83 ci.

[-] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's right in the specs.

Edit: Oh, you mean on the bike. I see.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's literally the only place I've seen the displacement shown in ci. On the manual, the paperwork, the title, and the actual machine its an RH975.

Sportsters have been showing their displacement in cc's for decades. There's an 883 and a 1200.

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