'02 Vulcan 500

[BillInGA]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

you need to actually take an 8 hour test ride, 4 out and 4 back to see what it's really like.

I rode Atlanta to Nashville (and back) several weeks ago - a couple of weeks before Nashville got all that rain and flooding. It was before I got my windshield installed and I got beat to hell by the 25+ mph winds. My planned route was 525 miles, but due to a navigational error the trip ended up being 550 miles. At the end of the day I was ready to get off the bike, and the next morning I was ready to get back on.

And that was on the GZ250. With the few miles I've put on the Vulcan so far, I can tell it is a much more comfortable bike. I'll be taking a 3-hour ride tomorrow morning on the Vulcan so I'll be able to get a better feel for it.