My Sportster gets 65mpg on regular, it's got Buell Lightning heads and a bunch of other performance crap that the prior owner had installed, isn't as bad in snow and ice as my Honda St1100s were. I thought the loud pipe thing was BS, but I've never had a problem with the HD lane splitting or just minding my own business. It's funny because I got the Sportster over a K1200LT, I thought though that BMW would be coming out with a newer touring bike soon so I didn't want to get screwed over resale like I did with my two ST1100s which had been keeping their value just fine and then a year after I get mine they surprise everyone with the ST1300. I was ticked, and since I had always looked askance at HDs, their owners and the whole thing altogether I figured what better way to be able to knock them than to speak from experience. So far all my suspicions were false and I've run out of bad things to say other than the location of the ground post on the battery is very unfortunate and requires an extra step to tighten. The backrest and luggage rack on the sportser are just right for sticking a bicycle on, something I found out the other day at the Salvation Army!

My favorite bike to putt around on was my Ducati but it would make my balls numb after riding it for over two hours in a day. My favorite bike to ride fast in the twisties was the Ninja 250 and the ST1100 is just a great bike overall but is very heavy and likes to get stuck in sand, gravel, mud and snow. I've dug more holes with the rear wheel on that thing than with my 4X4. I think my next bike will be either a KZ1000p or Road-Glide.

Most people are posers regardless of what they are into. I've found it's best to ignore them, it seems all they want is negative attention anyway.

My feeling is that if it has two wheels it works for me. Except for that Segway nonsense, who do those guys think they are..?