Post 14: First Long ride on the Chopper

We went down to a 4th of July family reunion in Beatrice, down South near Camden, and I took both bikes with me in the van. It took a shoe horn and a lot of pushing and shoving to get both of them in, and out, and back in, and back out after we returned...
On the way down, we rode by the Honda showroom, and they had a wonderful looking bright metallic orange(same color as my 350Z) 2004 Victory Vegas with all kinds of custom Arlen Ness exhaust pipes and pointed swiss grip, with only 3500 miles on sale for $7500. I had never even heard of the Victory Vegas, but that was love at first sight, and if there had not been another guy buying it, I might well have gotten it:



While we were there, we also looked at the Honda Fury, which has similar lines, but with a skinny gas tank, and also comes in a matte orange:

I might actually like the look of it better than the Vegas, but unfortunately, way too many parts are chromed plastic. I think Honda messed up thinking they could sell us a plastic chopper. It is cheap alright at $12900, but we like billet aluminum and steel, and I didn't want to spend that much on a bike anyway.


My wife's first cousin's husband David used to have bikes, and we went for a 70 miles ride together around there. That was my longest ride on this chopper so far, as he only drove it about 10 miles, and gave "that thing" back to me! It may remain my longest ride on it, as it IS a hard bike to ride... But I did pretty well, though my butt was sore from the hard saddle, my back from the tension, and my arms from holding that thing straight. You just can't relax on this bike.
That led me to thinking seriously about getting a rideable bike that would be a little more exciting than the Honda Rebel 250..., like a Victory Vegas maybe...