The key word for riding these big bikes is 'TECHNIQUE'. It's all about the 'friction point' on the clutch, the throttle and the rear brake. You mentioned that it seemed to want to topple over when you stopped... when you are coming to a stop on these bikes 1) begin gearing down as you approach the stop and make sure you always end up in 1st gear when coming to a stop, 2) use both front and back brakes at higher speeds, but when you get to around 10-13 mph cease using the front brake and when you get to 4-9 mph definitely do not use the front brake at all but use the back brake lightly, 3) keep the clutch in the friction zone so that the back wheel is always 'loaded' because as long as the back wheel is 'loaded' the bike will not topple over. NOTE: When coming to a stop on these bikes NEVER have the front wheel turned but keep it pointed straightforward until you come to a complete stop. 4) Always keep your right foot on the rear brake or at least ready to apply it when you come to a stop and put only your left foot on the ground... (watch the professionals on U-Tube). Go to a parking lot every time you get on these big bikes and practice, practice, practice. I ride a Roadmaster Indian and love it. If you view u-Tube pros who teach police how to ride big bikes and go out and practice, you will become very graceful. At 7:50 he came to a stop and didn't have the bike pointed straight ahead and mentioned that it wanted to topple over and that all you have to do is 'man-handle' the bike. This works on smaller bikes, but there is no man-handling a 900+ bike. It is all about 'TECHNIQUE'. At 10:00 he once again comes to a stop, and I see that he is using the front brake again... do not use the front brake on these big bikes when you are at very slow speeds coming to a stop. Plan your stops, use the clutch friction point, feather the rear brake, hands off the front brake, make sure the bike is in 1st gear (never in neutral at stops), left foot only goes to ground unless you have a passenger or on uneven ground and need more stability. When starting out, have the friction point applied on the clutch so that the rear wheel is 'loaded', keep the back brake lightly applied until you feel the bike want to move forward, apply more throttle, begin to release the rear brake as you gracefully engage the clutch... it begins to be a welcome thing to start and stop the big bikes once you master the 'TECHNIQUE' required for these bikes. Smaller bikes are easy to man-handle, big bikes are not easy to man-handle, and this is where 'TECHNIQUE' is king.
They say to squeeze your thighs and the bike stands right up when you have it at a stop. The sport chief is a beast. 75mph in 4th. Hang on and smile. Would love to have the pursuit and the sport chief. That pursuit makes me dream of cruising from state to state and putting some miles on that machine. Nice review. 👍🏻😎
As the guy that rode with you most of that demo day, I can concur, great bike, I still think about how fun that bike was and how good that event was run. Solid video.
What’s up dude. Yea man I absolutely loved all the bikes I demoed that day. Such an eye opening experience for me. Looking at getting a Vulcan 1700 soon. Very torn between that and a verseys 1000
I test drove that exact same bike this year Americade in Lake George NY and found it rock solid..felt extremely light for a bike of that size! I was very impressed and would certainly buy one
@@lvinsea I wanna ride a Goldwing in the worst way. Definitely something I’m interested in. Yea it was a good demo. Both were really. Really opened my eyes to new styles and all that.
@@mrdude3540 that’s what’s up. Pretty much the same bike is what that dude from Indian told me. Just the adjustable preload and maybe one other thing. That’s all I rode that day. I got to ride one with higher handlebars. Beautiful brown. It handled super nice and unique. They do a good job with their bikes.
Great bike shit price. Everyone should look at cfmoto and what their doing. Cheap bikes run great. I got a 3 year warranty on mine. Lots of aftermarket parts. People need to realize and reject stuff if they truly can't afford it kinda like cars. Just give me something basic that works.
@@sekinchance5186 I agree with you 💯. While most of us do, you shouldn’t finance toys and this is an expensive toy. That’s pretty much the price of a car. I could never justify it either. Unless I came into some serious cash.
@@CityNinja650 yep. Beautiful bikes though. I still plan to try to grab a versys 1000 and another 636 in the next few years. If the versys 650 had cruise control I would get that. Have you got your bar ends yet ?
@@sekinchance5186 I did but unfortunately they don’t fit. Kinda mad but that’s what I get for getting aftermarket. I got a couple ideas to make them fit but might just sell them and spend the extra on the official ones. I just liked the ones I ordered because they were orange and looked pretty good.
