well I never thought I'd do it, but there is a new addition to the family... a 1997 Honda Valkyrie.
Picked it up for an owner who had too many toys and didn't have time to play with this one for almost nothing and it only had 9000 miles on it. My wife didn't like the ride on the back of my X and I wanted to get hardbags for it, so we decided to add another bike to the stable instead that had all the features we wanted. I get to keep "my toy"( VTX ), and we get "our toy" ( Valk ) for the long family rides. Although the riding position takes a bit of getting used too, it was fun riding it home.
well I never thought I'd do it, but there is a new addition to the family... a 1997 Honda Valkyrie.
Picked it up for an owner who had too many toys and didn't have time to play with this one for almost nothing and it only had 9000 miles on it. My wife didn't like the ride on the back of my X and I wanted to get hardbags for it, so we decided to add another bike to the stable instead that had all the features we wanted. I get to keep "my toy"( VTX ), and we get "our toy" ( Valk ) for the long family rides. Although the riding position takes a bit of getting used too, it was fun riding it home.
Congrats on the Valk! I looked at those recently, but ended up with a used GW. What's cool is that the Valk uncovers the guts of the bike while the GW covers it up. And when you peel back the tupperware on a GW, you know Honda did not intend to display the stuff under there like they did on the Valk.
I find the ride is real smooth. The power is surprising. I find the riding position is like sitting on a chair at the kitchen table though... hehe
I'm just glad the previous owner put on the forward pegs to get back some of the cruiser feeling.
As for the paint color, not my favorite combination either, but like you said, I agree it goes well with that bike and I get compliments on it. They don't come out to well in the pic, but it's forest green and tan/beige/skin/whatever.
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