straight from the heart here guys.......now im not your usual 'cruiser' kinda guy, so i say the following with no brand-loyalty.....no-preferances....no stigmas, just straight from the horses mouth.....
firstly some background......
im 35 yrs old and had over 30 bikes since i was a teen' ....ive ridden thousands [literally] and among those ive done big miles/long ownership ive had super-motos.....crossers.....race-reps.....road-legal-big quads.....even built and raced my own nitrous gsxr's and turbo-charged hayabusa.....ive had old-school [yam xs1100/gs 550/400-4 etc] ive had modern [k7 gixxer thou] basically, if its got 2 wheels ive owned/ridden it!!!
right, now to my point......
regarding big-customs, ive had a intruder1400 when i was a teen......a 1600 wildstar about 5-6 yrs ago....and recently got my 1700 roady.....not to mention the various chops/low-riders/customs ive ridden aswell....but heres the clinch, m8 of mine gave me his new harley fatboy for the afternoon.....[this was about the same time i owned the 1600 wildstar [you guys call it the roadstar i think] anyways.....the wildstar did EVERYTHING better than the harley!!!!! it would tickover lower [great sound] it would pull from lower revs [great sound] and it would pull harder!, the brakes were better, the fit-n-finish was better, the fastners used were of better quality....and the general feel of the bike was alround better in terms of build-quality......in short, the big-yams do everything a harley will do and more, wait for it......at half the price! no contest in my book