A question for cruiser riders?

I travel a lot and in general cruisers travel slower than traffic. Even with my Civic with a trailer behind loaded with lumber I end up passing cruisers. Also loaded highway tractor/trailer units and passenger buses are passing long lines of cruisers.

Jonathan 30k is nothing for a motorcycle, I have about 50k on mine and I still consider it barely broke in.

Comparing all cruisers to one of the weakest on the market shows a distinct lack of knowledge on the subject, squid. I have had all types of bikes, from dual sports, to zx6r's, bmw k1200s and harley fatboy, vrod, sportster, and electra glide. Sport bikes are good at ONE thing, going around a track fast. Cruisers are good at MANY things, like bar hopping, touring, day trips, cross country rides, etc... It is all about what you like to ride, and judging others based on their choice of ride is childish and pointless. Congratulations on taking a cross country trip on your sportster, many riders do not have that opportunity. It is not a good representation of modern cruisers, or mile eating highway machines. A better example would have been a heritage softail, electra glide, or street glide from harley, or a victory kingpin, vision, or cross country tour. Even a honda vtx1300 or 1800 would have been a better choice.

Performance is not just speed, squid. My 06 victory kingpin is faster than almost all cars on the road, gets 43mpg, and after 31k hard ridden miles still runs like the day it was new. How many sport bikes can withstand 30k hard miles without a rebuild or engine swap?

Keep the shiny side up and be safe out there.

I have a HD 883. It gets 63 mpg and has power to cruise at 90 mph all day. I don't mind a bit when a 36 mpg ninja passes me.

Nope not a bit.My bike will run 120 mph.That's plenty fast for me.I got over the adolescent need to ride everywhere like my hair was on fire years ago.I could care less what you or anyone else thinks about what i ride.I will say you and a few others need to put down what people ride makes you look like an idiot.You really should try growing up a bit.

When God (or the gods) invented motorcycles they gave mankind a choice- cruise and let the world cruise with you or ride something else. (that's mostly Zen Buddhist).

If you wish for a different interruption , the gods said, 'Pass those you need to pass on the road to Zen to relieve traffic congestion'

Hmm, is that why I have a good time buzzing sports bikes that never hear me coming? To bad you're just fronting, and don't actually ride. You would know something about how all that actually works then.

If your 883 is riding that poorly, perhaps it IS about to throw a rod.

Spend more time maintaining your ride and less time running your mouth.

Not a bit. It doesn't annoy me either that you are so arrogant that you think everyone should ride what you ride or like what you like.

Not at all. I ride the speed limit, or close.

Knock yourself out, troll.