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Title: V-85 in Rider
Post by: ken farr on July 31, 2019, 11:46:31 AM
Just received my Rider magazine in the mail, and there is a short, generic, albeit complementary overview of the V-85.

kjf 
Title: Re: V-85 in Rider
Post by: Clifton on July 31, 2019, 12:40:18 PM
I don't get Rider any longer. Did Clement do it?

Local dealer has 3 on the floor now, a gray one for $11,990 and two "Adventure Sports red/white" for $12,990, I assume this is full MSRP though.
Title: Re: V-85 in Rider
Post by: kingoffleece on July 31, 2019, 01:03:23 PM
Alan Cathcart wrote it.
Title: Re: V-85 in Rider
Post by: chuck peterson on July 31, 2019, 07:44:17 PM
....”it’s almost delicate in the way it steers...”

....”no sign of clunk...”

...”unbelievably smooth not only by the standards of the past, but also compared to rival middleweight twins...”

....”encourages to use the sweet shifting gearbox”...

...”excellent response...from 4000 revs up...”

...”just a few tingles...as you near 7800 rpm limiter...”

“...hit a higher gear at 6800...back in the fat part of the power band....”

I don’t know.....

he didn’t say anything about an agricultural tractor motor, so he must not know patooie.....

 :violent1:
Title: Re: V-85 in Rider
Post by: kingoffleece on July 31, 2019, 08:47:37 PM
One of the very elite moto scribes qualified and allowed by the factories to ride MotoGP bikes for magazine features.  Sir Alan knows his stuff, for sure.
Title: Re: V-85 in Rider
Post by: Huzo on July 31, 2019, 09:51:20 PM
Quote from: kingoffleece on July 31, 2019, 08:47:37 PM
One of the very elite moto scribes qualified and allowed by the factories to ride MotoGP bikes for magazine features.  Sir Alan knows his stuff, for sure.
Well yes, that’s true.
One thing he knows for sure, is which side his bread is buttered... :wink:
Title: Re: V-85 in Rider
Post by: Knuckle Dragger on July 31, 2019, 10:46:44 PM
Quote from: Huzo on July 31, 2019, 09:51:20 PM
Well yes, that’s true.
One thing he knows for sure, is which side his bread is buttered... :wink:

Oooh! You old cynic, you.  Even her Majesty thinks he's wonderful.
Title: Re: V-85 in Rider
Post by: frans belgium on August 01, 2019, 04:03:20 AM
No sign of clunk?  He must have had a special edition, since I and everybody I know reports clunks in 1-2-3.  :evil: Btw, that does not bother
me....
Title: Re: V-85 in Rider
Post by: Huzo on August 01, 2019, 04:59:34 AM
Quote from: Knuckle Dragger on July 31, 2019, 10:46:44 PM
Oooh! You old cynic, you.  Even her Majesty thinks he's wonderful.
Not too much of the old...
Like they say mate..
Never s*** where you eat.. :wink: