Motorcycle & Scooter
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Here is my ride. It is a 2010 Special Edition Honda Fury. I replaced the pipes and air filter with fuggin pipes and a bullet air filter. Also put a power commander on it. I love riding this bike, when I am able to, which is less and less with my back injury.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Separation
(1,975 posts)Initially when Honda debuted the bike they said they were only making 500 of them with color. It turns out they made a 1000 of them. Either way I loved the color and the look of the bike.
Funny story, I had never risen a motorcycle before. I went up to the Honda dealer with a buddy that had a friend workin there. There was a cobalt blue fury on the show room floor and I immediately fell in love with it until I saw this color. I said I must buy it now. My buddy talked me out of it, telling me that this is a pretty big bike for a beginner. He told me to buy a shadow, which I could get for $2000. Better to drop that than the Fury.
I bought the shadow and my buddy had to drive it home for me. I was so in love with this bike that I also paid for it as well but left it at the dealers. So for two months I rode the shadow everyday. Took my motorcycle safety course, then the advanced course. After two months I went in and sold the shadow back for what I bought it for, and rode home on my Fury.
I had it all stock for about a month until I pulled up next to a guy on a Vespa scooter, well his bike was louder than mine. I obviously drove away in shame. that night I ordered the fugging pipes, and bullet air intake. Got them a week later and put them on the bike. They are a nice sounding exhaust, not to loud, but gives it a sound that matches the bike. But if you are not careful they burn a hole into your pants. I've ridden it enough now to were that it only bothers me at a red light on a hot day.
Been riding almost daily since 2010 until I had to get 3 vertebrae fused. Now I'm lucky to ride once a month because the pain can get pretty bad.
I still have hopes of riding my bike up to Alaska one day. I just need to get my back a little stronger and less painfull than it is now.
ileus
(15,396 posts)TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)I've had 4 bikes. When weather is permitting, I ride. I live in Wisconsin for years. 6 to 7 months, I had to park the bike and winterize it. Now that I've retired, I ride. Everyday. When my back gives out, I'll quit and try something else. Last summer, I purchased a Honda Goldwing F6B. I did a ride from Texas to Wisconsin and back. Rode through the mountains in Arkansas and Oklahoma. I'll do it again this year. Before this bike, I had a 2008 Honda VTX 1300C. I put 45K miles on it in 2 1/2 years.
Enjoy your ride. It's a beauty.