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Hello all, my first post here. Just bought my S40 two weeks ago and love it! Just one prob, I get rode hard by people I work with concerning the size of the bike ( all ride big V-Stars or Harleys ). They dont understand my reasoning behind buying the bike which is the great handling, simplicity, Thumper nostalgia and the great looks of it which I find great assets considering most of my past experience was with Dirt and Enduro bikes, but not a newbie concering street riding either. I have actually been asked was it a "250"? with them being totally serious!. From now on I will answer that it is in the hope someday I will pull up beside them and give them a shock!. Had one Harley guy ( he knew it is a 650 ) I work with ( cant remember what its model name is but I do know its a 1500cc ), we pull out onto the Hwy. and he gooses it and we're up to 70 in no time, I'm in the blind-spot in his mirror so he doesnt see me, he turns his head expecting me to be way behind only to find that I'm just inches behind which is how we started off as..the shock on his face is one I'll never forget!!. I cant say that he used full throttle or not ( he would never admit it if he had )but I do know this....All during that little run I had plenty of throttle left!!. But despite all the heckling of its size, they and plenty others have great respect for its great looks, compliments galore, It gets plenty of stares! Still their ignorance towards bikes ( bigger the better , a real mans bike syndrome ) grates me to no end to the point of wanting to slap the **** out of em. They dont realize I will kill them going down the windy roads which is in great abundance here and that they are riding boring machines, I've ridden many a big bike and yes to me, THEY'RE BORING IMO. Still totally stock now but slowly gonna work on some modding later on to up performance & sound in my final quest of surprising more than a few folks when opportunity arises. I would love to hear of any similar stories from the community, and maybe some good advice.
Take care
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