...and "Saw the Light!"
Oh, wow !
I mean, I expected something heavy, burdensome... something to wrestle with when not cruising down a 6-lane boulevard...
Nope ...
OK, the Dyna IS a heavy, cumbersome bike at any speed below... walking pace...
...but once I opened the throttle (veeery politely
) and clunked into 2nd gear, she turned into a rather different animal !
Exactly what I hoped to have in a... 2-cylinder Savage !
She purred her way from the lights all the way to 50-55mph in 4th gear;
my #1 concern on the small country back roads is that I was wary of leaning too much into the bends, and had teenagers on 125cc scooters honk and yell at me
(typical Haqrley rider, can't even take a bend!) (I have to say, with the Savage I am much more uninhibited!
)
https://www.google.it/maps/dir/41.8646581,12.5423583/41.8666264,12.5416754/41...I rode along the back roads that were my daily routine when I had a NATO job here in Rome, so I knew them well;
I ther ran up the ramps to the local 6-laner to ride back to the showroom... 70mph in 6th gear at 2000rpm...
Sweeet...
Can't stand the tank-mounted instrumentation, though... I can live with a tank-mounted speedo, but I hated having to look down at my crotch to read the tacho !!!
Next time I'll have to talk them into test ridint a Softail Heritage...
or maybe a Road King !!!