Thumpers! Thumpers! Thumpers!
I like big 4-stroke singles. My first bike was a new 1979 Yamaha SR500. I finally sold it 2 years ago. It was a street bike, and I found myself washing and waxing it more than riding it, so 15 years ago I added a 1984 Honda XL600R Dual Sport. It became my main ride. Tall, red, plastic fenders, kick start, 350 lbs. Lots of low end torque. Light and nimble. I never washed it. It looked good with bugs on it. I put street rubber on it since I don't ride off-road. It was getting pretty tired and parts kept shaking off it. A friend talked me into replacing it with a Sportster. I guess for me, 2 cylinders is bad luck. I had 2 accidents in June, the second one totalled the bike. I just picked up another Dual Sport, a 2007 Kawasaki KLR650. What a beast! Liquid cooled 650 single that only weighs 340 lbs. I feel like a pussy on an electric start bike, but nobody makes a kick start dual sport anymore. My 50 mile ride to work each day is heaven!