Be sure to keep a 6 ft social distance from any of the woodland creatures like bears, alligators and snakes.
Any free motorcycle is the worlds best motorcycle! LOL
VTX isn't a bad ride, I had quite a few come and go on the used floor. They are a nice comfortable crusier but sadly under powered for a big heavy bike. Not nessacarily a bad thing but owners usually outgrow them pretty fast.
Give that a lot of thought. Dual purpose bikes usually don't do anything really well. Also a hard sell on the used market IME.
Bears are the only thing I suspect I will have to worry about here in Ontario. But, I can easily outrun my friend - on or off the bike - so I feel pretty safe.
Free is excellent. However, I'm around 250lbs and I had to crank up the suspension to the max to keep from bottoming out over small bumps. For the weight and displacement, I find it pretty slow. No idea what I'd end up with if I bought another cruiser, but I've always liked the V-Rod.
Its for exactly those reasons that I was considering it. The f800 seems to be pretty cheap on the used market, and I would like to do some more intensive camping/touring/off road trips . Sport bikes are out for me, after all the injuries I've had I can't contort my body that way - tried to ride my wife's Kawasaki ZR-7S and it was painful. I figure an adventure bike is as close as I can get. And, I'm unlikely to do any serious offroading beyond mucking about at a touring destination.
Any suggestions that would be a better fit for my criteria?