Starting my third season with my Valkyrie, same color as this video. Watching this video helped nudge me over the edge. The best purchase I've made in a long time. It is a great, fun, comfortable ride, absolutely love it!
I'd love to own one, but it's out of my price range, at the moment. Great test drive video! I noticed "barny" sitting there with his radar gun. LOL These 1800 six cylinder bikes sound like Formula 1 cars with the 6 into 6 pipes from Cobra. Very nice!
been waiting a week for this video. lol. these things are amazing. I test rode one back in September. they are the smoothest most fun thing to ride. I don't know how they've sold for Honda but it deserves to be a lot more. it looks like nothing else on the road. such an awesome machine. looks, power, everything. good vid Sean. I love my Harley. when it's paid off I'll be looking to add one of these to the stable.
Ray Carter Probably the price, but it's worth the money. Just a different experience... One everyone who loves to ride should experience. Should have a slipper clutch IMHO.
It was designed for and marketed to younger guys, but they couldn't afford it. The older guys who could afford it, hated it because it didn't look like just another Harley clone from the 1960s. How dare honda make a cruiser that doesn't look like every other cruiser in the world!
I humbly disagree about the gears. I just got one and it feels like it’s missing a gear. At 60mph you’ll be looking to shift again but you’re out of luck. Needs a gear from 60-85 and then an overdrive gears for flat highway traveling at 80 plus. Other than this I really enjoy the bike. If there’s a fix for this problem I’d like to hear about it.
I own and ride a 98 valk tourer. best bike I've ever owned. I like all bikes and have owned a dozen of all kinds. they all have their own personality. The Valkyrie has lots of personality and the power is so USABLE. and the boxer 6 has a howl all it's own. the new Valk is a great looking bike, and I like that it looks like nothing else. it's one of those bikes that can stay completely stock and still be very cool and repected. peace
It isn't really "just a goldwing with nothing on it". Just about everything is different on it. Even has a longer wheel base and more aggressive rake. It even has different size wheels. Valkyrie is 17 and 19 while goldwing is 16 and 18.
I have a black 14 valkyrie, I love this bike, only problem I have with it is the chrome gas cap cover and the speedo cover, between 11:00 a.m. to 1:00p.m. it will blind the hell out of you lol.
I get the wind in my face on my 2012 Goldwing. I always have the windshield at the lowest setting, and I open up the vent for the blast of air. So I get the effect, without the buffeting I got on my 2001 Valkyrie. That 1500 was a HOTROD! Six carbs! The later version with the 1832cc flat six is fuel injected, and more of an exercise in technology than the older hotrod version. The 1500 version has a greater rake, so you feel heavier in a parking lot, but more stable at its higher top end (mine hit 140mph...radar confirmed). The 1800 has almost the same power to weight ratio, and about the same 0-60mph time. I'm tempted to go buy one of the still left over 1800 Valkyries. It would be a great stablemate to my Goldwing.
Great review Shaun. Just bought one of the last remaining new old stock 2014 in the UK. Had many many bikes over the years but never had a six cylinder so really excited about it. They are very rare over here infact i have never actually seen one out and about!
@@botyaay1233 no shit Sherlock! I know what a wing/f6b is.... I'm sayin one doesn't even need those bikes for C.C! Just pegs, bags and windscreen on a Valkyrie & your good
@@mayhemmike1789 I understand your point but if you mod so much just to get cross country might as well buy a wing or an f6b which is more capable and better equipped for mile munching but i get that the valk is great because of the riding position
Cool bike but I think it’s a very pale imitation of the 2004/5 Valkyrie Rune which I think is the best cruiser ever made. The engineering and build quality on those was just awesome which is why they are now so sought after even when they’re getting to 14/15 years old! I sold mine a few years back but I’m really lucky that a buddy is happy to sell me his and it has under 5,000 miles on the clock! Cannot wait to be out on the road again!
Lol I chuckled at 3:50, sees a cop and goes from 59 to 42 in a matter of seconds lol but great video as always! Gorgeous bike, looks like a blast to ride
What a beautiful beast!😁 I just realized when you jumped on I-283 that you guys are very close to my old stomping grounds!! I used to live about 7 miles east of Harrisburg back in the 1970's, and I was last there back in 2010. I almost didn't recognize the place, it's so built up now. I used to go to the Manheim Auto Auction (pretty close to you guys) with my grandfather back in the day. We also loved to go to the drags at York US 30 Dragway.😉👍 Ahhh, the good old days...😊
I didn't mean it was great. I meant it is annoying and even dangerous as it's like hitting the brakes without having brake lights. Definitely needs either a slipper clutch or a higher (or is it lower?) gear ratio for first.
I'm guessing they didn't sell well for Honda. Found 2 dealers within a few hundred miles selling 2014 carryovers in May 2018 for $9999. I'm sure there are other fees to add in, but that's giving them away.
Thinking about trading my 16 Goldwing audio comfort for one of these and adding bags and a shield. It might be tough because the seat on my wing works well for me and I didn't care for the seat on my F6B.
Hello i own honda valkyrie 2014 plx i want to know word acc in contact key for what means what the accessory "circuits" function ????? Thanks alot waiting for your reply
I admit I did love the looks of the original Valkyrie, though it was not my type of bike. Just like this one, it was too smooth, quiet, and refined for me. But at least it did look like a motorcycle, not like a spaceship, as you said about this one. I don't want to ride a spaceship. My taste runs to large displacement single crankpin v-twins (ala Harley) or long stroke singles, like my Royal Enfield. If it's a motorcycle, it should let you know there is a big thumping internal combustion engine down there, not an electric motor. The whole point of riding a motorcycle is that visceral feeling you get. The more primitive and unrefined the better. I have owned a couple of Goldwings, a 1983 Interstate and a 1989 1500. The '83 at least had a growl to it, the 1500 was like the luxury car you mentioned. I didn't keep it very long. It bored me to death. You mentioned the Harley Ultra. I would much rather have one of those, with some aftermarket pipes. You can hear and feel those 2 big pistons hammering away down there. I'm a cruiser guy, and don't really care much about handling, as long as it is adequate.
It bored you because you probably don't have enough skill to ride to its full potential...your probably one of the cruiser guys who dont go past the speed limit on the twisties but think your a hell of a rider because u scrape your big ass floor boards that are almost touching the ground with the kick stand on 😂
watch UA-cam videos all the time. Not often I can say.... hey wait the scenery looks familiar. Oh wait you're less than 2 miles from my house. ps I like how your loop took you right passed Lancaster Honda. dad has has a GL1800 I might have to trade in the vtx1300 and seriously consider the valkyrie.
I love big heavy Hondas! I have a VTX 1800 C and I love it! The valkyrie looks okay, but I really don't like how it sounds. For me personally, how about bike sounds makes a big difference as to whether or not I would buy it or not. it kind of sounds like a sewing machine on steroids. It definitely looks like it blows, looks like it handles well. Having said that it's not for me.
Too bad, the Nazi state of CA will not allow it in until is has 7,500 miles on it... Our Nazi leaders punish us for the sake of immigration and "internal" economical sales! Nice bike! I had the "older" Valkyrie and liked it a lot. Everything you say about this new Valkyrie makes me want one of the newer Valkyries!!!
@@akula1055 This is a 2nd Generation of Valkyrie. First gen is 1520cc from 1997-2003 and looks very different. This video the Valkyrie is 2nd Gen 2013-2014 1800cc. Both are amazing bikes. The 1st Gen Valkyrie had 3 models. A standard, A tourer, and a Interstate
And can this thing pass *goes 60-85 in .75 sec* lol my grandpa rides one of these around got yelled at by a cop for doing 130 in an 80. He only got away with it because he was 90 years old.
How do you figure? Roughly speaking an 1800cc motor is 110 cubic inches. If you can pull one horsepower and one torque per each cubic inch if a motor you've built a perfect motor, Honda did that. So how is it low? It's not Harley's underpowered Twin Cams and Milwaukee 8's.
based on sales numbers, this 2nd generation valkyrie is a total dud. no one buys them. they are like something out of an anime cartoon. Honda went Godzilla Japanese on this redesign and fucked it up...dealers are discounting these abominations brand new 30-40% off, and at that, they're just sitting. Honda ruined the valkyrie...
You missed the point. This is a power cruiser bike not a sport bike. Thoes six cylinders are there for smooth power delivery and torque not all out power. It's the same idea for luxury cars as well. The Bently Mulsanne has a 6.8 liter V8 engine but it produces 530 horsepower but it produces 811 lb-ft and the Mulsanne rides nice, is silent and pulls like mad which is the same with this bike. It's a slimmer version of the Goldwing. Which is you know, is a touring bike that rides nice, is silent and pulls like mad. Sure 118 horsepower doesn't sound like much but it's 721 pounds wet and does 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and runs quarter miles in the 11s. The numbers don't lie. Stop being ignorant and just respect anything with a motor. Because there was so much passion put into this bike and having some person without notable knowledge about bikes complain about it because it doesn't make enough power is a insult to the engineers who made it.
Exactly so. I rode an MT-01 for 10 years, 1670cc and it probably only made 80 to 90 horsepower. But every ride felt like an adventure and every stop drew a crowd. Last year I traded it for a CB1000r which is great handles amazing but is really far too fast for me and my riding style. Also it just looks like any other bike and you get idiots in cars trying it on cos they don't realise it's 1000cc and quite quick. So I'm scoping out perhaps a 2014 F6C the smooth 6 cylinder 'zoom' I know will give me a kick every time I ride it. This thing isn't a sport bike and its no way trying to be. But I get the feeling it could very well be amazing for zooming about on. And I'm talking real world speeds not jailbait recklessness. I have plans for my life and licence.
But also 125 ft/lbs of torque, at just about every rpm. Also, it'll run for 200,000+ miles. How many miles will you get out of your 150hp 60ft/lb 4 cylinder crotch rocket that only makes any power at 8500 rpm?
Does anyone want to see how smooth a Valkyrie 6 cyl. runs. Here you go with a coin balance test ua-cam.com/video/wvPciPbJ0rY/v-deo.html. I have thought on more than one occasion that my engine died coasting at an idle down a slight grade with the wind noise covering the light engine sound..
Well sport bike are built differently than cruisers. The sport bike respond faster the brakes, the angle of front suspension is less so quick responding in the direction. When I see or hear constantly sport biker or cruiser biker talking against the other tipe I find that dum. None of the two kind are better or worst. The have their own purpose. For your question I would say that it would not be a serious test drive of a Cadillac for instance by a guy that is a sport car driver at heart and drives Porche, Ferarry, lamborguini. Do you think you would listen to him. Sport engine at heart don't like or appreciates a daddy's car and same as the other way arround. I prefer a real cruiser driver testing a cruiser. If I would have been a sport biker I would listen a real sport biker testing a sport bike. You know we don't ask a prest some advice about sex. It is not is field and beside, what does he know about it. I hope you will understand my logic. Without resentment.
Srkcycles ok you are an exception but in general I was talking. But me I am a mathématique guy and always counting and use probabilities so I don't take chances. What are the odds that I get a sport biker that is a cruiser rider to review a cruiser. You are one in very very few. So since the probability is low, I'm not taking any chance or I take is review very lightly unless I know the guy then I will listen. Now you told me about your type of car but seriously, do you have a cruiser and ride it regularly or you are more a sport bike lover instead?
Watched this 4 years ago. The goal was set. Goal was achieved.
Same here although I got mine new in the crate in 2018! Absolutely worth it too! Enjoy the ride!!
safe riding! You will never regret getting one.
Starting my third season with my Valkyrie, same color as this video. Watching this video helped nudge me over the edge. The best purchase I've made in a long time. It is a great, fun, comfortable ride, absolutely love it!
You can’t really notice the exhaust sound, but when you are highway speed, the sound of the motor is beautiful. It is an amazing machine
I just picked up a 2014 Valkyrie with a windshield, and 3200 miles on it. It's everything you see, gorgeous, smooth, fast!
How much you paid for it?
It's a Honda...great bikes
I own that bike and I totally agree with every comment you make ...thanks for all the love for the bike
@Spacecoastz Wow! Great, great price.
Been waiting for this test ride! I ride a 97 Valkyrie every day! Great bikes and crazy smooth just like the new ones!
This video just sold me. I found one with 3k miles for a fair price. Thank you bro. Stay Awesome. M. ;)
Do you have one now
I'd love to own one, but it's out of my price range, at the moment. Great test drive video!
I noticed "barny" sitting there with his radar gun. LOL
These 1800 six cylinder bikes sound like Formula 1 cars with the 6 into 6 pipes from Cobra. Very nice!
I HAVE THE BLACK ONE, AND IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BIKES THAT I HAVE EVER OWNED, I HAD A "FEW" SO FAR
This or vmax
been waiting a week for this video. lol. these things are amazing. I test rode one back in September. they are the smoothest most fun thing to ride. I don't know how they've sold for Honda but it deserves to be a lot more. it looks like nothing else on the road. such an awesome machine. looks, power, everything. good vid Sean. I love my Harley. when it's paid off I'll be looking to add one of these to the stable.
i hear they werent very good
Ray Carter Probably the price, but it's worth the money. Just a different experience... One everyone who loves to ride should experience. Should have a slipper clutch IMHO.
It was designed for and marketed to younger guys, but they couldn't afford it. The older guys who could afford it, hated it because it didn't look like just another Harley clone from the 1960s.
How dare honda make a cruiser that doesn't look like every other cruiser in the world!
love the sound of that flat 6.Its better then anything screaming.
I humbly disagree about the gears. I just got one and it feels like it’s missing a gear. At 60mph you’ll be looking to shift again but you’re out of luck. Needs a gear from 60-85 and then an overdrive gears for flat highway traveling at 80 plus. Other than this I really enjoy the bike. If there’s a fix for this problem I’d like to hear about it.
I own and ride a 98 valk tourer. best bike I've ever owned. I like all bikes and have owned a dozen of all kinds. they all have their own personality. The Valkyrie has lots of personality and the power is so USABLE. and the boxer 6 has a howl all it's own.
the new Valk is a great looking bike, and I like that it looks like nothing else. it's one of those bikes that can stay completely stock and still be very cool and repected.
peace
Tonto Gonzales not a boxer engine dude it’s a flat 6
It isn't really "just a goldwing with nothing on it". Just about everything is different on it. Even has a longer wheel base and more aggressive rake. It even has different size wheels. Valkyrie is 17 and 19 while goldwing is 16 and 18.
Great review, loved your enthusiasm! After two wings, I have an F6B now but can appreciate and admire the Valkyrie!
I have a black 14 valkyrie, I love this bike, only problem I have with it is the chrome gas cap cover and the speedo cover, between 11:00 a.m. to 1:00p.m. it will blind the hell out of you lol.
You did not start with a word of Wisdom
Love the sound of this bike. I'm an engineer and it just sounds like a well oiled machine. Seems to ride smooth too.
lrstaf6 everybody is lucky to know you're a engineer.
Sanitation engineer?
@@angry-white-men poke fun, until there are no sanitation engineers, then you'll be in deep shit.
@@Luis.M.Castillo easy friend
I get the wind in my face on my 2012 Goldwing. I always have the windshield at the lowest setting, and I open up the vent for the blast of air. So I get the effect, without the buffeting I got on my 2001 Valkyrie. That 1500 was a HOTROD! Six carbs! The later version with the 1832cc flat six is fuel injected, and more of an exercise in technology than the older hotrod version. The 1500 version has a greater rake, so you feel heavier in a parking lot, but more stable at its higher top end (mine hit 140mph...radar confirmed). The 1800 has almost the same power to weight ratio, and about the same 0-60mph time. I'm tempted to go buy one of the still left over 1800 Valkyries. It would be a great stablemate to my Goldwing.
Great review Shaun. Just bought one of the last remaining new old stock 2014 in the UK. Had many many bikes over the years but never had a six cylinder so really excited about it. They are very rare over here infact i have never actually seen one out and about!
You lucky sod. I am bursting for one.
Thanks. Had it a few weeks now and its every bit as magnificent as i hoped it would be! Love it.
Been riding years I have over 15 what a great power Cruiser the neat thing is you don't have to put stage 1 2 3 4 to make it go
Freaked out when he put his hands up to describe the engine.
Then I realized I wasn't the one driving lol.
I call mine the freight train, rides like im on a rail and power forever.
Just a wind screen, highway pegs & saddlebags & this thing could tour cross country
Yes that thing exists it's called a goldwing
A couple times.
@@botyaay1233 no shit Sherlock! I know what a wing/f6b is.... I'm sayin one doesn't even need those bikes for C.C! Just pegs, bags and windscreen on a Valkyrie & your good
@@mayhemmike1789 I understand your point
but if you mod so much just to get cross country might as well buy a wing or an f6b which is more capable and better equipped for
mile munching
but i get that the valk is great because of the riding position
love this channel
Does that thing ever stop accelerating? Great color for that bike. I knew you would like how quiet it is. Wonder what sounds it would make with pipes
Nice use of the turn signal..
You should do a valkyrie vs rune video.
Cool bike but I think it’s a very pale imitation of the 2004/5 Valkyrie Rune which I think is the best cruiser ever made. The engineering and build quality on those was just awesome which is why they are now so sought after even when they’re getting to 14/15 years old! I sold mine a few years back but I’m really lucky that a buddy is happy to sell me his and it has under 5,000 miles on the clock! Cannot wait to be out on the road again!
I like the Rune so much. Luckily they are still selling for only 16k. Still 10k less then new.
since i was a kid i dreamt of this bike and long roads. it never came into reality.
This is a beautiful, unique, quality product.
Lol I chuckled at 3:50, sees a cop and goes from 59 to 42 in a matter of seconds lol but great video as always! Gorgeous bike, looks like a blast to ride
Been waiting on this test ride!!!
i hope it was worth the wait
Srkcycles well worth the wait, that thing is awesome!
What a beautiful beast!😁 I just realized when you jumped on I-283 that you guys are very close to my old stomping grounds!! I used to live about 7 miles east of Harrisburg back in the 1970's, and I was last there back in 2010. I almost didn't recognize the place, it's so built up now. I used to go to the Manheim Auto Auction (pretty close to you guys) with my grandfather back in the day. We also loved to go to the drags at York US 30 Dragway.😉👍 Ahhh, the good old days...😊
That shift into 1st when you think you are shifting to 2nd still gets me.
+Robert Brandywine yeah that was great
I didn't mean it was great. I meant it is annoying and even dangerous as it's like hitting the brakes without having brake lights. Definitely needs either a slipper clutch or a higher (or is it lower?) gear ratio for first.
Awesome bike. Great vid!
I would luv this bike, but I already bought a Honda in '97!
I'm guessing they didn't sell well for Honda. Found 2 dealers within a few hundred miles selling 2014 carryovers in May 2018 for $9999. I'm sure there are other fees to add in, but that's giving them away.
+John Yingling not for msrp
Can you tell me how this compares to the 2008 VTX 1800? Some idiot pulled out in front of me, and my bike got totaled. Looking for something new!
How much does it cost? Used?
Dude..it's the torque along with HP...
Thinking about trading my 16 Goldwing audio comfort for one of these and adding bags and a shield. It might be tough because the seat on my wing works well for me and I didn't care for the seat on my F6B.
cruise control ?
How's it pull compared to the VMax?
Hello i own honda valkyrie 2014 plx i want to know word acc in contact key for what means what
the accessory "circuits" function ????? Thanks alot waiting for your reply
I admit I did love the looks of the original Valkyrie, though it was not my type of bike. Just like this one, it was too smooth, quiet, and refined for me. But at least it did look like a motorcycle, not like a spaceship, as you said about this one. I don't want to ride a spaceship. My taste runs to large displacement single crankpin v-twins (ala Harley) or long stroke singles, like my Royal Enfield. If it's a motorcycle, it should let you know there is a big thumping internal combustion engine down there, not an electric motor. The whole point of riding a motorcycle is that visceral feeling you get. The more primitive and unrefined the better. I have owned a couple of Goldwings, a 1983 Interstate and a 1989 1500. The '83 at least had a growl to it, the 1500 was like the luxury car you mentioned. I didn't keep it very long. It bored me to death. You mentioned the Harley Ultra. I would much rather have one of those, with some aftermarket pipes. You can hear and feel those 2 big pistons hammering away down there. I'm a cruiser guy, and don't really care much about handling, as long as it is adequate.
i think u said it all for a lot of us all .............withe statement made re visceral etc.well=put sir!
Too smooth to quiet too powerful do the math
It bored you because you probably don't have enough skill to ride to its full potential...your probably one of the cruiser guys who dont go past the speed limit on the twisties but think your a hell of a rider because u scrape your big ass floor boards that are almost touching the ground with the kick stand on 😂
I have a Valkyrie and I'm having overheating problem. Can you tell me how to fix it or what the problem may be?
watch UA-cam videos all the time. Not often I can say.... hey wait the scenery looks familiar. Oh wait you're less than 2 miles from my house. ps I like how your loop took you right passed Lancaster Honda. dad has has a GL1800 I might have to trade in the vtx1300 and seriously consider the valkyrie.
That's beautiful! I swear to you, if I were to suddenly get some $, I'd be happy to own that thing and I'm a girl ☺️ Just a work of art.
lol yeah they are great
I don't like the price tag, but I do like the bike.
Was the slipper clutch bike a vtx1300? I test rode one and it didnt lock up in 1st
I just bought this bike yesterday and it literally scares the shit out of me.
I'm thinking about it.... They are going for $8900 in my area
Literally huh?
Vtec?
It's a nice-looking bike and it's a nice color to
was this bike only released in 14 and 15?
Yes, only 2 model years in the U.S. 2014 & 2015
Sorry man , but that other guy, that does your videos is terrible. Make hem get his own channel and not use yours. Sorry for sounding harsh.
How did you use that right hand mirror?
beautiful bike i'm looking brother thank you sir
3:25 you like the wind and how silent it runs? :) How about you get some Zero bikes in your shop? :)
i would love to, i cant wait to ride an E bike
This is proof that an engine doesn't have to be a rumbling, potato-potato V-twin or a screaming, tightly wound inline-4 to sound awesome.
I don’t understand why people don’t like this bike 🤨
They do not like it because they have never ridden it absolutely fantastic power Cruiser used one cell for low low price
jim wortham that and people mad it doesn’t look like the original
Nice bike and video.
Honda best on planet earth
I love big heavy Hondas! I have a VTX 1800 C and I love it! The valkyrie looks okay, but I really don't like how it sounds. For me personally, how about bike sounds makes a big difference as to whether or not I would buy it or not.
it kind of sounds like a sewing machine on steroids. It definitely looks like it blows, looks like it handles well. Having said that it's not for me.
Dont they have aftermarket exhaust?
on a buddy of mines Dyno my 2014 got 125HP and 125 Ft Lbs of Torque
Not really my style but an amazing bike.
Cool bike I want one.
Nice Bike, I would like to test ride one?
Glad that cop didn't come after you! (right b4 you got on the highway)
+ltunedkc he was cool and I wasn't speeding or anything
God it sounds like a car; this makes me want a motorcycle license.
Alien motorcycles🔥
i dont what the payments would be but id give my 400$ a month for it . the sound it makes , feel like your on a spaceship lol
Dream bike
Is it just me or are the handlebars crooked?
Too bad, the Nazi state of CA will not allow it in until is has 7,500 miles on it... Our Nazi leaders punish us for the sake of immigration and "internal" economical sales! Nice bike! I had the "older" Valkyrie and liked it a lot. Everything you say about this new Valkyrie makes me want one of the newer Valkyries!!!
lol shut the fuck up dumbass
They should have named it something else. Nothings like the original!
Nice bike.
This motorcycle looks like it fires missels and has machine guns built into it.
Original Valk looks and sounds better
What do you mean that this Valkyrie is a chinese copy ?
@@akula1055 This is a 2nd Generation of Valkyrie. First gen is 1520cc from 1997-2003 and looks very different. This video the Valkyrie is 2nd Gen 2013-2014 1800cc. Both are amazing bikes. The 1st Gen Valkyrie had 3 models. A standard, A tourer, and a Interstate
sounds more like a honda civic. I know it's a stock exhaust but between this and the commentary... sheesh.
And can this thing pass *goes 60-85 in .75 sec*
lol my grandpa rides one of these around got yelled at by a cop for doing 130 in an 80. He only got away with it because he was 90 years old.
old valkyrie is old yeah stopped making it 20 years ago, & Shave the Rabinical, Abe Lincolnwitz Beard....
The 1997 Valkyries are better than the 2014 it is just a bike Honda threw the Valkyrie sign on it!
I mean if you prefer timing belts and carburetors, whatever floats your boat 🤷♂️
Once you,ve had avalkryie you never go back
You could buy Valkyrie rune
The first one I ever heard to hate the old Valkyrie
Looks like a giant Grom.
Why do people always defend Harletys.They're no good-Period
sounds like ST1100
you also don't get the bugs in face and clothes
118hp is really low (if that's the real number).
117 actually. But torque is what matters and it has 123lb ft. Double or even triple most sport bikes.
How do you figure? Roughly speaking an 1800cc motor is 110 cubic inches. If you can pull one horsepower and one torque per each cubic inch if a motor you've built a perfect motor, Honda did that. So how is it low? It's not Harley's underpowered Twin Cams and Milwaukee 8's.
@@lotuscorpse It’s low compared to the 175hp motors on bikes with much less displacement. I was just expecting the number to be higher.
Its way faster than a vtx 1800
based on sales numbers, this 2nd generation valkyrie is a total dud. no one buys them. they are like something out of an anime cartoon. Honda went Godzilla Japanese on this redesign and fucked it up...dealers are discounting these abominations brand new 30-40% off, and at that, they're just sitting. Honda ruined the valkyrie...
Man I would love to get my hands on one. But I am 5'5". Maybe too big.
ok
More gears to compensate for lack of torque......uh huh....
It's true. If you have torque at a wide range of rpm, you don't need more gears to stay in the torque curve.
Problem is they are super ugly compared to the first generation!
great video check your mirror
thank you sir
118 hp bahahaha thats it for 6 cylinders?????
I was gonna watch the video....thanks
You missed the point. This is a power cruiser bike not a sport bike. Thoes six cylinders are there for smooth power delivery and torque not all out power. It's the same idea for luxury cars as well. The Bently Mulsanne has a 6.8 liter V8 engine but it produces 530 horsepower but it produces 811 lb-ft and the Mulsanne rides nice, is silent and pulls like mad which is the same with this bike. It's a slimmer version of the Goldwing. Which is you know, is a touring bike that rides nice, is silent and pulls like mad. Sure 118 horsepower doesn't sound like much but it's 721 pounds wet and does 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and runs quarter miles in the 11s. The numbers don't lie. Stop being ignorant and just respect anything with a motor. Because there was so much passion put into this bike and having some person without notable knowledge about bikes complain about it because it doesn't make enough power is a insult to the engineers who made it.
Don't bother!
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Exactly so. I rode an MT-01 for 10 years, 1670cc and it probably only made 80 to 90 horsepower. But every ride felt like an adventure and every stop drew a crowd. Last year I traded it for a CB1000r which is great handles amazing but is really far too fast for me and my riding style. Also it just looks like any other bike and you get idiots in cars trying it on cos they don't realise it's 1000cc and quite quick. So I'm scoping out perhaps a 2014 F6C the smooth 6 cylinder 'zoom' I know will give me a kick every time I ride it. This thing isn't a sport bike and its no way trying to be. But I get the feeling it could very well be amazing for zooming about on. And I'm talking real world speeds not jailbait recklessness. I have plans for my life and licence.
But also 125 ft/lbs of torque, at just about every rpm.
Also, it'll run for 200,000+ miles.
How many miles will you get out of your 150hp 60ft/lb 4 cylinder crotch rocket that only makes any power at 8500 rpm?
Does anyone want to see how smooth a Valkyrie 6 cyl. runs. Here you go with a coin balance test ua-cam.com/video/wvPciPbJ0rY/v-deo.html. I have thought on more than one occasion that my engine died coasting at an idle down a slight grade with the wind noise covering the light engine sound..
Well sport bike are built differently than cruisers. The sport bike respond faster the brakes, the angle of front suspension is less so quick responding in the direction. When I see or hear constantly sport biker or cruiser biker talking against the other tipe I find that dum. None of the two kind are better or worst. The have their own purpose. For your question I would say that it would not be a serious test drive of a Cadillac for instance by a guy that is a sport car driver at heart and drives Porche, Ferarry, lamborguini. Do you think you would listen to him. Sport engine at heart don't like or appreciates a daddy's car and same as the other way arround. I prefer a real cruiser driver testing a cruiser. If I would have been a sport biker I would listen a real sport biker testing a sport bike.
You know we don't ask a prest some advice about sex. It is not is field and beside, what does he know about it. I hope you will understand my logic.
Without resentment.
+Marco Polo I disagree, don't you know that I have a mint 97 Lincoln town car sitting in my garage with 60k on the clock. That I love to drive.
Srkcycles ok you are an exception but in general I was talking. But me I am a mathématique guy and always counting and use probabilities so I don't take chances. What are the odds that I get a sport biker that is a cruiser rider to review a cruiser. You are one in very very few. So since the probability is low, I'm not taking any chance or I take is review very lightly unless I know the guy then I will listen. Now you told me about your type of car but seriously, do you have a cruiser and ride it regularly or you are more a sport bike lover instead?
Mirrors arent for show.