[nortex]

This site has been great! I bought my 11 vn900 about 6 months ago as a leftover model. It was my first bike and a good one. Today I sold it for payoff and purchased a 08 yamaha warrior 1700. I realized that I would always be chasing more power and highway rpm. I have been riding a vtx1800 for a couple mounths and knew that's what I needed. 102 ci here I come.

 

[rick]

Congrats on the purchase, was interested in the Warrior myself when I was single.

 

[pgougal]

Hey nortex, Congratulation on the new bike. Thank you for sharing some of the parts form your Vulcan. Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[BlueLine]

Congrats and welcome to the Warrior club. I have a Vulcan and Warrior...

 

[Romans5.8]

Hey don't be a stranger; plenty of former Vulcaneers around here.

Enjoy that bike! They look great! (I haven't had the pleasure of riding one yet!)

 

[nortex]

Ill be around.

 

[fawlty99]

I'm also hanging around even though a Triumph is my ride now. Congrats on the purchase. That warrior looks a little like suzuki m109r styling. A bit more hunched forward than upright cruising. Is that fair to say? I haven't seen one in real life.

 

[nortex]

Thats the ticket. I like the muscle cruiser, drag bar style.

 

[BlueLine]

I'm also hanging around even though a Triumph is my ride now. Congrats on the purchase. That warrior looks a little like suzuki m109r styling. A bit more hunched forward than upright cruising. Is that fair to say? I haven't seen one in real life.

I noticed that I sit more upright on it than the 900. The 900 is more relaxed. The seat though on the Warrior is terrible. I am currently redoing the seat on my bike. I will sit lower in it and hopefully longer.

 

[nortex]

I do feel like I sit o. It rather than in it

 

[mypobox]

My buddy used to have a warrior and it was the meanest bike i ever heard. I think he got like 20mpg with that bike. Im sure it was mostly due to right hand abuse.

 

[BlueLine]

My buddy used to have a warrior and it was the meanest bike i ever heard. I think he got like 20mpg with that bike. Im sure it was mostly due to right hand abuse.

I get about 40mpg with a high of 45. But the issue is the size of the tank.

 

[nortex]

I rode all day yesterday and avg 37.5

 

[at-home-daddy]

I'm also hanging around even though a Triumph is my ride now.

Same here...a TBird 1600. To the OP: Those Warriors look nice -- congrats.

 

[nortex]

Its a monster

 

[SWVA_08V2k]

Always wanted to ride one. I always heard those had more top end power than the V2Ks but the 2Ks had more low end grunt. Hope it works out for you. Oh and for staying around, visit from time to time. I sold the 2K and switch to a 14 Ultra Limited in April. Good folks here and I still like to give my input on 2K things from time to time.

 

[at-home-daddy]

Looks like they stopped making them back in '09. A shame.

 

[Nati]

Looks like they stopped making them back in '09. A shame.

They just named it as a raider basically

 

[at-home-daddy]

They just named it as a raider basically

Mmm, I don't know about that. To my eyes, one's a muscular-looking power cruiser, the other's one a stretched out semi-chopper. They may have the same parents and ccs, but otherwise...to me, they look quite different.

 

[nortex]

Correct motor and rear fender are similar but that's where it ends for me.