my harley experience was in 1990. i went to the motorcycle show in san francisco on my 700s night hawk that i bought wrecked and put back together. about $1000 invested. i rode a 1200 sporty. the course was about 10 miles around the cow palace in daily city. the thing shaked and vibrated so much i thought it would fall apart. next to me was a guy on a heritage with the tour pack and that was vibrating just as much. the price on the bike was just over $7000. i was never happier to drop off that bike and get back to my honda.