Thanks for all the advice. You're right, Friar John, this is one friendly and helpful site. Here's a bit of back story which might help determine how much of a novice this novice actually is. As a 60th birthday present to myself I decided to learn how to ride a motorbike. I passed my test on a Kawasaki 500 cc back home in Wales last summer, as well as the compulsory 2B motorbike test out here in Singapore. For the past nine months I've ridden a Daelim Daystar 150cc minature rice rocket every day in the Singapore rush hour, and so - slowly but surely - my riding skills are improving. This is just as well, because if the local taxi drivers don't get you, then the jerks in the Mercs will.
So, here's the 64,000 dollar question: should a man of my age, who's short in the leg and not exactly Mr Universe, even look at - let alone fall in love with - a cruiser whose dry weight is a damn sight more than any 150 cc tiddler? Or is it true that it's really down to a good sense of balance, plus confidence gained through practice, and not brute strength when it comes to handling a mid-sized motorbike? I don't want to be crushed to death in the car park of my local supermarket before I actually get to ride off into the sunset of my life and north Wales.
One last question and then I'll stop. Is it true that the footstand on the Triumph America is a bit tricky for those of us who may be short of leg but big of heart. I hope not, because I've just made this guy the offer he can't refuse. And FIY in the USA 3000 pounds = 5000 bucks. Em
