Before I owned a low rider s and now my second, a low rider ST, I would of disagreed with your comments about you raving on the Harley.
But as we get older our views and taste change. One of the reasons why I never bought a Harley was, well, because they are all over the place. I see them everywhere. In some ways that’s a good thing.
Easy to get parts, dealers are every 20 miles or so, (at least in my area, we have 4 Harley dealers in a 60 miles radius).
One of the reason why I finally stepped into a Harley dealer was all my close friends own a Harley and when my cousin went to buy one I went with him and liked the Low Rider S, much so as I bought it.
As you said, they are dependable, make good power and torque, simple, pretty decent handling and braking etc. I since sold that low rider S and just bought a new 2022 low rider st with the 117 Milwaukee 8.
The good thing about the Milwaukee 8 is, they have the potential to make 200hp easy. Plus you can shop anywhere for parts.
Perhaps if TVS takes a page out of Harley’s air cooled dependability and simplified design they too can revive the 961 and have a dependable awesome performance bike.
