[LouAvul]

Mine is 600 pounds. It's a 2015 Tiger Explorer XC. Something like 138 horsepower but the ECU limits top speed to 134 mph. Way faster than I'll ever ride but it's a monster compared to my Scrambler, which is the bike I had before the Tiger. Before that it was a Honda Trail 90 and then a Kawasaki Big Horn.

But I'm with you. When I look at the specs for the Harley I don't think I'm interested. The new Street Rod is about 56 horsepower and even the big 800 pound bikes are only around 75 hp.

I'm not a horsepower junkie, but when I'm merging onto our freeways where the speed limit is 75 and the traffic flow is about 85 and I don't have much of an merge lane to do my thing? Those extra horsepower come in might handy.

[Seruzawa]

I have a 2010 Tiger 1050 which is quite a bit lighter so the performance is similar to the bigger Explorer.

Torque figures are more important than HP and those big twins are faster than one would think but those massive weights are more than I can deal with any more. 800 lbs or more? Even the 800cc class Japanese cruisers push 650lbs. Ridiculous.