First impressions of riding my 2014 Valkyrie is it feels quite small compared to the Rocket Roadster, even though it's a big bike, it's a bit like a stocky bull as wide as it is tall. It's very, very well balanced extremely low centre of gravity and a much lighter feel. Has a nice 6cylinder growl/burble to the exhaust note. (it's pretty loud for a stock exhaust) Seamless and effortless power surge as soon as you hit the throttle. So smooooooth..... Virtually no vibration at all and a very powerful ride with an instant smooth pull of torque in any gear. Haven't pushed it to see top speed yet as still break it in, not done the first 500kms on it yet. But defiantly a more powerful and sportier bike to ride than the Valkyrie Rune which I also have. (Better power to weight ratio coming in there)
No it's not as full on power as the Rocket in a straight line, but not so far behind and it handles very well with little rider input, it just follows your body lean round the twisties and corner and holds your line well. Great brakes too. The all round LED lighting system is pretty cool, didn't realise how powerful a LED headlight can be... It's very bright!
So all in all it's another fun ride, but a different ride to the Roadster which is one of my favourite bikes.
