Are Cruisers hard to filter traffic in ?

RATM

Just thinking about buying a new bike next year and Im leaning towards a cruiser, probably aSuzuki Marauder or Yamaha Dragstar. ATM I am on a 125 scooter which I feel is grand for the type of driving i do, mainly city center.

But Im thinking that a cruiser may not be an ideal bike to have if it is mostly used for city driving. ATM the seat position on the scooter is quite high up so its a very good vantage point for observing pedestrians. But a cruiser seems significantly lower, are you very limited in what you can see at that height?

Also the handle bars appear wide too, do are cruiser drivers typically restricted when trying to filter between stationery traffic because of this or is it really a non-problem?

Any other input on these two types of cruisers or other suggestions most welcome

Paparazzo

What size cruiser are you getting? I used them in traffic, a scooter is probably better, but not much. You might find one gap a week that the scooter would fit through.
I'd definitely upgrade, more respect with a real bike

arybvtcw0eolkf

The cruiser being a 4 stroke will give you a little more torque, so you won't be downshifting so often when you see a gap.

Your turning circle won't be as good on the cruiser, but your probably not a courier so that shouldn't really be a deciding factor.

As for choosing one to get more respect from ''with real bike", don't bother with that attitude and you'll be fine with either the scooter or cruiser.

RATM

Im thinking a learner legal 600cc. I've had my 125cc a few years now but lately find it doesn't have the extra speed and acceleration I now need but didn't 3 years ago when I was inexperienced.

The one thing I love about scooter is they can get through tight gaps so you're at the top of the traffic lights with an empty road waiting ahead. It's one of the pleasures of driving a bike for me.


Any ideas whats the approx width measurement of a Cruisers handlebars or mirrors? I must measure my scooter tomorrow to compare, probably not all that much difference Im thinking, maybe a foot extra or so?

hobochris

RATM wrote: »

Im thinking a learner legal 600cc. I've had my 125cc a few years now but lately find it doesn't have the extra speed and acceleration I now need but didn't 3 years ago when I was inexperienced.

The one thing I love about scooter is they can get through tight gaps so you're at the top of the traffic lights with an empty road waiting ahead. It's one of the pleasures of driving a bike for me.


Any ideas whats the approx width measurement of a Cruisers handlebars or mirrors? I must measure my scooter tomorrow to compare, probably not all that much difference Im thinking, maybe a foot extra or so?

depends on the bike/ handlebars..

Small cruisers aren't really a problem filtering. They aren't that wide. I had a yamaha roadstar 1600 last year, now that presented some filtering difficulties!

Interceptor

For easy filtering you need wide bars, a high seat and a bright headlamp! I favour the supermoto style and would reckon any cruiser to be tougher to maneouver through traffic. How many couriers do you see on cruisers? Not many.

'cptr