Munch, that you so much for your comments and advice. Hubby feels the Vulcan’s center of gravity is different too and he is comparing it to his old Honda Shadow 750. I haven’t been on a scooter in over a year and a half now and can’t even remember what that felt like.
I will follow your advice and take the bike up to the parking lot where the MSF course was this weekend and practice basic skills again. The spills definitely took a toll on my confidence. No doubt about that.
They are not willing to trade square for the Vstar. They only want to give $3600 for the Vulcan which is why we didn’t trade it on hubby’s V-Star 950. Figured we’d do better to sell it outright ourselves. They want over $6k for the V-Star 650 Custom.
Evidently I am weaker than other women my size. But at my size there is a big difference between 95 lbs and 120 lbs too. I have learned how to lift properly and the MSF instructor worked with me one and one and I still had problems even lifting the 250 from a fall. With the bigger bikes I cannot lift anything bigger than 650 even off of it’s kickstand, much less if it fell over. I will say though whenever I have dropped the Vulcan within minutes some nice wonderful man has stopped to help me get it up. I love riding but I am almost ready to give it up. I know the technique, the skill I’m sure needs improved, and the confidence at this point is zilch! Those videos made it look so easy and in practice I just can’t do it.
