Style and build of Yamaha XVS1100

It doesn’t get any more apt than that, does it? When Yamaha was trying to match up to the large piece of American crap they call Harley-Davidson (crap obviously is totally insane biker talk for the good things in life, in as much as the rap singers term ‘bad’ which is in fact cool!), they didn’t want to reinvent the wheel so it was an unashamed copy of umpteen Harleys through the decades, replete with copious chrome and a super standard of external finish. But there is no doubting its visual impact because that is what Harleys deliver in abundance and if the drag star couldn’t pull in the birds, see the looks, it wouldn’t have served its primary role, that of being a cruiser out there but the drag star will do nicely all around the world. The XVS 1100’s pulled-back handlebars, teardrop tank (complete with instrument on the top, what instrument when it is just a large round speedo with tell tales in it!), stepped seat and valanced fenders are all mightily clichéd in the Harley mould. In fact nothing takes the Harleyeque theme to ridiculous height than the large air-cooled vee-twin mill which sports a round air filter cover and shotgun pipes for that so-called ‘authentic’ look.