KR Aussie Correspondent Big Dave spent a day in the saddle on the Indian Pursuit Dark Horse.
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HITTING THE HIGHWAY The lyric,‘ And the sky with no clouds’ befitted my departure. Early-ish Sunday morning is a good time to tackle the M1 heading from Brisbane to the Gold Coast and I had a clear run all the way to the Tweed. These days, that’ s rare. Aussie superslab is like NZ Motorways, dull at best, and this dual carriageway runs unbroken, some 400km to Coffs Harbour on the NSW Mid Coast. A bypass there is almost complete and the motorway will soon run 1000km Brisbane-Sydney non-stop. Fortunately, the Pursuit is as good as it gets for the motorway lark. I rate it as best in class in terms of comfort and appointment for a tall or large rider. I put the electric screen up to maximum height, settled into a wonderfully comfortable saddle, sat back with the wide handlebars, and stretched out on the big footboards. Then I set the excellent cruise control, dialled up the premium Ride Command infotainment system, selected my favourite riding playlist( No America), ran the Waze app on the Apple CarPlay screen to spot hazards and speed cameras- and channelled it all to the hi-fi speakers in my smart helmet. It was a calm, cool start to the day, so I closed the vents in the fairing lowers, then thoroughly enjoyed watching it all roll by, past the theme parks, on to the Gold Coast, taking a peek at
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