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Kawasaki Vulcan900C Just got into riding this Summer after completing a safety course with my girlfriend. We're having a great time cruising so far. Definitely taking it slow while I get comfortable with the bike, and careful to remember all the rules of thumb for keeping the tires on the road. Riding actually makes me a better driver - now I'm keeping my eyes peeled no matter what I'm driving! The 250s that the safety course provided were great fun but after an intensive weekend of riding, I was popping pain pills from being sore. I simply did not fit on a Suzuki Intruder! Long story short, after trying out dozens of bikes I arrived at the Vulcan Custom for my first bike. It's a 2007 with 9800 miles and super affordable. It's got forward mounted controls (so my legs fit), and the previous owner put Cobra pipes on it...so it's prety loud! Good times.

Thanks! I'm barely a MOCer these days, all I have to show for my own creations lately is a shortened SSD stand and some AT-AT 5.0 mods that I haven't posted yet. Hopefully I'll find some inspiration for new projects before long. Yeah, I really like the Eurobricks Forums for the constant activity. Here and FBTB are my goto places for all things LSW. Plus, there's a motorcycle thread here, which I'll contribute to soon. -Cheers

Err, guilty. Long time lurker

That's a great plan, wishing I had the patience to hold off till October myself...but I caved. No regrets by any stretch, however, as the ship is something to behold when it's finally on display. I would have preferred to build one years ago from my own collection, but alas, my parts supply wasn't (and still isn't) nearly extensive enough. I had a blast with this one...I opted for a speedier build by assembling all the mirrored sections concurrently. Amazing how much faster you cruise through the instructions when you don't have to repeat for the opposite side all the time! I also tried skipping around, building all the perimeter and cityscape detail parts first, then staging them for an assembly line style order. Anyway, depsite the flat bottom, I'm still blown away by this set, and urge the undecided to make the leap - I'm betting you'll be happy you did, especially this October.

Great thread, everyone. Having grown up in the 80s, it certainly makes me cheer whenever a new OT 'UCS' set is announced, but at the same time I really enjoyed building 10195 - and 10215 for that matter. Any well-designed 10xxx set will get a thumbs up from me, no matter which film it appeared in. As for the recent trend regarding the blurry UCS classification: TLG can load the thing up with minifigs, add a supremely off-scale interior, I don't care...as long as the vehicle itself is worthy of display alongside the earlier heavy-hitters like 10030 and the big Falcon. The new SSD is a case in point: huge, great looking set, fun build, impressive on display despite the quirky interior - doesn't bother me one bit. I would rather have 10221 come with minifigs and an interior than not have the set released at all. I would even go as far as saying the minifigs in 10221 add a certain coolness factor even though I'm not a fig collector. An enhanced experience for me, and quite possibly an attribute that could push the indecisive buyer over the edge to make a purchase instead of passing over a big grey ship. Something for everyone, perhaps .02