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Smudgie Buggler posted:Just, gently caress. Am I wrong in thinking that nearly all people who buy Bonnevilles and W800s and poo poo want is the aesthetic and to look like Steve McQueen? So, get a normal, modern, standard motorcycle frame, give it acceptable post-1980s suspension, put some torquey V-twin in there, and give it a flat tank and comfy seat like the Bonnie and hey presto! There won't be a loving thing that's 'authentic' about it, because it'll be a thousand times better to ride than any bike from the 50s or 60s, but you'd sell a million of the fuckers. Like, why don't Harley do this with the 883? The XR1200 was a fine effort at tapping into the retro-standard market, but it still had a big floppy dual-shock chassis and weighed 250kg. It cannot be that loving hard to make a bike with 50s styling that actually works as a modern bike with proper fun potential for under $8k American (lol @ the idea of a Harley under $8k new). I think the Street 750 is closer to this than the 883, and I won't be surprised if there are other mid-sized Revolution bikes in the future that get closer still. It probably depends on what flies stylistically with the Indian/Asian market. On a different note...any thoughts on the Honda 599?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:599's are boring according to everyone I've known who owned then sold one. Honda precision leading straight to complete predictability and boredom. Plus there's the Honda tax on top of all that. I've ridden a Bandit and owned an SV, I really didn't like them for reasons I can't fully articulate. The (first gen) SV in particular I really disliked. But my first and most favorite bike was a Honda CB-1, and I would probably have bought a VFR in there somewhere if I could've reached the ground with at least one foot (I literally could not even stop at stop signs on my test ride), so I may just be infected with some Honda boredom disease.
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A Loud Fart posted:This bike is the reason I got a license and it hurts that I don't have one. I spent quite a bit of time with that bike at the bike show a while back (unfortunately just floor model, not test ride). It's very nice.
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