Thread: Bike Porn - Regardless of the motor, Show off your "two wheeled" beasties

Gone to the dark side and bought a cruiser.

Well it has a cruiser engine anyway. 1670cc, 150nm torque at 3750RPM
The rest is proper bike. R1 suspension, 6 pot brakes, and alloy chassis.

very nice @Shearer ... they have a lot of presence in the flesh those machines. Bit on the heavy side but beats a straight out cruiser any day. Now just ditch the factory pipes and the ktm orange paint ..?

Originally Posted by Ftx325

very nice @Shearer ... they have a lot of presence in the flesh those machines. Bit on the heavy side but beats a straight out cruiser any day. Now just ditch the factory pipes and the ktm orange paint ..?

Haha. Not likely. I own 2 KTMs and like orange. I think I will keep it pretty standard.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Haha. Not likely. I own 2 KTMs and like orange. I think I will keep it pretty standard.

Ktm fan eh....I well, I won't hold that against you...at least you've got one bike with the right logo on the tank.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Gone to the dark side and bought a cruiser.
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Well it has a cruiser engine anyway. 1670cc, 150nm torque at 3750RPM
The rest is proper bike. R1 suspension, 6 pot brakes, and alloy chassis.

An allen key and some GP pipes would enhance it tremendously. Very nice.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Gone to the dark side and bought a cruiser.
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Well it has a cruiser engine anyway. 1670cc, 150nm torque at 3750RPM
The rest is proper bike. R1 suspension, 6 pot brakes, and alloy chassis.

Thats bizarre, never seen one before. reverse cone muffler, bevel drive cam, looks like a harley had a one night stand with an old school ducati.
How heavy is this??

Originally Posted by trapperjohn

Thats bizarre, never seen one before. reverse cone muffler, bevel drive cam, looks like a harley had a one night stand with an old school ducati.
How heavy is this??

250kgs dry. Yeah. It was a bit of an odd (but fun) concept. They were $30K new in NZ when they came out. Sort of Japans take on a Buell.

They use the engine from the cruiser model and bump up the torque a bit with some tuning , made a new frame and threw sports bike suspension and brakes on.
They sound awesome with decent pipes and from what I've been told by a couple of guys I know who have owned them , one of them done right up , actually handle surprisingly well for a heavy bike.
I seriously looked at one myself at one point for a bit of a project.

Originally Posted by Shearer

250kgs dry. Yeah. It was a bit of an odd (but fun) concept. They were $30K new in NZ when they came out. Sort of Japans take on a Buell.

Hmmm a tad weighty. Nothing wrong with the concept would assume by just looking at the design that she handled the weight and power quite well.
By the looks alone its exactly what the early Duke bevels and modern Harley's should or could have been.
If I know the Japs it will be an improvement on a Buell.

At 30k I will keep my eyes out for a pre-loved one.
Very nice.

Originally Posted by trapperjohn

Hmmm a tad weighty. Nothing wrong with the concept would assume by just looking at the design that she handled the weight and power quite well.
By the looks alone its exactly what the early Duke bevels and modern Harley's should or could have been.
If I know the Japs it will be an improvement on a Buell.

At 30k I will keep my eyes out for a pre-loved one.
Very nice.

I think Harley finally got it right here.

Bit spendy but.

Originally Posted by Shearer

I think Harley finally got it right here.
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Bit spendy but.

I don't see the harley boys riding one of those... not abnoxious enough with the silent hair dryer motor. That won't scare small children and animals or be echoing around the neighborhood from 3k away at 4 in the morning or make much of an impact whooshing into the pub carpark....

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I don't see the harley boys riding one of those... not abnoxious enough with the silent hair dryer motor. That won't scare small children and animals or be echoing around the neighborhood from 3k away at 4 in the morning or make much of an impact whooshing into the pub carpark....

Well I spy sports mono shock, USD forks and Brembo brakes just point it in the right direction and go (not to sure how far though) just add a tape recording of something abnoxious to keep the harley purists, cough twats happy.

The Yammies way cool though.

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I don't see the harley boys riding one of those... not abnoxious enough with the silent hair dryer motor. That won't scare small children and animals or be echoing around the neighborhood from 3k away at 4 in the morning or make much of an impact whooshing into the pub carpark....

Plus they’ll hardly get from one pub to the next before the battery goes flat. (Depending on how far apart the pubs are - your result may differ)

Originally Posted by Shearer

I think Harley finally got it right here.
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Bit spendy but.

Wow Harley technology just took a leap forward 100 years technology wise and missed all the good stuff like OHC, turbos, high compression etc in the middle.

Originally Posted by Shearer

I think Harley finally got it right here.
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Bit spendy but.

That's shit judged by any concept of a motorbike.