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An unwarranted, aggressive attack against people who haven't said squat in this post. You taking lessons from KPaul?
Longride, I think what you aren't realizing is that 90% of the people who want Harley to make a sportbike want them to because they would LIKE TO OWN A HARLEY SPORTBIKE.
Sportbike mafia guys like to pose just as much as cruiser riders, and would forgive a little softer performance (a la Ducati) as long as there were redeeming benefits to the design (Ducati's chassis stability and nearly flawless HP and torque curves). Most people would be happy to buy a Buell, if it said Harley Davidson on the side and had an engine, not a boat anchor, in the middle. The xb9r is a masterpiece of high tech engineering and innovative design with an engine so old that Fred Flintstone would question it's age. That's why it's not being purchaced.
Can anyone here imagine a Firebolt with the engine from a Superhawk or R6? Can anyone imagine an xb9r with a 998 knockoff inside?Holy cats, you wouldn't have to train salesmen, you could pluck homeless people off of alleys for salesmen and people would buy it.
Do you remember the VR1000, and how people here were so sad when they called it quits? That's because everyone wanted the pride of having an American bike on top of the podium.
Besides, I saw pics of a V-Rod engined standard that looked a lot like a monster about a year ago, with rumormill saying Harley was looking at ideas. Why not? I'd buy it, especially considering that the V-Rod engine is proven and hasn't had any recalls. That is, if I could cough up the cash...
--The Fox
Longride, I think what you aren't realizing is that 90% of the people who want Harley to make a sportbike want them to because they would LIKE TO OWN A HARLEY SPORTBIKE.
Sportbike mafia guys like to pose just as much as cruiser riders, and would forgive a little softer performance (a la Ducati) as long as there were redeeming benefits to the design (Ducati's chassis stability and nearly flawless HP and torque curves). Most people would be happy to buy a Buell, if it said Harley Davidson on the side and had an engine, not a boat anchor, in the middle. The xb9r is a masterpiece of high tech engineering and innovative design with an engine so old that Fred Flintstone would question it's age. That's why it's not being purchaced.
Can anyone here imagine a Firebolt with the engine from a Superhawk or R6? Can anyone imagine an xb9r with a 998 knockoff inside?Holy cats, you wouldn't have to train salesmen, you could pluck homeless people off of alleys for salesmen and people would buy it.
Do you remember the VR1000, and how people here were so sad when they called it quits? That's because everyone wanted the pride of having an American bike on top of the podium.
Besides, I saw pics of a V-Rod engined standard that looked a lot like a monster about a year ago, with rumormill saying Harley was looking at ideas. Why not? I'd buy it, especially considering that the V-Rod engine is proven and hasn't had any recalls. That is, if I could cough up the cash...
--The Fox
