Fischer MRX 650: Would you buy one?

Not lame at all

At least I don't think so. Take that for what it's worth.

Notice I didn't include Honda on my list of "Hey, we're the guys who bombed Pearl Harbor, remember?!" list of motorcycle brand names.

"Honda" isn't immediately recognizable as a Japanese name, and, at least on a sub-conscious level, was probably more acceptable in the U.S. during the time of introduction. Now, if Kawasaki was here first, I'm pretty sure they would have had a tougher sled than Honda. Suzuki is almost as bad. And Yamaha is probably the least potentially troubling, but I'm sure it sounded pretty weird to western ears at first.

P.S. I loved to watch "Hogan's Heroes" reruns. Part of its charm is how they shamelessly lampooned the Germans. I always wondered how people took that when the show originally aired.

Yes I would buy one, with the team that Fischer has working on this project , you would be hard pressed to do better than that, it has to be one sweet piece of tack.

Gemini built the chassis for the ill fated VR 1000, and that bike could have won some races in the hands of people like DuHamel Chandler, Russell et al, thanks to its great handling, but it was the reliability, or lack of it, that made it fail, and we can thank the "Motor Company" for that, so much for American Made!

As far as Glynn Kerr, well his record speaks for itself, as a top notch designer for so many different companys for so many years, he definetly has the credentials, this bike has some great looks.

And last but not least, the engine, as schizuki stated above, we live in a global marketing environment, period. If you don't believe it go ahead and dissect a H-D bike down to the last bolt and nut and you will discover that a large % of those parts come from, horror of horrors, ASIA.

Not too long ago Sir Alan Cathcart, tested a Hyosung for one of the print rags and reported that the motorcycle was very impresive in the engine department, since his credentials are also impecable, having tested 500 GP bikes, 999 MotoGP bikes and just about everything under the sun, as well as having raced in the SuperMono series in Europe, I would would have to trust his opinion here. Some years ago, we were under the impression that everything that came from Japan was junk, and it was, right after WWII their quality was nonexisting, and the Koreans were in the same boat in the 80's. But how things have changed, some of the cars they are building right now are very good indeed, I know some very satisfied owners out there, with lots of miles on them without major problems, I wish I could say that about my Chevrolet Silverado Pick Up truck!

And as for price, if a bike like that was coming from Italy, Austria or Germany, it would cost twice as much.

Let's go Mr. Fischer, and good luck. USA, USA, USA!