Online: Hilly

New Buell super cruiser

  • 408
    408
    1 year ago
    Not my idea of a ‘Cruiser’ but would be a fun bike. Not sure which category it belongs in but certainly has the fxr look.

  • speedzter
    speedzter
    1 year ago
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Nice looking bike overall, if you like the style, but why do modern motors have to look so ugly?
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    1 year ago
    yes, not good, but this is worse !

    Harley "del mar" Livewire

  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    175 HP, be fun that.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Quoting speedzter on 13 Feb 2023 12:25 AM

    yes, not good, but this is worse !

    Harley "del mar" Livewire

    Hard to hide a huge battery pack, guess they may shrink as the tech gets better.
  • speedzter
    speedzter
    1 year ago
    Quoting speedzter on 13 Feb 2023 12:25 AM

    yes, not good, but this is worse !

    Harley "del mar" Livewire

    Quoting paulybronco on 13 Feb 2023 05:21 AM

    Hard to hide a huge battery pack, guess they may shrink as the tech gets better.

    Maybe Hydrogen will be the next big thing, so we can ditch the crazy "electrification" trend .
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Quoting obisteve on 13 Feb 2023 12:01 AM

    Nice looking bike overall, if you like the style, but why do modern motors have to look so ugly?

    I know why of course, they can. Vacuum die casting let's them make very complex thin walled castings, and finite element analysis let's them design the castings no stronger than they need to be, so they make them like that and save weight. But it would be good if the stylists and marketing mob spoke out and screamed Its too fugly, make it 5 kg heavier and it will look way better, and will be easier to sell.
    Customers need to like the way the motor looks.
    I've read an interesting article Kevin Cameron that mentions the new Indian Power Plus motor, another fugly one, had 15 kg shaved off the motors weight during the development process  largely by refining all the castings.