| Author | Message | ||
     Electraglider_1997 |
http://www.gizmag.com/the-fury-honda-builds-a-chop per/10784/picture/64570/ | ||
| Ourdee |
Left side is Uhhhglee. | ||
| Johnboy777 |
Looks like a knockoff of a Victory built in Yugoslavia.  EDIT: 'Not' that there's anything wrong with bikes built in Yugoslavia, of course. . (Message edited by johnboy777 on January 17, 2009) | ||
| Johnboy777 |
Case in point, the Yugoslavian Tomos Colibri T12.  | ||
| Acav80 |
there's just something about most Japanese cruisers...something about the lines...makes me think, "close, but no cigar." The only way for me to not see ugly on that left side would be if someone parked another bike in front of it. | ||
| Thetable |
There is just something inherently unnatural about a shaft drive cruiser. | ||
| Thetable |
Oh yeah, and seriously, Honda revealed it with one of the most hideous Flash sites I have seen. Honda's Fury site | ||
| Dio |
If they could just fix that back fender - | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
The only thing funnier would be if Moto Guzzi tried to roll out a chopper. Not that there's anything wrong with Moto Guzzi. | ||
| 4cammer |
About as bad as the Ducati Indiana.... I thought this might be a really nice looking bike, until I saw the left side. Wow. That is ugly. Why not a belt? Honda has nothing on HD (who does) when it comes to cruisers and street-able choppers. Victory comes close w/their own sense of style and great attention to detail/quality, and for the Asians I think Star has it wrapped up. Nice try Honda. And to think Mr. Soichiro Honda did not want his name on the Elsinore... | ||
| Ulykan |
If the left side weren't so fugly......  | ||
| Dnveloman |
I'm on the fence on this one. plus side: rake, tank, front fender wheels, reliability, price down side: shaft, closed primary, liquid cooled, not bad a@#, 4 yrs too late You know who does a fine "practical" production chopper? http://thundermountaincustoms.com/spitfire.htm | ||
| Barker |
I would like to see the price tag before I make my comments. If I were them, I would make this a low price point chopper. Looks like that is what they have up their sleeve by picking that 1300cc lump. | ||
| Jaybirdxb12x |
I cant help but find it funny Honda has been defiantly a technology leader and willing to try things differently. in the eighties they made some very cool bikes that proved to be ahead of there time. case in point hawk gt650 first naked sport bike aluminum frame single side swinging arm, transalp, GB500. pc800, rune. why wait till now to join the chopper revolution as they are on the cusp of going out of style | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
Jap bikes do not chrome their bits like Lincoln Plating of Lincoln, NE does Harley parts. Jap chrome always looks like a plastic overlay. They don't compare at all. Harley bikes cost more because of the expensive forgings and chrome. You get what you pay for...period. | ||
| Ulykan |
why wait till now to join the chopper revolution as they are on the cusp of going out of style That is one of the first things that came to me also. Unless they believe that they can sell them on price point alone. re: Thunder Mountain Choppers, my dealer was a franchise for them and bought 10, sold 2 and sent the other 8 back to TM. Poor customer/dealer support, almost totally unresponsive. Don't know about value for the money but my dealer was really p.o.'d at TM. | ||
| Jaybirdxb12x |
HONDA if you want to be cool this is the custom I want http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2008/12/roland-s ands-supersingle-conce.html | ||
| Wheelybueller |
This Is Just Wrong!! | ||
| Swampy |
Gotta admit it guys, choppers are dead Bobbers Rule! | ||
| Jaybirdxb12x |
Wheelybueller please elaborate what is wrong | ||
| Jaybirdxb12x |
Choppers look stupid with factory orange warning labels what a joke how dose it read Caution vehicle exhibits poor handling characteristic. Caution this vehicle will take extended time to stop as a result insufficiently weighted front end. Caution vehicle needs a football field to perform a u turn because of excessive rake Caution this is not a suitable vehicle for toughs simply suffering midlife crises. Sorry if I am raining on your parade but I don’t understand the whole choppers I know a lot of people like them and every one is entitled to there opinions. I have also seen some creative designs out there, but I would rather see creative solutions to improving durability, rideability and speed. Function is far more important to me than fashion. | ||
| Hooper |
First of all, it looks like no H-D that has been built before the Rocker. The only Hogs that look like this (or, for that matter, the new Yamaha chopper-type) are heavily modified ones. Those are cool. The only bikes that look like this are made by smaller producers or tiny custom shops (or - these days - Yamaha!). Therefore, if you show up on something like this with a Honda badge on it, you are on a bike that looks okay, but is basically a poser bike. Admit it...it looks FINE. It's a nice looking bike. But it has no soul. It looks like something more expensive and something that had many more hours of hand-labor invested by people in THIS country. Sure, if I had a million dollars, I'd probably find my way to some sort of interesting chopper (Swampy, I'm with you - Bobbers are the BEST), but it wouldn't be made in a large factory by a large corporation. I'd want something UNIQUE. It's logical that big producers start to mass-produce bikes that give the masses what they wish they could have. Chevy, Ford, and Chrysler do it with their old muscle cars, but it devalues the style. I think there'll be something new... Bobbers, thankfully, seem to have been spared (pun intended)... | ||
| Cityxslicker |
That Spitfire is hot, especially in the blacked out version. It actually handles well around the big sweepers too, not as much a straight line ride that their other bikes are. But at 25K for a modified Sportster.... I am passing. As did most of my customers as well. | ||
| Dnveloman |
Hooper- You hit a pile of nails on the head. |
