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Gentleman_jon
Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I know many members are concerned about our " Brother Streetfighters" in New Orleans.
This was posted on the Confederate web site.

"Due to Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans factory will be temporarily closed. Confederate Motor Company, however, remains.
Communication continues via email, and phone lines will be back online shortly. Development of the Wraith is moving at a fever pitch as the completion draws near. To all who've written in, thank you. To those who remain trapped within the city, in their homes and on their roofs, our hearts and prayers go out to them."

Let's hope that everything works out for them, they are dedicated and original motorcycle artists.
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Nitsebes
Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 12:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)


hellcat was on my wish list
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Rokoneer
Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 03:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Glad to hear Confederate weathered the storm!

Interesting to read an actual ride report of the Wraith in the latest Robb Report Motorcycling magazine. The two big gripes the rider had (was either Cathcart or Brown, can't recall right now) were 1)Due to the fact that there is only a small tube where a conventional bike would have a gas tank there is nothing to grip your legs with when riding, and 2) that the saddle type seat was all wrong since you couldn't move side to side on it during transitions or in corners.

Like I've said before, seeing a picture of a person actually riding a Wraith ruins it for me. A rider ruins the lines of the bike.
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Djkaplan
Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 04:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Beauty is subjective, of course, but I think all the Confederates would look better with a tailsection/seat instead of the CF tractor seat.
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Tripp
Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 04:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

at one point they offered a tailpiece for the hellcat (to carry a passenger) and it looked great! when i get home, i'll try and find a pic!
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 07:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

yea to me thats the only thing i dont like about the confederates is that traktor seat.
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Mikej
Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 08:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It's not a seat,
it's an esthetic statement.
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Jerseyguy
Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 09:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

If I had the $60 large to blow I'd own a hellcat. It is the nastiest, baddest motorcycle I've ever had the pleasure to throw a leg over. I forget the exact sales line but it was something like they don't want to be different they want to stand apart. That really appealed to me as a concept and I think they have achieved it.
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Tripp
Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 - 09:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

could'nt find the pics i had but if you look on their website under the press heading 2002 cycleworld there's a pic there.
http://www.confederate.com/
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Relativisticvel
Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 01:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Holy crap, the hellcat is one awesome looking bike, I don't much like the lines on the wraith though. I saw that and aside from the seat That is what a bike *SHOULD* look like. Now if there was some way to integrate wind protection without ruining the look, so when going 90 my 140lb self doen't have to hang on for dear life without ruining that intensely feral, awesome look.


-Relativistic Velocity
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Relativisticvel
Posted on Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 01:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You know, on second thought, after looking at pics and movies of the bike with a rider on it, I think the pegs should be a bit farther back in a slightly more crouched position. The bike seems too light and short, and the lines too sleek for the straight upright seating position.

-Relativistic velocity
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