| Author | Message | ||
     Danger_dave |
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| Kyrocket |
Wow, think there might be a lawsuit on the horizon? | ||
| No_rice |
i doubt it, the thing is down low but it is still off to one side. kinda ugly though. looks like a backwards bullet | ||
| Court |
At the very least it's a resounding endorsement of the engineering concept. . . . looks like they've tried to copy the Honda NAS . . . .  (Message edited by court on February 01, 2008) | ||
| Aeholton |
Sweet little bike! Thinking we will be getting one for the Mrs. when we can afford it. | ||
| Rich |
 Underslung muffler AND belt drive-1903. (Message edited by Rich on February 06, 2008) | ||
| Jlnance |
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| Brumbear |
They seem to be all doing it now except Ducati I know the risk I take of getting Rocket banter but the Italians seem to be content not posing. | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
Brum...take a look at the tail of a new 696 Monster, you'll think otherwise. | ||
| Brumbear |
oh thank goodness | ||
| Jlnance |
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| Jlnance |
FWIW, If you're not looking at your competitors ideas, you're not on top of things. That people want to copy Erik's stuff just means he was right. | ||
| Mikef5000 |
Wow, think there might be a lawsuit on the horizon? I thought they said that patent wore out years ago. How's this for copycat though! Concept bike from suzuki, nice front brake!  | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Aeholton said, Sweet little bike! Thinking we will be getting one for the Mrs. when we can afford it. We thought about it for the Mrs. too, but we decided it really doesn't do anything that much better than her Ninja 500 and costs a lot more. The 650 still has bargain basement suspension, and about the only advantage over the 500 (if you want to call it an advantage) is the FI and a few HP. She has since ditched the 500, and now rides a R1150R. | ||
| Midknyte |
How's this for copycat though! Concept bike from suzuki, nice front brake! As I understood/understand it - the implimentation used by Buell for our perimemter brake is what is patented (floating rotor), not the existance of the perimeter brake itself... | ||
| Ted |
must still be a work in progress. No pods! | ||
| Cityxslicker |
if the KTM exhaust is thinner than the BUELL race can and gives me more clearance... coming to a CITYX near you soon. | ||
| Xl1200r |
i doubt it, the thing is down low but it is still off to one side. Actually, just the little outlet nub is off to the side - those mufflers actually look like car mufflers (flat oval cross section) and it spans across to the other side. | ||
| Midknyte |
"... those mufflers actually look like fugly car mufflers..." | ||
| Cowtown |
Ducati's version. Quat D Ex Box.   | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
I've seen that Quat exhaust on a Monster....odd looking but interesting | ||
| M2nc |
Hey, my first motor-bike with under-slung exhaust was a '78 model.   (Message edited by M2nc on February 01, 2008) | ||
| Cityxslicker |
There must be a cosmic convergence on lil light weight step thoughs http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/406 2/333961.html?1201889999 | ||
| Knotrider |
Full floating perimeter brakes were on a prototype Norton in the late eighties/early nineties. | ||
| Dynasport |
Does this count too?  | ||
| Midknyte |
That's actually the first Honda I've liked in a long time. Nice organic look to it. | ||
| Bebop |
That is nice, I'd immediately look for an aftermarket exhaust with a shorter exit, but other than that very nice for a rice rocket. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
that ninja 650 has been out for a year. supposed to be a great bike, haven't read a bad review on them. in fact it was a finalist for me last year, but the mighty buell cityx won out. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
M2nc I had one of those too, underslung muffler & fuel in the frame, usd forks, belt primary & chain final drive with automatic tensioner. Ain't progress wonderful?  |
