| Author | Message | ||
     Pkforbes87 |
I'd ride it.. My favorite part is the TUBE frame.   | ||
| Ted |
just add pods & its already done ! | ||
| Xb1200rick |
I like it , sign me up Rick  | ||
| Rubberdown |
I like it! | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I get the feeling they build that before they build the dirt bike. Erik said the only way to get a Vrod Motor into a Buell, was to disassemble the motor and put it in the saddle bags of the ULY. I dont think there is any love lost there. | ||
| Froggy |
Lol so the Vrod motor is putting down more torque than the 1125 so it requires the chain? Right.... These photoshoped abominations should be banned. | ||
| Skinstains |
That thing is an ass-mobile. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Turn the V-Rod into a standard/sport-tourer and you will have people beating down the doors to get one. | ||
| Birdy |
Seems to me that's old hat... http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/03/25/roehr -motorcycles-v-rod-powered-v-roehr-1130/ | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
That fantasy weighs at least 550lbs. | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
If the Roehr 1250sc weighs 432lbs, how do you figure 550lbs, FT? (Message edited by Ferris_von_bueller on March 03, 2009) | ||
| Barker |
Roehr, imagine what he could have done with a super charged helicon. | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
"Turn the V-Rod into a standard/sport-tourer and you will have people beating down the doors to get one." They did. The VRSCR Street Rod. It failed. Not because it was a crappy bike, but because at 16+ grand, it missed the price point for the younger riders they were shooting for. | ||
| 86129squids |
Looks like a bastard child of a TDM850, a Katana, and the Vrod. Fugly. I'd like to see different applications of the V-rod motor in different frames. I think a bagger with a hydroformed frame would be kewl. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
If the Roehr 1250sc weighs 432lbs, how do you figure 550lbs, FT? It's coated in a thick, lead based layer of BS.  | ||
| Slamber777 |
And the fuel is. . . where? | ||
| Froggy |
The tail section, makes for easy wheelies leaving the gas station | ||
| Barker |
fuell is in the tires. Lowers the CG | ||
| Diablobrian |
good catch Barker. The air box would have to occupy a huge amount of the "tank" so where is the fuel carried? in place of passenger seat? | ||
| Rubberdown |
It's in the "underslung" muffler, Duh! | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
"Turn the V-Rod into a standard/sport-tourer and you will have people beating down the doors to get one." They did. The VRSCR Street Rod. It failed. Not because it was a crappy bike, but because at 16+ grand, it missed the price point for the younger riders they were shooting for. Buellinachopshop, I should have been clearer. I think they should used the revolution engine in a honest-to-goodness sport tourer. Not just a repackaging of the V-rod. It could be successful. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Ah...you mean like this?  Cycle Visions' Road Rod conversion kit. Uses OEM FLTR fairing, saddlebags and a HD tour pak with their own custom bracketry. I agree. HD is missing the boat by not having a liquid-cooled bagger. It's amazing - "Harley guys" will poo-pooh the V-rod...but the VERY NEXT SENTENCE will be "when they gonna put that engine in a touring bike?". <shrug> | ||
| 46champ |
The road Rod conversion looks good but it has the same problem most other V-twins with down draft induction systems have. Not enough gas tank for a proper touring bike. Mr. Buell has the only viable system for enough fuel without putting it under the seat or in the tail section. If someone used Pannard boxes the Lawyers would have a field day. | ||
| Spatten1 |
Why would you want to, other than a one-off project? There are dozens of higher horsepower engines that weigh less and are smaller. That engine is a bust for anything other than a cruiser. | ||
| Spatten1 |
I agree. HD is missing the boat by not having a liquid-cooled bagger. It's amazing - "Harley guys" will poo-pooh the V-rod...but the VERY NEXT SENTENCE will be "when they gonna put that engine in a touring bike?". Hell yeah. Would be a good touring bike engine! Like the old Yammy Venture. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Ratbuell, not really. That's just a dressed up V-rod. I'm thinking of a clean-sheet design - something that'll steal sales from BMW RT's, FJRs, and Concours'... SPORT-touring, good weather protection, and above all great cornering clearance and handling. Even people who wouldn't be caught dead on an air-cooled HD bike, would give a revo powered Sport-tourer some consideration. I hear a lot of HD haters say it's a shame they haven't put the Revo motor into a performance oriented package. | ||
| No_rice |
good catch Barker. The air box would have to occupy a huge amount of the "tank" so where is the fuel carried? in place of passenger seat? you can build a vrod motor with a fuel tank in the traditional location. its not extremely easy, but it can be done trust me i should know... this tank hold PLENTY of fuel    | ||
| Ratbuell |
Current V-rods are 5 gallon tanks....been that way for a couple years now. Yes, you sit on it...but 5 gallons is 5 gallons. | ||
| Oddball |
That's sorta like Matt Hotch's. 'course he did call it a Honda-Davidson. | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
"you can build a vrod motor with a fuel tank in the traditional location. its not extremely easy, but it can be done trust me i should know..." What happens to the air filter and velocity stacks? |
