Personally I think triples are the best of all worlds. Torque of twin and top end of i4. And better soundtrack than either.

Yamaha has you covered for the 3 cylinder part at least with the XSR900

Haven't people been through enough without being forced into Harley ownership?

That sums it up exactly!

Yeah, he either outbraked himself, or was trying to sweep it get a little more speed onto the straight. The Ducs were both so close, I don’t know how much it would’ve mattered.

Harley’s engineering has always been something that’s been misunderstood. A lot of people think that because they look simple (read: same design cues for decades) and they don’t make a lot of power, that they are simple machines. But Harley’s ability to make air cooled (well, mostly air cooled) motors meet modern…

It’s a good looking bike, but without the leg-burner pipes, it doesn’t really look like a true scrambler.

I swear most of the people that bitch about Harley don’t know anything about them.

Harley owned the street tracker thing if you think about it, the ‘50's K Model, the 1983 XR1000, man I wanted one of those and then the XR1200. They had the look, the dirt track history, and all were interrelated old tech and missed the imagined target by trying to sell them to their captive cruiser/tourer customers…

Yep, it sucked to hear they canned the Bronx. That would’ve been a great new direction for them.

This is the internet and I’m sure I’ll be told a thousand ways that I’m wrong, but with that trellis frame and stance this feels like the true successor of the Ducati Monster (instead of the direction Ducati went with the new model).

This is exactly the bike Harley needed to make 10 years ago to not go extinct. Alas, they failed. 

Or just use the Bridgestone tires I have on my van, which are apparently made out of a baby’s eyelashes. They’ll spin just fine - no stalling at all!

Shit, that’s a great idea.

That’s what I’ve always said, then I bought a minibike and realized how much fun two wheels can be. Now I have the itch for a bike that was never there before, but the thought of having that little protection on the road around *gestures widely* these drivers definitely scares me.

I’d rather eat worms than ride a Harley, but I’ll be sad to see them go.  They provide a pretty cool product for the people that like that sort of motorcycle, and they add to the total number of bikers on the road, which seems like a plus.

Counter-point; the Ducati Scrambler series has been a big hit, and they are low-cost entry level bikes. 

That’s called *patina*, sir, and it costs extra.

Will the dealers scrape off the confederate flag and swastika decals before selling them on, too?

Hamster would love it, if his feet touched the ground. I’d rather have the Royal E, they at least have a background that’s improved in my book.