It’s a cool looking bike, but $7000 will get you into a newer, rubber mounted, fuel injected, 5 speed Sportster with plenty of money left over for your $200 seat, $100 fairing, and $50 handlebars. Better yet, buy an 883 and have even more money for customizing. It’s not like it’s going to go fast anyway. 

It is fun, but four wheelers are a handful on paved roads, especially 4wd ones. Fourwheelers, SxS, and dirtbikes can all be made street legal here in SD and I dailied a four wheeler for a couple years in college. Saved me a lot in gas and parking permits. It got brutally cold in the winter sometimes, but it was so so…

My guess is a case like my parent’s. Bought a ‘13 new, had it reprogrammed on the TSB once or twice when it went in for oil changes, put 85,000 miles on it without issue, and sold it before it became a problem. Without the lawsuits/articles etc. they likely would have never known. Even though dad never liked the way…

The Revolution Max, ie, the engine in these bikes, plus the Panamerica and the Bronx, is a 60 degree V-twin. It is also an evolution of the very same Porsche designed V-twin you mention. They literally did exactly what you’re asking for.

I genuinely hope so, a 1700cc or so Rev Max in their Softtail or Touring frames would get me to consider Harley, in the mean time the Indian Challenger remains at the top of my list. 

I happen to really like them both, still a bit retro looking and distinctly Harley, but modern enough to actually be, well, modern. The Bronx is certainly cool, but I like the more retro vibe of these two bikes.

Love them both. Even though I’m still a fan of Harley’s traditional bikes these are the kinds of bikes I’ve been waiting for. If they can continue to evolve this into their full size cruiser line I’d put Harley back at the top of my potential next bike list.

an inline four is simply the smartest engine configuration for a bike

The only logical solution then is to buy another bike that does run. Or fix one I suppose. That’s been my solution at least, which is why I also have 5 bikes. Thankfully 4/5 run currently, only 3 are running and road legal though. 

The only logical solution is to buy another bike, as in an additional one. That way you can ride one while you fix the other, or ride both until one breaks. 

If it would stop raining/snowing with temps in the 30's/40's I’d be out a lot more often. I’ve got all the bikes mostly ready to go and I’m anxious to get back to riding. 

Because it’s still a really cool bike built by an American company that is pretty local to me. And it wasn’t a deal killer, it just surprised me how resistant it was, more so even than my Yamaha Warrior. Who knows, maybe I would end up on a MT-09/-07, or a z900 etc, but I haven’t ridden those, maybe they behave just…

Thanks for the link, I tried to find something similar to no avail. That is very interesting and does make a lot more sense, I’m still having trouble wrapping my mind around the idea that a bottom spoke, while still in tension, could be supporting the load. You would figure that the reduction in tension in the lower…

I know this is old but I can’t let it rest. In a welded example yes, the bottom spokes are in compression and are holding the wheel, but in a bicycle type wheel the hub hangs. Everything is pre-tensioned, but when load is applied and the tension in the bottom spokes decreases, that does not mean they go into…

I’ve done a couple of demo days on the FTR and came away with a few differing opinions on it, but the same overall conclusion, couple of little problems but overall an awesome bike. My biggest complaint was that it felt very resistant to turn in, trying to change direction quickly was a chore and the bike fought to…

Trucks are big, inefficient, take up a lot of space, are less safe for other motorists and pedestrians, all of those things I can agree with. There isn’t really a counterpoint there because those are just facts.

Just to clear things up. General take that trucks are too big, perfectly fine and ok. Immediatly devolving into stereotyping, criticizing, and insulting everyone who owns a pickup on baseless and biased anecdotal evidence, not ok.

Good talk, glad we could do this. 

I had a whole spiel written up, but I’m not changing any minds here. These broad sweeping shit takes are just exhausting at this point. 

I think it largely depends on what a person wants. As an example comparing my old Sportster to my Warrior the biggest differences I see and miss about the Sporty are things like the seamless tank, parts like the triple trees/mounts that are smoother castings with nicer machined edges and surfaces, switch gear which…