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[grunda 12]

i must say that i looked over a young ladies victory 1600 last week at the duke of york bike show and it looked a really great bike but not a harley i didn,t like the plastic mudguards but the rest especially the blue metalic paintwork was very nice ,just reading a book at the mo ,hells angel by ralph sonny barger an interesting read with loads of harley info /drugs prostitution etc happy days paul.

[simon]

The weird thing about the cruisers from my way of thinking is that they are styled for looks over quality of ride. Some even require you to accelerate into corners in order to maintain ground clearance so you can corner without grounding the pegs. A friend recently brought a Moto Guzzi Californian which had high rise bars that made the bike feel like you,we're steering by bad remote control. A new set of lower bars made such a dramatic improvement in the handling that it amazes me they ever sold it with the high bars. Form over function I suppose.

[Beezabryan]

The weird thing about the cruisers from my way of thinking is that they are styled for looks over quality of ride .................. The very title gives a clue and an answer- Cruiser, made for cruising up & down the local high street with a "look at me I got a cruiser" mindset ........ having said that I have seen many HDs in their homeland being used for serious mile munching trips

[Jack]

The first thing i noticed with that New Indian motor (Polaris)was the much better valve actuation than HD,it's the superior engineering that is the key here with the ty-in with with Enfield.All they have to do is style the new twin on the Vincent engine with up to date engineering and they'll be on a winner big time.
Jack

[Chris Tindal]

Just my thoughts, Enfield India could tap into some heritage and call it a 'Model K' or a 'K2' after Royal Enfields own 1000cc V twin of the 30's.

[John R]

There is something about U.S. bike manufacturers that fixates them on big V-twins. I don't like Victory Vs that much, either the bikes or the throat sweets. I see that Victory/Polaris are also reviving the Indian name again, so that will be at least three marques of V-twin coming out of the US. As to making a Royal Enfield V-twin, I don't think that the model K would really have the recognition factor to get much interest, especially in India. My hope is still for a 700cc parallel twin, a kind of Hinckley Bonnie rival.

[Chris Tindal]

Your probably right John, how about a modern Interceptor Mk..?

[Norm]

Forget about building Interceptors brute of a thing, build a Super Meteor they got that one just right