I'd love to see them try again with, say, one of the new CBR250s: Watercooled single, counterbalanced, fuel injected, upright, faired. Also still pretty lightweight, and I imagine that stripping the fairings off that bike can't be terribly hard.
Too bad they aren't doing Canadian offerings: they could do a CBR125 too. :p Also, my WTF moment watching that episode was when they started making their frame out of flipping /steel/. Really, guys? Steel? I know you're better than that with specific strength and strength-to-weight ratios... -Kurt On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > "I don't see someone trading in their Geo Metro for a 110 cube Harley full > dresser for 'economy' reasons." Funny! > > I was just thinking that a dirt bike isn't of the same build quality as > most street bikes, and like someone said earlier that an air cooled engine > needs to run richer. > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:20 PM, James O'Gorman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The aim was to see if 'the average guy who trades his car in for a bike to >> be nicer to the environment.' >> >> On that basis, this seems logical. A 250 is about the smallest that most >> people with any type of significant commute would want, and a dirt bike is >> about as stripped-down as you're going to find. I don't see someone trading >> in their Geo Metro for a 110 cube Harley full dresser for 'economy' reasons. >> >> >> On Oct 6, 2011, at 7:09 PM, Allen Thomas wrote: >> >> > They used a dirt bike as their most efficient motorcycle??? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
