I think that motorcycle is so stupid.
I am sorry if that hurts your feelings. But who wants a bike that you can't get to the carbs on either side because the hot exhausts are blocking access?
Just so the muffler can exit the a$$ end?
They have done everything they can to try to make this like a modern sport bike
but it just ruined the practical stock bike design in every way.
All the young generation just has to have the exhaust going out the a$$ end of the bike no matter what it takes, even if they have to put the exhausts next to the carbs and wrap them. They have tried to make the gas tank and frame fit like a sport bike and for what??
The engine is hard to work on, the carbs are hard to get to. (like most sport bikes)
A good CAFE bike is supposed to be simpler and very functional ,that was the point.
A modern sport bike is a nightmare to work on. The frame is wrapped all around the engine, you have to take the gas tank off to get to the carbs.
On a modern sport bike the frame is aluminum so it has to be more massive to be strong enough, then you can't get to many parts to work on it.
Many modern sport bikes have fairings to hide the cooling system components like the radiators and hoses.
All those aluminum frames get easily damaged in a minor accident and sure they recycle easily and are cheap to ship but you sure will not see them around in 33 years from now.
Repairing the aluminum frame is an expensive nightmare because you need expensive TIG welding machines and skilled welders. Then you have the problem of welding over anodizing which needs to be removed on already paper thin material. Then the strength of the aluminum is only 64% strength of the parent material after welding.
I can't let this one go. Rants are fine and I've suffered through many silently, and, as now, not so much. First of all this bike is not stupid.. It is the result of a hell of a lot of work, done mostly by some shorties, which in itself is quite a story. How many of us build our own frames? Figure out a way to use the motor as part of the frame, just as was done on the CBX? Good Lord, most of us have problems getting a carburetor clean.
Can't you just look at the bike, read the article of the build, and appreciate the effort? You are worried that if the bike is wrecked then the aluminum frame is going to be trash? What? There aren't a dozen guys on this forum that could straighten out a bent steel frame. Not to mention all of the other stuff that would be trash in an accident sufficiently violent to bend a frame.
Couple things here about the carb comment. It is harder to get to some of these carbs on/off new bikes, try a Gold Wing. But I rue the day I have to take mine off again. Removing a carburetor from a Honda inline four is a legendary PIA. And this bike only has one.
I don't care for way the pipes come across the middle of the bike, but then I didn't like that on the Scrambler. Wouldn't do that myself, but doesn't mean I don't envy the ingenuity involved in what these girls did.
The point here is this...slow down the hate; that is what's stupid. Enjoy the engineering and buy, or build, what you want. And I will be honest--I do not care if this hurts your feelings.
