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Supposedly, it goes into production for the 2019 season.
Which makes me kinda think they really didn't need the ALTA deal, and any info they might have gleaned from it. Maybe that's why they backed out so quick. They already had prototypes years before the ALTA. The guys at HD might have realized they knew just as much, or more, than what was already out there.
Anyway, it looks like it's a game changer for sure. There is nothing out there even close to it. Looks wise, that ain't
grandpas FLH. Or any HD.
ABS, Brembo brakes, Showa suspension, dual charging system, Bluetooth, a ton of torque with a chassis supposedly
holding the motor low for handling, with the clout HD has behind it, this could be a groundbreaker.
Like the 1969 750 was for Honda.
As long as it can go 200, 250 miles on a charge, if this doesn't do it for the juicer crowd, nothing will.
This is not meant to put down Alta in any way, I think their bikes are really cool and seem to be legit ICE competitors, but they didnt reinvent the wheel like some seem to think.
I dunno. Agree, anyone that has time on the street knows, you can look someone in the eyes and they can still pullout
on you. Anyone that doesn't adapt to this usually gets killed or maimed in a few years time.
It's just the way it is.
But, I've always had a hard time accepting the "noise saves lives" thing. The pipes face rearward. How many decibels actually get to that housewife in that minivan, with the windows rolled up and the ac on, when she's pulling out of the grocery store, and you're not on the gas? Look at the Goldwings. They barely whisper going down the road.
Imo, keeping the headlight on makes one more visible than a loud set of pipes ever do.
Ah, The Road. It ain't fo everybody.
Most of the time when going down the road especially freeways you don't hear them unless they are right in front of you and your stereo is off and your windows are down. That might have been true 20 plus years ago but not with today's newer cars.
That's something to think about.
Face it, a big reason people go HD is, well, they want a Harley. They have history, To many, they have an allure.
A kind of mystique. Doesn't matter they aren't the fastest. Or the most reliable. They just want a Harley.
Even myself, to a certain degree.
I like and ride the Honda 750s.
But, when I think about joining that unwritten kind of club, that has done the coast to coast and back on a bike thing,
for some reason, I'd like to do it on a Harley. A big dresser. A Road King, an Ultra, even an old Electra Glide if I could.
Why? I don't know. It's just that when I do, it would be coolest to do it as legions before me have done it.
On a big Harley.
Crazy, maybe so, but that's how it is for one guy.
Now, this new bike, Live Wire. All that stuff above, doesn't matter imo. It's so new, nobody has any history or tradition on it, They say they are hoping this is the future, the next thing, the coming generations bike.
It's gonna be interesting to see how it pans out.
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Didn't mean to single you out guy, it's just I've heard that argument a lot before.
From what I gather, it's not geared or aimed for the orange and black, bandanna wearing, wallet on a chain guy, looking to be the next Easy Rider.
It's for the millennial that's gonna graduate from college one day, the doctor, the lawyer, the architect.
Guys that will have the coin, and walk the walk so many, I'm not gonna say tree huggers, let's say environmentally
conscious and responsible people, that really care about the planet and it's future, that's the market they want.
Unless that's all just a bunch of hollow bullshit. If so, I agree, this project is doomed, and they will just go back to making big cruisers. It's happened before, look at the v rod. Lots were saying anything but a shaking v twin.
HD gave it to them, they didn't sell enough to make money, poof, they're gone.
Yeah, I'm with you guy. How much and how far is the big question.
I looked around. HD ain't saying anything about price or range until January of 2019.
But. Apparently back in 2014 they had 9 prototypes made up, which they took on a kind of tour.
Good feedback from riders kinda spurred them on. Those bikes only got 50 miles. And the description given to a few
mags say this bike is geared for the Urban sport rider. That tells me no long haul.
They also say by 2020 they will have a full portfolio of electric bikes.
Maybe they haven't forgotten dirt, and the Alta, after all......
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