TOTAL MOTORCYCLE COOL WALL - 2014 RESULTS

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Re: TOTAL MOTORCYCLE COOL WALL - 2014 RESULTS

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2014 Harley-Davidson XL1200T SuperLow - Coolness Factor = 46%
Featured: February 7th, 2014 - March 14th, 2014
Most popular vote category: Uncool

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2014 Harley-Davidson XL1200T SuperLow is:

Awesome (3 points) 19% [ 7 ]
Cool (2 points) 24% [ 9 ]
Uncool (1 point) 32% [ 12 ]
Fail (0 point) 24% [ 9 ]

= a Coolwall Factor of 45.95%

NOTES: I know that the good folks over at Harley-Davidson do read and follow Total Motorcycle so I'm sure they also take into account our readers votes and Cool Wall results as well. The voting results really tell the tale of the tape here, it's super mixed and that's how people today are truly feeling about the direction as well of Harley-Davidson and it's models. Many models on the Cool Wall end up further on the charts than H-D's, which doesn't mean H-D's are bad, it's just most have "seen it before" and some are just not that exciting in design or originality. And that's hard to say about a company that's super-successful in doing what they do, we just expect more from them.

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Re: TOTAL MOTORCYCLE COOL WALL - 2014 RESULTS

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2015 Yamaha SR400 - Coolness Factor = 80.5%
Featured: February 14th, 2014 - March 21st, 2014
Most popular vote category: Awesome

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2015 Yamaha SR400 is:

Awesome (3 points) 54% [ 22 ]
Cool (2 points) 37% [ 15 ]
Uncool (1 point) 7% [ 3 ]
Fail (0 point) 2% [ 1 ]

Total votes : 41


= a Coolwall Factor of 80.5%

NOTES: When Yamaha announced the "new" 2014 SR400 I knew they could very well have a real winning idea on their hands, but a cool wall result of 80.5% really puts it solidly into the Awesome range. I hope Yamaha sees the results here on Total Motorcycle and on the sales floor as I'm sure we would like to seem a few more of our beloved classics come back again!

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Re: TOTAL MOTORCYCLE COOL WALL - 2014 RESULTS

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2014 Honda NM4 Vultus - Coolness Factor = 44.4%
Featured: February 21st, 2014 - March 28th, 2014
Most popular vote category: Fail

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2014 Honda NM4 Vultus is:

Awesome (3 points) 21% 21% [ 8 ]
Cool (2 points) 28% 28% [ 11 ]
Uncool (1 point) 15% 15% [ 6 ]
Fail (0 point) 36% 36% [ 14 ]

Total votes : 39


NOTES: Japanimation on two-wheels, aimed at a very specific target market who gets it, will it work for Honda? As JackoftheGreen said "it should come with a katana owned by your great great great grandfather, an old scrimshaw dolphin possessed by a vengeful ghost, and the email address of a gifted but socially awkward computer genius/hacker named Keiko." Quite mixed results with the liking the design of it according to our polls though and I suspect it may end in the bottom 5 Coolest bikes of 2014...but still, 44% isn't a total fail.


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2015 Victory Gunner - Coolness Factor = 68.3%
Featured: March 28th, 2014 - April 4th, 2014
Most popular vote category: Cool

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2015 Victory Gunner is:

Awesome (3 points) 22% [ 9 ]
Cool (2 points) 66% [ 27 ]
Uncool (1 point) 7% [ 3 ]
Fail (0 point) 5% [ 2 ]


Total votes : 41

= a Coolwall Factor of 68.3%

NOTES: The newest 2015 Victory not only hits the market but also the TMW Cool Wall and it doesn't do half bad for a bike that's offered at such a low price ($3k less than a H-D Slim). From the feedback, riders would like to see Victory really do something less cookie-cutter cruiser and if Victory was going to launch a new bike, it should have been something different. Personally, I'd like to see more engine options and more styles (other than Cruiser), 10 years ago Victory toyed with the idea of a parallel engine, I wonder what ever came of that...


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Re: TOTAL MOTORCYCLE COOL WALL - 2014 RESULTS

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2015 Ducati Diavel - Coolness Factor = 59.8%
Featured: April 4th, 2014 - April 11th, 2014
Most popular vote category: Cool

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2015 Ducati Diavel is:

Awesome (3 points) 32% 32% [ 11 ]
Cool (2 points) 35% 35% [ 12 ]
Uncool (1 point) 12% 12% [ 4 ]
Fail (0 point) 21% 21% [ 7 ]

Total votes : 34

= a Coolwall Factor of 59.8%

NOTES: A very interesting bike offered up by Ducati that many feel is the "red-headed stepchild in the attic". Did Ducati do enough to "revise it" and re-define it? Probably not. Is it a bad bike? Not really, it's purpose is a little muddy, it's design isn't really Ducati. The one thing that makes it cool is that it is different and the non-Ducati-Ducati.

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2014 Vespa 946 - Coolness Factor = 56.1%
Featured: April 11th, 2014 - April 18th, 2014
Most popular vote category: Awesome

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2014 Vespa 946 is:

Awesome (3 points) 34% [ 13 ]
Cool (2 points) 26% [ 10 ]
Uncool (1 point) 13% [ 5 ]
Fail (0 point) 26% [ 10 ]

Total votes : 38

= a Coolwall Factor of 56.1%

NOTES: Even though the top category voted was Awesome, the new Vespa 946 ends up a paltry 56% cool. A very interesting result which goes to show every vote counts. That said, I'll defend the Vespa 946 as an awesome scooter, one which Vespa should do very well with. I can't think of another Scooter company in our modern era as they have successfully combined style, heritage, technology and fashion all in one package.

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2014 Cleveland CycleWerks Hooligun R - Coolness Factor = 29.7%
Featured: April 25th, 2014 - May 2nd, 2014
Most popular vote category: Fail

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2014 Cleveland CycleWerks Hooligun R is:

Awesome (3 points) 5% [ 2 ]
Cool (2 points) 32% [ 12 ]
Uncool (1 point) 8% [ 3 ]
Fail (0 point) 54% [ 20 ]

Total votes : 37

= a Coolwall Factor of 29.7%

NOTES: A new direction for CCW, bringing in a $6,000 Chinese bike, will it work? Well, this bike isn't new, it's made in China by Asiawing and sold as the LX 450X... which is sold under a multitude of names in different countries around the world. So, it's not original at all, but is it good enough for $6k when a Suzuki isn't much more?


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Re: TOTAL MOTORCYCLE COOL WALL - 2014 RESULTS

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2010 Benelli Cafe Racer 1130 - Coolness Factor = 56.3%
Featured: May 2nd, 2014 - May 9th, 2014
Most popular vote category: Cool

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2010 Benelli Cafe Racer 1130 is:

Awesome (3 points) 9% [ 3 ]
Cool (2 points) 59% [ 19 ]
Uncool (1 point) 22% [ 7 ]
Fail (0 point) 9% [ 3 ]

Total votes : 32


= a Coolwall Factor of 56.3%

NOTES: Oddly shaped exotic beauty. Not for everyone and not everyone can own or afford it, but for some tastes it just plain works. A rear shame this represents the end (for now) of the Italian owned Benelli era.

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2010 Buell Lightning CityX XB12SX - Coolness Factor = 63.7%
Featured: May 9th, 2014 - May 16th, 2014
Most popular vote category: Cool

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2010 Buell Lightning CityX XB12SX is:

Awesome (3 points) 32% [ 11 ]
Cool (2 points) 38% [ 13 ]
Uncool (1 point) 18% [ 6 ]
Fail (0 point) 12% [ 4 ]

Total votes : 34


= a Coolwall Factor of 63.7%

NOTES: Quite a mixed bag of results, but as sure like what one of our members "Grey Thumper" said "look at how quirky and innovative this thing was, even half a decade ago. Fuel in the frame, oil in the swingarm, rim-mounted brake disk, muffler underneath the bike, translucent body panels. Awesome! Can't wait for EBR to start making their own standard/streetfighter/nakeds."

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2014 Ural Gear Up - Coolness Factor = 73.9%
Featured: May 16th, 2014 - May 23rd, 2014
Most popular vote category: Cool

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Your Coolness Factor of the 2014 Ural Gear Up is:

Awesome (3 points) 43% [ 16 ]
Cool (2 points) 46% [ 17 ]
Uncool (1 point) 0% [ 0 ]
Fail (0 point) 11% [ 4 ]

Total votes : 37

= a Coolwall Factor of 73.9%

NOTES: Well there you have it. Manufacturers have been beating themselves in the head trying to technologically develop a cool bike and URAL comes along, using "old-fashioned" technology and creates a bike that beats many of the advanced ones out there. Goes to show you don't always need chrome or power-to-weight ratios to have a cool bike. Go figure.

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