If you could design the perfect bike, describe it

[isnowbrd]

I'm talking more about function and features than how it would look visually. But feel free to include any details you want.

I'll go first:
Start with a 2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 (see below) and take out the engine. Shrink the overall size of the bike down just a little. Install a fuel injected, 800cc inline three cylinder (think Daytona 675). And then have dual exhaust al la ZX-14.

Must have features:
Shaft drive
180 or 190mm rear tire
Detachable hard bags
Comfortable yet sporty seating position (and seat!)
Fuel Injection
Gas tank with 250 mile range
Center stand
Integrated turn signals
Engine should be tuned to have good low end torque, but still capable of high revs
Decent brakes
Decent and adjustable suspension
Under $12,000

Would be nice if it had:
Cruise control
Heated grips and seat
Electronically adjustable windscreen
Ohlins suspension (easily adjustable for extra load)
Brembo brakes

[roscowgo]

perfect?

shaft driven,
built in mounting points for hard bags
steering geometry of a sport bike
seats that can radically change your seating position.
(change from sport attitude, to standard.)
quick change riser
off road skids/hand protectors
adjustible windscreen.



basically make everything as adjustible as humanly possible.

[Sev]

The perfect bike does not exist as it defies the laws of space and physics.

It should have:
The looks, performance and handling of a sport bike.
The comfort and carrying capacity of a touring bike.
The weight and suspension of an MX bike.
Tires that do not wear out, chains that do not need adjusting and bushings that do not wear.

[jstark47]

Tires that do not wear out, chains that do not need adjusting and bushings that do not wear.

Carb floats that don't hang up no matter what the provocation.....

[307T]

One that gives me wood.

[High_Side]

[307T]

This is an excellent reminder to be careful what you ask for. Excellent riposte!

[Toyuzu]

"If you could design the perfect bike, describe it".....

The perfect bike should carry me wherever I want to go, whenever I want to go there. It should do so comfortably, and with minimal maintenance. It should operate reliably and efficiently. It should also offer acceleration superior to any four-wheeled vehicle, regardless of make or cost.

My dream motorcycle could be almost any model, produced in almost any year. For me, the perfect bike has less to do with the design, or performance of the machine, and more to do with the function and overall useability of the machine. I just want to ride.

[MotoF150]

a bike thats lightweight and powerful at the same time, a bike thats even weight on both sides, a stiff steat with thick cushion, dirt bike suspension, a bike that has an adjustable footpegs, shifter, and brake levers, a bike with an automatic clutch but still with a gear shifter, simular to an ATV engine, a bike with a sealed electrical system to keep out water, a bike that can be programed by the owner not to exceed either the rpm's or the speed limit of the bike, a bike with cruise control, a bike with a computer controled traction control system, where if it sences rear wheel spin the engine will change timing , stall and decrease speed, anti-lock brakes

[jstark47]

a bike thats even weight on both sides,

You having trouble holding your M50 up again? You poor thing, it's so hard for you, isn't it.......... maybe some training wheels would help??