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mbrudolph wrote:I think design and model changes , technology upgrades

What technology do you think Harleys are lacking?

RhadamYgg wrote:Bleeding edge technology and materials

As usual, your responses crack me up. FYI, the term is "leading edge" technology.

They're both valid terms, though I agree given the context, gummie is probably correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_edge

The more you know! Doo Doo Doo Doo

Amdonim wrote:They're both valid terms

Only if you accept Wikipedia as a reliable reference source... which I don't. Just because it shows up on there does not necessarily mean it is gospel. Read the notice at the top of the article.

Amdonim wrote:Speak of the devil. I found a company from Holland that threw a VW 1.2 TDI on a bike. Tuneable to 120 hp, 250 lb/ft and 450 lbs. And being a TDI, it's basically cleaner than any petrol engine could hope to be. I'm in love.

If that's all it takes for you, then you're going to faint when you see this: http://www.motorbikestoday.com/features ... _bikes.htm

Well, Buell seems to be up for something a little different:
http://www.buell.com/en_us/bikes/blast/

Gummiente wrote:

RhadamYgg wrote:Bleeding edge technology and materials

As usual, your responses crack me up. FYI, the term is "leading edge" technology.

Give me some of that old time, high speed, bi-directional, cross platform, flex fuel, variable loadbearing, bleeding edge technology.

Leather bound?

Gummiente wrote:

RhadamYgg wrote:Bleeding edge technology and materials

As usual, your responses crack me up. FYI, the term is "leading edge" technology.

Not when on motorcycles???

RhadamYgg

RhadamYgg wrote:Not when on motorcycles???

Like I said to Amdonim, just because a term appears on Wikipedia does not mean it is legit. Read the disclaimer at the top of the article to which Amdonmin has linked... particularly the part about "neologism" right at the start.

Gummiente wrote:

Amdonim wrote:Speak of the devil. I found a company from Holland that threw a VW 1.2 TDI on a bike. Tuneable to 120 hp, 250 lb/ft and 450 lbs. And being a TDI, it's basically cleaner than any petrol engine could hope to be. I'm in love.

If that's all it takes for you, then you're going to faint when you see this: http://www.motorbikestoday.com/features ... _bikes.htm

140mpg - that's incredible - and it isn't even tuned for mileage - its tuned for off road use.

The pick-up from a start is a little bit of a concern, but I'm sure it is still better than the vast majority of cars.

RhadamYgg