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Rumors of a 500cc Harley coming out. That would be a good one to be up on the wall, time will tell.

montanalifter wrote:Rumors of a 500cc Harley coming out. That would be a good one to be up on the wall, time will tell.

I have both heard that and seen a spy shot of what might be it, but so far, H-D is keeping it's lips sealed. What I saw in the spy shot looked more like a Yamaha Bolt than a Harley-Davidson though, so it (unfortunately) might come to be nothing more than a rumor.

But please Mr. H-D, bring out a 500cc bike again, we know today you could do batter than the Buell Blast!

Mike

How about one of the two small KTM singles, the 200 or 390 Duke? I just learned about them and they look interesting. I used to be interested in Royal Enfield Bullet 500s, but found that they weren't very well suited to modern highway speeds. The 390 Duke, with 44hp, looks like it might be more versatile (even if it is a bit spacey-looking).

BobK wrote:How about one of the two small KTM singles, the 200 or 390 Duke? I just learned about them and they look interesting. I used to be interested in Royal Enfield Bullet 500s, but found that they weren't very well suited to modern highway speeds. The 390 Duke, with 44hp, looks like it might be more versatile (even if it is a bit spacey-looking).

+1 on the 390. I haven't heard of pricing yet though which will affect things a lot....

As soon as the new smaller 2014 KTM's are out in the USA and/or Canada I'll have them up on the Cool Wall.

Great choice.

Mike

How about the new ktm superduke 1290r!, 180hp

I think Avinton motorcycles look pretty cool:

With HERO poised to start selling their bikes here in America through their partnership with EBR, how about one of their machines on the Cool Wall? They're awfully small things, largest they make is a 220cc I think, but the brand is well respected in India and the styling doesn't look far off. Could be something there...

JackoftheGreen wrote:With HERO poised to start selling their bikes here in America through their partnership with EBR, how about one of their machines on the Cool Wall? They're awfully small things, largest they make is a 220cc I think, but the brand is well respected in India and the styling doesn't look far off. Could be something there...

As soon as EBR starts offering them I can put them up under my EBR media/press contract.

A little nervous about what the HERO is really going to bring to EBR (other than more revenue), hopefully HERO's "cheap bikes" doesn't bring down the EBR name.

Mike