What would you like to see

[Hink]

A Triumph motard made with a 675 motor and revised frame designed to allow 'tard steering lock.  Get it well below 400 lbs full wet and well over 100 horsepower at the wheel and buy a really big life insurance policy.

+1

But don't make the front end look like that cartoon buzzard from Bugs Bunny.

I sat on a Husky 610 this weekend and it was very nice. The charcoal can would have to go, not in any of the website pics, and the damn kickstand needs a detent to hold it in the down position.

[homebrew]

Street legal XR700R, and a VFR1200.

[JReazor]

Just wait for the hue and cry for a VFR 1000

I'd rather have a shaft driven VFR800.

[02Tac]

  I meant FJR 750 or ST 750.  Either would be a nice ride with the engine set up for power in the lower and middle RPMs where it is needed in the real world.    

Dred - That Honda NT700V Deauville is a nice bike. Now if only they would bring it to the states and in a 4cyl version although the twin probably has a better type of power for what it will be used for.

[Bryan]

Some retro middle weights, GS550, Seca 650, GPZ550 etc.

[Carl_T]

I would so be all over a naked weighing around 330lb. wet with 31 inch seat height stellar handling and suspension that's adjustable. Of course the  last piece of the puzzle would  be the 150HP.    

[zc1]

400cc-500cc sportbikes...updated Ninja 500

[GoneRacin]

400cc-500cc sportbikes...updated Ninja 500

Now that i think about it, i would like to see some 300- 600 cc inline 4 cylinder sport bikes.

[miles]

This- a Honda VTR250:

[rauchman]

A touring version of the SV1000.  5.5 - 6 gallon steel tank, engine between 996cc & 1200.  Ergos and wind protection in the vein of a VFR, belt drive, centerstand, GSXR brakes and forks....oh, and hard bags that don't look like growths coming out of the side of the bike.......yeah, I'd be a happy guy.


Edited to add an SV750  

[Spiffious]

A touring version of the SV1000.  5.5 - 6 gallon steel tank, engine between 996cc & 1200.  Ergos and wind protection in the vein of a VFR, belt drive, centerstand, GSXR brakes and forks....oh, and hard bags that don't look like growths coming out of the side of the bike.......yeah, I'd be a happy guy.


Edited to add an SV750  

Werd.  On the sv1000, many appreciate its simplicity, light weight, and reasonable cost... so that would remain important.

[HipGnosis]

A sport-touring version of the Rotax-Buell and a 650-900cc version of the R model.

[maddjack]

How about a shaft drive or belt drive st machine of 750 to 1000 cc that runs on regular grade fuel and gets 45mpg,the mileage on motorcycles sucks,and could much better if you think about it,a car that out weighs a bike by a thousand or more pounds with a simular hp engine does much better

[02Tac]

Hmm.......  Me thinks it could be the manner in which we drive them.  My B12S gets well over twice the MPG of my Tacoma 4 cyl so I am happy with it.

[maddjack]

Hmm.......  Me thinks it could be the manner in which we drive them.  My B12S gets well over twice the MPG of my Tacoma 4 cyl so I am happy with it.

How much does the tacoma weigh?3500lbs,2800lbs ?? a bike even porky is 600 so they should do better just from weight differential

[DredheadV2.0]

How much does the tacoma weigh?3500lbs,2800lbs ?? a bike even porky is 600 so they should do better just from weight differential

0-60 in 4 seconds does eat a fair amount of fuel, I'm thinkin.

[02Tac]

One would think, but then again I do not drive my truck in the same manner as I do my bike. I am sure most folsk are a bit harder with teh thrttle on their bike than they are in theri cars.  You also have to take into account that smaller engines are more susceptable to parasitic loss than larger engine are..  They require more of their avaiable power to just run than a bigger engine does.  One would have to see how much HP it takes to keep my Tacoma going a steady 55mph and then see what it takes to keep the Bandit going 55mph.  The difference in MPG might seem more realistic then.

[maddjack]

0-60 in 4 seconds does eat a fair amount of fuel, I'm thinkin.

true but there are sportcars that do ok there too,really bikes could do way better and still perform,we just accept this as the way it is,for what our machines weigh and the power to weight ,they should do much better,in all these years there hasn't been any improvement in mileage or even it holding steady,its dropping and dropping,yes displacement and horsepower has some to do with it,but they get a GP out of a tank of gas going at ungodly speeds ,and they tightened the amount they are able to use for these huge HP machines.And no they don't run WFO all the time(look at the tracks and recorded speeds/gear in the tightturns) so there must be some advances in fuel usage /metering avalable

[miles]

As far as I know, the new BMW F800 series is the first designed with fuel consumption in mind.  Since we as Americans buy our bikes as toys, it just isn't much of a selling point here, but that may change.


miles

[Fourstring]

They already make what I'd like to see.

Import:

Honda Deauville
Aprilla Mana

Bring back:

BMW R1200S