Not a fan of Harleys but ..........

[guzzinut]

 


It basically a Sportster with clip on's, a chopped rear end and rearsets, and wow, what a nice job...........

http://www.motographite.com/2011/09/harley-davidson-v-twin-1200-cafe-racer.html

[Carbonero]

I guess there's something for everyone.

[chilipeppernorm]

My first thought was all of the discomfort but none of the performance or handling. On the other hand, I a huge fan of twins in any configuration except rat bikes, so I can see the appeal from that standpoint. Bottom line, if it makes you happy then nothing or nobody else's opinion matters.  

[Baz]

 

Where does one put a weeks worth of luggage?

[chilipeppernorm]

It looks like the standard Harley "peanut tank", so you can't get far enough to need a weeks worth of luggage.

[DRam]

Harley fan or not, that's one good looking bike.

[atadaskew]

Deus (company that modded that Harley) just opened a shop up the street from me

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php/topic,72329.0.html

[DogBoy]

 

Where does one put a weeks worth of luggage?

On a boring bike.  

[blakebird]

My first thought was all of the discomfort but none of the performance or handling.

Sportys handle pretty good, and the motor is very easy to bring to life cheaply.
No reason to jump on the anti-Harley bandwagon because it seems fashionable in a sport touring forum.

Deus makes some good looking bikes - that one probably goes down the road pretty good too.

[chilipeppernorm]

Sportys handle pretty good, and the motor is very easy to bring to life cheaply.
No reason to jump on the anti-Harley bandwagon because it seems fashionable in a sport touring forum.

Deus makes some good looking bikes - that one probably goes down the road pretty good too.

Don't know the builder and don't care. I'm not a Harley basher, and I've ridden a few Sportsters of fellow friends and riders. I love Harley flat track reproductions done well, but this doesn't seem to be that. Since we're on a Sports Touring forum one might assume that a bike offered for admiration might contain the components of distance, handling, acceleration, and braking may be included. Based on the picture supplied, that isn't happening. Nothing about this bike based on the picture indicates that.

"Deus makes some good looking bikes - that one probably goes down the road pretty good too"

If you're whole premise is based on "looks" and "probably" then you may well be on the wrong forum.
 

[Blunder]

Since we're on a Sports Touring forum one might assume that a bike offered for admiration might contain the components of distance, handling, acceleration, and braking may be included. Based on the picture supplied, that isn't happening. Nothing about this bike based on the picture indicates that.

"Deus makes some good looking bikes - that one probably goes down the road pretty good too"

If you're whole premise is based on "looks" and "probably" then you may well be on the wrong forum.
 

Elitist, dilettante bullshit. Motorcycles are supposed to be fun, something that can't be measured or quantified.

[919]

That is sexy.    I would never buy it complete, but I would love to build something similar.  I keep telling myself someday........

Thanks for sharing.

[Rattlehead]

Some less severe clip-ons, a stubby fender to finish out the look of the rear, and set it up about 2" taller and I could have a heck of a goos time on that.
The Sportster is such a versitile platform. It's the "shining star" in Harleys lineup in my eyes, even if they do treat it like Rodney Dangerfield (no respect).

[Rincewind]

Wow, that is a gorgeous Sportster-Cafe.  I'd love to try that.      

[2RR2NV]

meh...  

at least someone likes it. not my cup of tea. what's messed up is that THAT bike is probably the most comfortable of all HDs that i can ride.

[JSharp]

 

I rode a Sportster 48 at the local HD shop's demo days a couple of weeks ago. It was comfortable until you started the engine and pointed it down the road. It felt like it had all of 2" of suspension travel and somehow the HD 'engineers' have figured out a way to turn fuel directly into vibration without wasting any to actually produce power.

[Roadscum]

I'm a fan of the trend to Cafe style bikes and that Sporty rings my bell. With my Ass on the seat there'd be a big grin on my face. No, it's not a tourer but it sre be be great for the Sunday ride! As always.... YMMV!

Regards, Paul

[Carbonero]

Sportys handle pretty good, and the motor is very easy to bring to life cheaply.

I can attest.  

[sammyseaman]

 


It basically a Sportster with clip on's, a chopped rear end and rearsets, and wow, what a nice job...........

http://www.motographite.com/2011/09/harley-davidson-v-twin-1200-cafe-racer.html

Fun lookin' runabout. I'd ride that fecker  

[Kootenanny]

If you're whole premise is based on "looks" and "probably" then you may well be on the wrong forum.
 

Well, I think it looks pretty good!  

[sammyseaman]

Elitist, dilettante bullshit. Motorcycles are supposed to be fun, something that can't be measured or quantified.

All of this ^^^^^

[chilipeppernorm]

Elitist, dilettante bullshit. Motorcycles are supposed to be fun, something that can't be measured or quantified.

Said that in my original post. Did you miss that or just ignore it??

[Blunder]

Said that in my original post. Did you miss that or just ignore it??

I miss nothing here at the Spanish Inquisition. Your allusion that this is a site for riders who apreciate refined motorcycles of a certain standard and that others might look elsewhere for their simple biking pleasures struck the chord of indignance in me.

[Kootenanny]

Said that in my original post. Did you miss that or just ignore it??

I went back and checked...no, not there.  Or, perhaps you're just too refined and subtle for the rest of us unwashed types (but wait...we're all on this forum, so it's us you refer to in your original post...oh, man, I'm confused )

[ConPilot1]

Or, perhaps you're just too refined and subtle for the rest of us unwashed types

You mean like Kermit Chair stuck-in-the-ass refined and subtle?

[guzzinut]

I appreciate practicality as much as the next person.
If I was going on a European tour with passenger and luggage then this wouldn't be my choice.
But then if I wanted to go for an afternoon spin through the lanes, I'd take this over any barn door two wheeled Winnebago, any day of the week.

[Billbo]

Big deal, they built a Buell.

[sammyseaman]

Big deal, they built a Buell.

 

[Carbonero]

Big deal, they built a Buell.

Have you ever even seen a Buell...?  

[Kootenanny]

Have you ever even seen a Buell...?  

He rides a VFR...'nuff said...

[sammyseaman]

He rides a VFR...'nuff said...

[Billbo]

I've got a '97 Buell M2.

[Kootenanny]

I've got a '97 Buell M2.

Well then, you know better.  Yeah, they may have used a Buell engine, but they most decidedly did NOT build a Buell.

[TwoWhldTerror]

I like it a LOT!  

[Orson]

this thread is ripe for Shervin.

[Carbonero]

I've got a '97 Buell M2.

But did you ever actually LOOK at it?  

I'm sorry, but saying "they built a buell" is kinda... well, I don't wish to sound insulting. I'll stick with "silly".

[Billbo]

Gee, guys..... that really was my first thought when I saw the pic. I mean, it's a stripped down Sportster with a Buell motor. The headers are similar. Sure, it doesn't have the same type of frame as a Buell, and has twin shocks instead of an under-mount monoshock; but if you took my Cyclone and bobbed/chopped the rear, you'd have a bike similar to the pic. Quit dissing me, I'm sensative and might cry. Thanks.

[Kootenanny]

Sure, it doesn't have the same type of frame as a Buell, and has twin shocks instead of an under-mount monoshock; but if you took my Cyclone and bobbed/chopped the rear, you'd have a bike similar to the pic. Quit dissing me, I'm sensative and might cry. Thanks.

Yeah, but...well, for most of us, it's the frame and suspension that makes a Buell what it is...take those away, and whatever you got, it ain't a Buell anymore.  If I take the engine out of an AC Cobra and put it into an old Ford pickup, does the truck magically become a Cobra?

[Carbonero]

No. That's a good description.

[guzzinut]

Gee, guys..... that really was my first thought when I saw the pic. I mean, it's a stripped down Sportster with a Buell motor.

Wrong.
I've contacted the company.
It's based on a stock 1200 Sportster INCLUDING the engine.

[sammyseaman]

Gee, guys..... that really was my first thought when I saw the pic. I mean, it's a stripped down Sportster with a Buell motor. The headers are similar. Sure, it doesn't have the same type of frame as a Buell, and has twin shocks instead of an under-mount monoshock; but if you took my Cyclone and bobbed/chopped the rear, you'd have a bike similar to the pic. Quit dissing me, I'm sensative and might cry. Thanks.

Yeah but Buells are ass-feckin'-ugly and this isn't  

[Kootenanny]

Yeah but Buells are ass-feckin'-ugly and this isn't  

Egg-zactly!  

[DogBoy]

Best HD thread in a long time.