My" problem" is I have a bike heading for 50k miles with dubious value and locally, no trade in value . . The ulysses looks big and has the bonus of 17" wheels and on paper 82ft lbs of torque.
We can always dream
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Thanks for the reply Richard, now a vr1000 type bike would be something else and the point about the v rod motor certainly makes sense, although I suppose its more to do with image and niche marketing , a bit like BMW's Boxers. Personally I prefer liquid cooling (yes I know oil is a liquid,I mean coolant and oil).
My" problem" is I have a bike heading for 50k miles with dubious value and locally, no trade in value . . The ulysses looks big and has the bonus of 17" wheels and on paper 82ft lbs of torque.
We can always dream
My" problem" is I have a bike heading for 50k miles with dubious value and locally, no trade in value . . The ulysses looks big and has the bonus of 17" wheels and on paper 82ft lbs of torque.
We can always dream
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Nigel
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1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
'03 Bullet 65 project..
Nigel
Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you've been up to!
1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
'03 Bullet 65 project..
The very same reason that Ducati don't put the water cooled motor in the multistrada.Gromit wrote:Problem with the Revolution motor is that it's just to darn big to stick in a short wheelbase chassis................... I also like to think if I'm riding quickly on it (that being relative of course!) that I've got something to do with it, not the bike doing everything on its own for me. That is somewhat satisfying.winger wrote:Richard knows that the Harley thing just doesn't float my boat,to me it's more about image than bikes,what makes things worse,Harley must have the best V twin motor bar non with that V rod and here they are, still peddling stone age junk when there's absolutely no need, when they do get round it,the'll be a right song and dance about it,as if oh e'r it's somthing we've just thought about.
I have the S with it's stone age engine for the very same reason as you have your H-D it appears
and the other reason I bought the S over any Japsickle was that the local dealer let me test ride it for a day to get used to it, otherwise I'd probably have been with Archie with my Gixxer parked in the boot of a large saloon car 
Lloyd
It's not how fast you ride, it's how you ride fast.
Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear
bright until you hear them speak.
It's not how fast you ride, it's how you ride fast.
Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear
bright until you hear them speak.
If only H-D made a road-going version of this...(yeah ok they did but it flopped big stylee because your average Hog rider wouldn't touch it with a sh*tty stick)...nab 301 wrote:Thanks for the reply Richard, now a vr1000 type bike would be something else and the point about the v rod motor certainly makes sense, although I suppose its more to do with image and niche marketing , a bit like BMW's Boxers. Personally I prefer liquid cooling (yes I know oil is a liquid,I mean coolant and oil).
My" problem" is I have a bike heading for 50k miles with dubious value and locally, no trade in value . . The ulysses looks big and has the bonus of 17" wheels and on paper 82ft lbs of torque.
We can always dream
Once I'd got my head around it, I found the Ully to be a really fun tool to ride. It is in many ways a similar bike to the S (despite looking very dissimilar) in that a quick spin reveals nothing but cries of 'eh?' from the rider but I'm glad I had the opportunity to re-evaluate it. As a result it's definitely in the top 5 list of bikes I'd own next - and that includes the 1200S btw. I'll let Munich get a year's worth of production out of the way though - well worth having any potential bugs ironed out first.
