Comments on: Victory Sportbikes? http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/08/23/victory-sportbikes/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hoyt http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/08/23/victory-sportbikes/#comment-41292 hoyt Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:31:38 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=1164#comment-41292 another attempt to promote the idea of big torque sportbikes.... http://customtorque.blogspot.com/ another attempt to promote the idea of big torque sportbikes….

http://customtorque.blogspot.com/

]]> By: John Bonanno http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/08/23/victory-sportbikes/#comment-41077 John Bonanno Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:26:46 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=1164#comment-41077 I would like to see something along the lines of the Yamaha MT01 or a bigger Buell (longer wheel base) for us tall guys, I'm 6'2" and look ridiculus on the City X but abolutely love that bike. I hope some one will listen and build a big v-twin, nothing sounds cooler and "American" like a V-twin. I love Roland Sands "no regrets" its sooo cool, finally form follows function not like the blinged out unride-able so called choppers. Don't get me wrong they are beautiful in their own right but have to be riden a certain way, not what our motorcycling founding fathers had in mind. I would like to see something along the lines of the Yamaha MT01 or a bigger Buell (longer wheel base) for us tall guys, I’m 6’2″ and look ridiculus on the City X but abolutely love that bike. I hope some one will listen and build a big v-twin, nothing sounds cooler and “American” like a V-twin. I love Roland Sands “no regrets” its sooo cool, finally form follows function not like the blinged out unride-able so called choppers. Don’t get me wrong they are beautiful in their own right but have to be riden a certain way, not what our motorcycling founding fathers had in mind.

]]> By: hoyt http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/08/23/victory-sportbikes/#comment-40615 hoyt Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:03:03 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=1164#comment-40615 yep, the MT-01 concept was much smaller. I've also read that Yamaha experimented with that engine by shoe-horning it into an R1 chassis. End result, the bike is still too big. Wakan & Guzzi (and to some extent Buell) are good examples that a big engine can fit in a smaller, sport package. yep, the MT-01 concept was much smaller. I’ve also read that Yamaha experimented with that engine by shoe-horning it into an R1 chassis.

End result, the bike is still too big.

Wakan & Guzzi (and to some extent Buell) are good examples that a big engine can fit in a smaller, sport package.

]]> By: Hugo http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/08/23/victory-sportbikes/#comment-40613 Hugo Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:57:36 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=1164#comment-40613 Hoyt, if you would compare the MT01 concept and the production version you would notice that the concept MT01 was much smaller. But, as always, because of production demands the whole bike became larger (to get the amount of power, sound legislation etc.) and the designer did a very good job in disguishing that... Hoyt, if you would compare the MT01 concept and the production version you would notice that the concept MT01 was much smaller. But, as always, because of production demands the whole bike became larger (to get the amount of power, sound legislation etc.) and the designer did a very good job in disguishing that…

]]> By: todd http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/08/23/victory-sportbikes/#comment-40612 todd Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:29:45 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=1164#comment-40612 right, Polaris, not Bombardier. What was I thinking? -todd right, Polaris, not Bombardier. What was I thinking?
-todd

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