Comments on: Brudeli 654L Leanster On the Road in Europe http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/09/28/brudeli-654l-leanster-on-the-road-in-europe/ Motorcycle News for Positive People Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: moosehead http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/09/28/brudeli-654l-leanster-on-the-road-in-europe/#comment-166263 moosehead Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:28:53 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=2430#comment-166263 The Harley patent is still an application AFAIK and has not been granted. It is for a hydraulicly actuated forced leaning system while this one is purely mechanical linkage based. I like the idea of a leaning 3 wheeler. Better stability and handling than a 2 wheeler in bad conditions. Better braking because of the extra tires. More simple than the Can Am. Better if you ask me, because it does not need stability control to keep you from flipping it. Also, it does not want to throw you off like the Can Am does. I liked the original fairing better. And the floorboards are totally unnecessary. And 523lb for something based on a single cylinder dirtbike seems a little heavy to me, especially for the price. If it is made of simple CrMo steel, it can be heavy and cheap. If it is made of titanium and aluminum or whatever it can be light and more expensive. But this one is heavy and expensive. That price. Egad! When I am done building my CR 125 cafe race, I think I might build wifey a leaning trike out of a TTR230LE. Maybe 300lb tops. The Harley patent is still an application AFAIK and has not been granted. It is for a hydraulicly actuated forced leaning system while this one is purely mechanical linkage based.
I like the idea of a leaning 3 wheeler. Better stability and handling than a 2 wheeler in bad conditions. Better braking because of the extra tires. More simple than the Can Am. Better if you ask me, because it does not need stability control to keep you from flipping it. Also, it does not want to throw you off like the Can Am does.

I liked the original fairing better. And the floorboards are totally unnecessary. And 523lb for something based on a single cylinder dirtbike seems a little heavy to me, especially for the price. If it is made of simple CrMo steel, it can be heavy and cheap. If it is made of titanium and aluminum or whatever it can be light and more expensive. But this one is heavy and expensive. That price. Egad!

When I am done building my CR 125 cafe race, I think I might build wifey a leaning trike out of a TTR230LE. Maybe 300lb tops.

]]> By: chinook http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/09/28/brudeli-654l-leanster-on-the-road-in-europe/#comment-165078 chinook Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:40:36 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=2430#comment-165078 I haver been following the Brudeli since it was first announced a few years back. In the "3-wheel" section here on Kneeslider, they broke news on a Harley patent that looks damn-near identical to this bike. I wonder what the link is? Is someone going to court for copyright infringement? I haver been following the Brudeli since it was first announced a few years back. In the “3-wheel” section here on Kneeslider, they broke news on a Harley patent that looks damn-near identical to this bike. I wonder what the link is? Is someone going to court for copyright infringement?

]]> By: Wol http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/09/28/brudeli-654l-leanster-on-the-road-in-europe/#comment-164508 Wol Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:19:53 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=2430#comment-164508 I’m surprised the price is as low as it is. This is coming from a first time manufacturer, first product / model to market with a very limited production run (read - hand made). There has probably been no return on all the investment so far and probably very little taken out of the company in terms of salaries. Compared to some one off hand made specials I think this is a very reasonable price. Do you really think that you would want to see your sweat and tears being made by a major bike manufacture? Also note that it has already on Yamahas radar. See the Tesseract http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/05/yamaha-tesseract-4-wheel-leaning-concept/ in the Kneeslider. Looks like a 4 wheel Brudeli to me but enough to be different but over the top. One wheel should be enough at the back. WOL. I’m surprised the price is as low as it is. This is coming from a first time manufacturer, first product / model to market with a very limited production run (read – hand made). There has probably been no return on all the investment so far and probably very little taken out of the company in terms of salaries. Compared to some one off hand made specials I think this is a very reasonable price. Do you really think that you would want to see your sweat and tears being made by a major bike manufacture?

Also note that it has already on Yamahas radar.
See the Tesseract

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/05/yamaha-tesseract-4-wheel-leaning-concept/

in the Kneeslider.

Looks like a 4 wheel Brudeli to me but enough to be different but over the top. One wheel should be enough at the back.

WOL.

]]> By: VMX1000 http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/09/28/brudeli-654l-leanster-on-the-road-in-europe/#comment-164352 VMX1000 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:42:09 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=2430#comment-164352 This is pretty cool, but yeah, it's way too expensive, and you can see why in the details. Outsourcing some of the work to asian countries might do the trick, but then again, that's what everyone else in Norway are doing atm (that cursed oil industry), and it's killing off all the once proud workshops in this country. The norwegian government has almost managed to kill all motorsport in general anyway, so it's a wonder why anyone dares to spend money on a project like this to start with! For info; one 6 meter length of 16mm (2mm wt) seamless tubing (235 N/mm^2) costs around $137 if you are lucky enough to be allowed to buy any (they generally only sell to the industry... This is pretty cool, but yeah, it’s way too expensive, and you can see why in the details. Outsourcing some of the work to asian countries might do the trick, but then again, that’s what everyone else in Norway are doing atm (that cursed oil industry), and it’s killing off all the once proud workshops in this country. The norwegian government has almost managed to kill all motorsport in general anyway, so it’s a wonder why anyone dares to spend money on a project like this to start with! For info; one 6 meter length of 16mm (2mm wt) seamless tubing (235 N/mm^2) costs around $137 if you are lucky enough to be allowed to buy any (they generally only sell to the industry…

]]> By: Phoebe http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2008/09/28/brudeli-654l-leanster-on-the-road-in-europe/#comment-164315 Phoebe Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:47:31 +0000 http://thekneeslider.com/?p=2430#comment-164315 I would love to take this thing for a spin...on the road and in some dirt! I would love to take this thing for a spin…on the road and in some dirt!

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