a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
"because he is high-ranking, he's surrounded by sycophants"
which lead to more lurning...
obsequiously
1.
characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
an obsequious bow
2.
servilely compliant or deferential
obsequious servants
3.
obedient; dutiful
More info on the forthcoming entry-level bikes, the Harley X350 and X350RA.
The X350 and its RA variant are produced by a joint venture between Harley and QianJiang in China. QianJiang makes millions of motorcycles per year, and is a division of Geely, the company that owns Volvo and Lotus and many other automotive and motorsport companies. QianJiang owns and manufactures Benelli motorcycles, and is also entering the US market under its own QJMotor line.
The X350 is largely a rebadged and restyled version of the QJ 350 and the next generation of the Benelli 302S. It uses an 8-valve parallel twin displacing 353cc, and develops 36 horsepower, and can hit a top speed of about 90 mph. 353cc is about 22 cubic inches.
It remains to be seen whether the X350 will actually be released in the USA. It was initially discussed as being marketed to Asian countries, but it was included in the CARB certification so it's possibly coming to the USA as well.
The X350RA is a variation of the X350, destined for the Riding Academy. It includes orange crash bars and sliders, slightly narrower tires, and apparently a detuned engine that develops 23 horsepower.
Motorcycle.com has an updated story on the new models, and they even managed to get a version of the owner's manual uploaded to them.
Separately, I found an introduction to the Rider's Academy on an Oregon state website, and it shows a bigger and more detailed view of the differences of the X350RA.
Irrelevant since the X350 is not going to be sold in the USA. But it should be sold in Europe.
No real idea on the proposed price, but the Benelli 302S (basically the donor bike for the X350) sells for around US$5000, and if the X350 was coming to the US I would have guessed around $6500 or so.
In Europe the 302R goes for 4000 Euros, so add some Harley tax and maybe around 5,000 euros or so.
I like small bikes, also I have nothing against cheap China-made bikes (what if you have just one grand and desperate need to ride), but all this put together with H-D logo slapped on top... meh. I guess it will cost some abnormal price for such displacement due to H-D tag
02-04-2023 | 05:59 PM
