"The Harley-Davidson Sportster lineup is still going strong after sixty-three years."
How is being cut back to 4 models considered "going strong"?
Still more models than most other manufacturers in class. Indian has 4 Scout models. Yamaha Bolt is 2 models. Honda Shadow is 2 models. Kawi Vulcan is 4 models but 2 of them are full blown baggers and 1 is basically a Softail Deluxe so we'll put them down for 1 in Sporty class. Still WAY more Sporties out there than any of these mentioned bikes.
Important MoCo guy, do these things for us - we want the Sporty to survive:
1. Nix the flat black. It reeks of cheapness and looks crappy after a few miles. Bring back a polished aluminum engine with chrome accents here and there. No need to go freaking overboard and do a monument to Chromius, god of bad taste, just stop the blackness already, sheesh.
2. Nix the chopped-off rear fender crap. Put on a classic Sporty full rear fender. Mud slung up your back is not a positive marketing feature. Put on the classic Sporty full front fender, also.
3. Bring back the classic Sportster front end. I.e. buckhorns, 2 instruments, classic eyelid headlight mount attaching the small headlight, exposed forks with dust covers.
5. Put on a clean thin classic 2-up cobra seat. Some of us like girls and want to bring them along.
6. Dont jack up the *** end of the bike so high. And see #4 above keep the headlight & instruments up high, not down near the front fender. You want to feel low in the back, yet have a high cockpit in front of you. You dont want to feel like you're riding a witches broom. The original vrod sucked here big time.
7. Time to put in a 6 speed transmission. What's the matter with you people, just do it for crying out loud!
8. OK, do the new revo max motor. I think it will work, but you'll have to do your homework on the radiator. If you start putting all that sucky angular plastic manga origami ktm junk stuck all over it you will fail.
9. Finally, Copy and paste these 2 pics and stick them onto your desktop. Email copies to all on the design team. DONT SEND THEM TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEM TO BRUSH OFF BECAUSE IT AIN'T WOKE ENOUGH. Burn off copies and fold them up into your wallet and pull them out and look at them while you are waiting in line at the DMV. Send email copies to all of your shill email accounts. Post them on your private Facebook page. Carry copies to the can with you and review while straining. Burn these pics into your brain. You are too young to get it and need to do these things to capture the essence of what is the Sporty. Once you have burned these images into your synapses, then make the new bike come out as close to this as is possible:
Sincerely,
Panheadache
Last edited by panheadache; 07-22-2020 at 10:56 AM.
Yea, that's exactly what my idea of what any small to mid-sized motorcycle should look like. Well, might need to add a straight seat, but that's close enough.
07-21-2020, 04:17 PM
2020 Iron 1200 is Riding Stripped To Its Bare Essence
