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H-D VR 1000

HARDCORP 8654 -> H-D VR 1000 (8/1/2007 7:25:53 PM)
Alright lets talk about the dreaded Harley-Davidson VR 1000. I will fully admit I am a Honda fan. I have owned one Harley in my life, one Suzuki , one Kawasaki and about four Hondas, but after seeing Harley-Davidson's VR 1000 Street version at the Barbers Museum I just can't understand, why Harley just refuses to compete in the sports bike field. I realized this bike was way over priced, but surely with mass production, the price could have fell in line with Harley's other high-end bikes. If you take into consideration when this bike was designed the styling was appropriate. Anybody else have any thoughts about it? Forgive this bad picture, it was taken with my camera phone. [image]local://upfiles/16045/48E0559F12D04D2BB3AE390CC872EA1F.jpg[/image]

Munson -> RE: H-D VR 1000 (8/2/2007 12:56:48 PM)
If Harley goes all out to build a sport bike, and it stinks, they've damaged their brand. Better to leave it to Buell. The risk doesn't seem worth the reward. The sportbike field is intensely competitive, with huge R&D expenses, two-year product cycles, and low profit margins. For the kinds of bikes Harley builds now, there really isn't any competition. If you want a Hog, a metric cruiser won't do. They're really just competing with themselves, having to do just enough to get their current riders to want to upgrade to a newer model, and make an entry-level bike that's decent and affordable enough to get new riders into the family. Besides, they make most of their money licensing t-shirts and belk buckles anyway.

Ludefreak -> RE: H-D VR 1000 (8/25/2007 11:46:45 PM)
leave the sportbikes to the japs,, harley would just f-uc it up..imo

f3racer -> RE: H-D VR 1000 (8/26/2007 10:21:22 AM)
harley did make these for the road, only made exactly what ama needed to race (500). they went for a pretty penny. they had more issues than they could keep up with so they stopped production. im an american to the core, a soldier, and ive always been raised on american made stuff. my father, and grandfather were die hard chrysler fans. my grandfather retired from daytona international raceway. i always will go for an american made item first, but i agree with my father as a honda fan and if harley made a comparable sportbike id be first in line to get one. good post there devil dog.

rippn -> RE: H-D VR 1000 (8/26/2007 10:21:27 PM)
Ya know... w/ the phase out of air cooled...Not that they would...who's help'n them build there w/coolers, anyway... I don't think HD, will go head to head w/ the beull/rotax, but they could possibly do a more modern(than typ HD) sport touring model... it would be w/cooled... I cant help but think they are getting help, much like Porsche, w/ the v-rod. Has anyone heard if the new w/cooled is a inhouse engine????... or any specs???? I'd give my left one... fror a vr 1000... please, in orange, on the other side!!!! Free and clean, Ripp'n

f3racer -> RE: H-D VR 1000 (8/31/2007 4:23:56 AM)
not too keen on harleys, but my platoon sergeant is a harley nut. he says the new motor is w/cooled. and it is in house. its supposed to be a fairly potent too.

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