HD's new Adventure bike
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HD's new Adventure bike
As the adventure bike market continues to grow MoCo has decided to get in the game. http://japan.webike.net/moto_news/ha...paign=20180825
Interesting.
Interesting.
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I am curious about the performance when the comparison tests will be made with BMW R1200 GS and KTM's 1290 Super Adventure. These bikes are the benchmark in this segment, something MoCo never had to deal with as MoCo is their own benchmark. The "HD adventure" will need to perform , on- and off-road, if it wants to break through in this growing market. I wonder where MoCo got the know-how for off-road from. It's not like MoCo has 40 years + continuous experience/ exposure in real off-road motorcycles like their direct experienced competitors. Making a bike that only looks nice and not perform/ handle well, will not make the cut in this demanding adventure motorcycle segment.
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Originally Posted by TomCop
I am curious about the performance when the comparison tests will be made with BMW R1200 GS and KTM's 1290 Super Adventure. These bikes are the benchmark in this segment, something MoCo never had to deal with as MoCo is their own benchmark. The "HD adventure" will need to perform , on- and off-road, if it wants to break through in this growing market. I wonder where MoCo got the know-how for off-road from. It's not like MoCo has 40 years + continuous experience/ exposure in real off-road motorcycles like their direct experienced competitors. Making a bike that only looks nice and not perform/ handle well, will not make the cut in this demanding adventure motorcycle segment.
Edit to add: I dig the new bike.
Harley is going to make a killing on branded adventure bike suits, boots, and helmets with visors in them.
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