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Hey thanks, i didnt even consider the Ducati scramber, but that little pasta burner has less than 6" of travel and smaller street wheels. I think with some time and money I could turn it into something cool...
But I'm not thinking about a harley scrambler, like the one indian came out with, I got an image in my head of a dakar rally style bike, but not so fancy and refined, more of a raw mad max style, a cross between this general size and shape:
And these rugged good looks:
There is no bike on the market that hits the specs I listed, I think the klr comes close and the bmw gs650 sertao but those are both too heavy.
I thought harley was planning to put the M8 in the pan america and make it a $22k road bike with slightly cushier suspension and bad wind management? $15k is expensive enough, theres no way I'm taking a $22k bike where I might drop it
Building it on a street 750 platform would be cool, add the wheels and suspension I listed, but how would they give it an 80lbs diet? Maybe switch to a plastic gas tank? Hmmm you might be on to something here...
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I think i'd rather have the San Diego Customs FXADV
Holy **** its been done 😲
I'm kind of surprised they used the fxd frame. The swingarm is pretty short, the wheelbase is enormous, and its got to weigh upwards of 600 lbs, but that thing must be a blast to ride
Hey thanks, i didnt even consider the Ducati scramber, but that little pasta burner has less than 6" of travel and smaller street wheels. I think with some time and money I could turn it into something cool......
Take a look at the Ducati Desert Sled. 8" suspension travel up front, 6" travel in the rear. 19" front wheel, 17" rear wheel.
Ideally, 300-350 is what I would want off road, like a drz400/dr650, but I'd tolerate another 50lbs to do it on a harley with v-twin rumble and sound and highway manners. By the time you hit 430lbs thats a klr and I'll just buy one of those for $3-5k. 460lbs is heavy af, for that weight I'd be on a bike that I can spend 6+ hours on the freeway on.
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