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Old Aug 30, 2019 | 05:25 PM
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I hope the production headlight nacelle will be black or match the tank.

 
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That color combo is definitely not a good look. Hopefully they threw on parts from different colored bikes for this show so they could save the better looking paint schemes for the real reveal...
 
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Other than the colors, it looks like a fun bike.
 
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Let's just hope it doesn't cost 40% more with 40% less horsepower than the competition...
 
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Except the seat, you ain't touring on that seat....unless you have no bums.....
Reminds me of a 1983 Suzuki Katana...
 
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Not a fan at all, color or nothing, just over all ugly. Maybe just not my style bike I suppose
 
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Let's just hope it doesn't cost 40% more with 40% less horsepower than the competition...
Harley claims 125 HP.
 
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Originally Posted by Tarkus60
Except the seat, you ain't touring on that seat....unless you have no bums.....
Reminds me of a 1983 Suzuki Katana...
The seat on BMW's R Nine T is about that thick. I rode one for 45 minutes and didn't feel any pain; it felt like some kind of memory foam.
Seats are an easy fix for a few hundred $.

ETA: That could be a pre-production seat.
 

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Harley claims 125 HP.
125 Harley horsepower is 90 at the wheel, at best.
 
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125 HP would be competitive with the current BMW GS1250 (132HP), which is kind of the king of the roost in the adventure bike world, along with KTM 1290..Supposedly the expected MSRP will be around 25K which puts it right in line with the BMW offering. BMW has all the tech though so if it doesn't have this, it wont go far with the crowd willing to spend that kind of money on an adventure bike. Those that dont want tech and are looking just for raw HP and performance will go for the KTM 1290 super adventure, which has 158HP and is only ~ $18K. It's a tight market and Harley won't be able to compete if they charge too much or dont offer something unique others are not,.
 
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