. Not from the factory,just some FYI.
Honda chopper?
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I think the Fury is a decent looking ride. It doesn't look any worse than many of the cookie-cutter HD knock-offs on the road already. Stretched tank, softtail style frame, etc... You could build this bike out of the JP Cycle catalog except for the power plant.
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I think the scoops were part of the mystique of the bike, it screamed power. Yea, it probably could have used FI, but Yam only really got that decent a few years ago and they were probably already working on the butt ugly new one.
I guess the moral is, copies by any maker usually aren't as good(as subjective as that is) as the original by another one.
I guess the moral is, copies by any maker usually aren't as good(as subjective as that is) as the original by another one.
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Doesn't matter what you ride, someone won't like it......someone is looking at my Road King and saying "Damn ugly bags", or they're looking at a sportie saying "That's a girls bike", or "a Heritage is the Buick of motorcycles", etc, etc. It's just a bike......if you like it, buy it........if don't, buy something else.
Last edited by Sam; Feb 4, 2009 at 11:29 PM.
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Right, it's a Honda. That means it is probably more reliable then a Harley. Plus it has liquid cooling and shaft drive. This reminds me of when the CB750 was first introduced. Some people were really aghast because it had 4 cylinders and a disk brake. The 4 cylinders just meant there were more moving parts to break. And anybody that knew how to ride didn't need a disk brake, a drum brake was good enough.
Harley may have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the new century. But technology advances. A few years ago, the thought of rubber mounting a Harley engine was considered blasphemy. And who would have thought that EFI would take the place of carbs?
I just don't understand why some people get so incensed about this. If you don't want to buy one, don't. But another bike out there, successful or not, can't help but inprove the products of everybody else. Competition and innovation are good for everybody. In some ways they look similar, but today's Harleys are not the same as those from decades ago.
Would anybody really like to trade their current model for one with 1950 technology?
Ron
Harley may have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the new century. But technology advances. A few years ago, the thought of rubber mounting a Harley engine was considered blasphemy. And who would have thought that EFI would take the place of carbs?
I just don't understand why some people get so incensed about this. If you don't want to buy one, don't. But another bike out there, successful or not, can't help but inprove the products of everybody else. Competition and innovation are good for everybody. In some ways they look similar, but today's Harleys are not the same as those from decades ago.
Would anybody really like to trade their current model for one with 1950 technology?
Ron
