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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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Water cooled 6 cylinder with air bags.
And built overseas by HONDA … but that’s just a rumor.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 05:37 PM
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Softail line needs a serious inject ...And no CVO street glide for 2013 so perhaps a mid season special edition ? Think a few folks myself included would welcome return of Night Train ...And think it might too late to hope for a Springer ..LOL. The Sportster model line seems to a FAV for mid season release though, which does give some Sportster options. Not sure how far the "blacked" out series of bikes will carry, but obvious the MoCo appears to have embraced the "look". Just my ramblings ..
 
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 12:22 AM
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Yeah I heard from my dealer here that now they're for guys and not for girls only.. So good for me cause for a second there I thought I bought a "girls bike" and I was kind of questioning my manhood... but not anymore
 
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Chad1200
a new 1200R would be cool to see.
 
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 07:52 AM
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It's going to be a new Vrod that will be a mix between the Nightrod and the XR sporty

Trust me on this one
 
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by BMCsteve
It's going to be a new Vrod that will be a mix between the Nightrod and the XR sporty

Trust me on this one
I'm all for a sport oriented V-Rod as long as they don't make it heavier. H-D still hasn't figured out that weight reduction improves performance. Get rid of that power robbing 240 back tire! The early vrods (180 tire) were under 600lbs. H-D owns most of all the old Buell tech so they can definitely build a vrod sportbike if they had to desire to do so.

I liked the XR1200 but why is that bike 150lbs heavier (and slow) compared to the Buell XB12 which had the same engine?
 
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad1200
How about a REAL Sportster with good suspension and a decent fuel tank? The 48 and 72 are nice, but, a new 1200R would be cool to see.
A 1200R with fat front tire & big tank would be nice.
Apparently there will not be any 2013˝ models.
A salesman @ my local dealer says the the Softail Blackline will be gone for 2014.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2013 | 08:51 PM
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A Sportster Sport!
 
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Originally Posted by c0jones
A 1200R with fat front tire & big tank would be nice.
A 19" front tire is all it needs. Much like how they left off in 2008 when the bigger tank was added.



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A Sportster Sport!
This would be cool too.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2013 | 09:21 AM
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Since there's no more winter dealer's meeting, are we sure there's gonna be a 13 1/2 release at all?
 
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