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    New H-D Street Rod

    Hi All

    Thought I'd start this one off for a change. The new Street Rod has generated a lot of interest on the web and in the motorcycling press. What do people think? Priced at $14k this seems like a rather good attempt by H-D at broadening their appeal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Navy Boy View Post
    Hi All

    Thought I'd start this one off for a change. The new Street Rod has generated a lot of interest on the web and in the motorcycling press. What do people think? Priced at $14k this seems like a rather good attempt by H-D at broadening their appeal.
    They need to do something to get away from their ageing clients .....


    At $14 if I wanted a cruiser I'd be considering this as well https://www.yamaha-motor.co.nz/produ...iser/14-bolt-0

    or

    https://www.yamaha-motor.co.nz/produ...650a-classic-0


    or $12500

    https://www.yamaha-motor.co.nz/produ...vs650-custom-0

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    Quote Originally Posted by Navy Boy View Post
    Hi All

    Thought I'd start this one off for a change. The new Street Rod has generated a lot of interest on the web and in the motorcycling press. What do people think? Priced at $14k this seems like a rather good attempt by H-D at broadening their appeal.
    No photos then ?

    I understand you get a free set of fish-nets with each purchase

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    "The ergonomics are extremely crunched, and simply didn’t work for my nearly six-foot frame. My knees were well above the gas tank, providing a psychological comfort challenge during the first few miles."

    Bike for Hardley Wives who are just moving up from the LAMS 500 maybe.
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    they wont catch on..

    Hardley owners expect to hear the 'potato, potato, potato' exhaust sound

    NOT

    chapati, chapati, chapati
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    Yep - It's interesting how H-D seem to have repeated attempts at making something with broader appeal than their core models. I owned an XR1200x a few years back - A cracking bike that was fun to ride and a real conversation starter when people realised that it was made by H-D. You could almost see them not wanting to admit that they rather liked it.

    Then H-D simply stopped making it. Plus they didn't do that much in the way of accessories for the thing. I ended up selling it to help fund another bike - A real shame as I'd have kept it had I been able to afford to.

    Oh and that's H-D branded Fish-nets...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Navy Boy View Post
    Yep - It's interesting how H-D seem to have repeated attempts at making something with broader appeal than their core models. I owned an XR1200x a few years back - A cracking bike that was fun to ride and a real conversation starter when people realised that it was made by H-D. You could almost see them not wanting to admit that they rather liked it.

    Then H-D simply stopped making it. Plus they didn't do that much in the way of accessories for the thing. I ended up selling it to help fund another bike - A real shame as I'd have kept it had I been able to afford to.

    Oh and that's H-D branded Fish-nets...
    The XR1200X was the one HD I'd seriously have and did consider. I bought an MT-01 instead. I was a touch surprised they dropped them as well, I gather they sold reasonably well in Europe. Sometimes manufacturers do some very strange things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GrayWolf View Post
    I gather they sold reasonably well in Europe. Sometimes manufacturers do some very strange things.
    IIRC it was originally intended for the European market, but when it appeared there was a chorus of "we want it too" in the USA. The only guy I know who owned one had major problems and got rid of it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    IIRC it was originally intended for the European market, but when it appeared there was a chorus of "we want it too" in the USA. The only guy I know who owned one had major problems and got rid of it.
    America did not buy it ...... typical yanks - the magazines fly to Europe and test a bike the USA does not have then bleat on about how the USA need it. When it does arrive a year or two later history shows it sits like a dead duck .....

    The Sporty HD X did the same. Rest of the world thinks it is the best bike they ever made - but Bubba back home can't carry Mary-Jane on the back and his 12 pack of Bud home after work on a Friday night. And bugger me it does a weird dipping into bends thing (as in it handles ...).

    Bubba went out and purchased a big block and spent a grand on mufflers that don't muffler and a new air filter. The dealer threw in a free Motor Company head rag, Bubba was very happy.

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    [QUOTE=AllanB;1131038829]They need to do something to get away from their ageing clients .....


    At $14 if I wanted a cruiser I'd be considering this as well ]


    Strange, didn't read anywhere in the description about it being a cruiser,
    But then this is Kiwi Biker, who reads the facts before making a post...
    Heaps of half truths in most of these posts,
    I guess its just the way it is.
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    [QUOTE=Subike;1131040338]
    Quote Originally Posted by AllanB View Post
    They need to do something to get away from their ageing clients .....


    At $14 if I wanted a cruiser I'd be considering this as well ]


    Strange, didn't read anywhere in the description about it being a cruiser,
    But then this is Kiwi Biker, who reads the facts before making a post...
    Heaps of half truths in most of these posts,
    I guess its just the way it is.
    Google and you get this thing. It's a fucking cruiser. Unless there is a ahem 'sport' version I've missed? If so enlighten the KB masses.

    http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US...treet-rod.html

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    I have an '02 Dyna bought in '03 that's had a hard life riding in tropical rains for some years and more recently in the Manawatu.

    It's pretty much rattle-can flat black and has quite a few longer-range mods for rides from Singapore to KL / Bangkok etc. - hard bags, comfy seat, xtra lights, so forth. And of course a Tailgunner exhaust. Because.

    Only unexpected mechanical issue over 64,000 km was a failed coil at 76 km:-) Otherwise just routine maintenance and replacing brake linings, tires, 1 battery (after 8 years), and foot pegs due to wear and grinding.

    It has no obvious HD branding anymore as I had my Bride's picture airbrushed on the tank and removed the badging. People variously think it's a Harley, Suzuki, Yamaha (but never a Kawasaki) - occasionally a Victory (but never an Indian).

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    [QUOTE=Subike;1131040338]
    Quote Originally Posted by AllanB View Post
    They need to do something to get away from their ageing clients .....


    At $14 if I wanted a cruiser I'd be considering this as well ]


    Strange, didn't read anywhere in the description about it being a cruiser,
    But then this is Kiwi Biker, who reads the facts before making a post...
    Heaps of half truths in most of these posts,
    I guess its just the way it is.
    I guess it all depends on one's definition of 'Cruiser' versus "Naked' or 'Standard' as I believe they are referred to in the US. The Street range of bikes aren't 'Typical' Harleys but then neither are they the same as that many other bkes around. I guess the Kwaka Vulcan comes close as do the new Honda Rebel models.

    All I know is that it looks like being a fun machine to ride and I'm looking forward to swinging a leg over one next month when they arrive.

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    [QUOTE All I know is that it looks like being a fun machine to ride and I'm looking forward to swinging a leg over one next month when they arrive. [/QUOTE]


    ...and that is all that matters...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    [QUOTE All I know is that it looks like being a fun machine to ride and I'm looking forward to swinging a leg over one next month when they arrive.

    ...and that is all that matters...[/QUOTE]

    Quite!

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