Where are all the 'different' bikes these days

[98tls]

I sort of prefer some of the classics. I still lust after the old MV Agusta 750 with it's straight through pipes and gravel crushing sound of the gear cam drive.
A friend has an old CB550 and she has heaps of fun on it and it's great to fiddle with - All I can do with my VFR is polish it and change the oil.

Mate you can do heaps if you set your mind to it,besides the babillon aftermarket providers theres always a lathe to produce bits that make a bike different,great for filling in rainy days as well.niceone:Mucking about with bikes is almost as good as riding the finished product.

[martybabe]

And now for something completely different: Victory Vision. DN-01. Spyder. BMW Megamoto. KTM SM990. Honda Predator. Speed Triple. Granpasso. 1125CR. XB12X.

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And now for something almost exactly the same:

pic 1. slightly jazzed down Victory vision? or ultra electra glide.

2. Honda Predator? or z1000

3. spyder? or whatever that thing is

4.Granpasso? or Stelvio

5.Dn-01? or automatic motorcycle from elsewhere

OK, I admit it, I was bored and it's raining but I did get quite a few, stumped on the speed triple and the Buells but I'm not saying there aren't any 'different' bikes , just that with x amount of bikes on the market, an awful lot of them seem to be almost the same bike with a different badge.

Please don't come up with anymore, I'm tired

[Ocean1]

I didn't mean to imply that they are made from tissue paper - because they aren't.

They sort of were. Well, paper mache. Thin-shell “monocoque” structures in any composite material can be hugely rigid for their mass. Until something disrupts the surface shape. So yeah, not particularly abuse resistant or crash-proof. Doesn’t make the technique invalid for a lot of structures, without it F1 cars would be totally fookt.

As technology in materials progresses, we may find bikes like the Britten are suddenly possible.

Exactly. There’s been clever bastards around long before most of us shat yellow, so there’s not too many “new” ideas. The successful innovations are invariably a mixture of adapting and refining old ideas and reviewing modern materials and construction methods.

It’s also true that Bike manufacturers are not there to entertain us technophiles, they’re there to sell bikes. That means minimising design risk, optimising build techniques to suit mass production and spending lots on marketing. See, we SAY we want radical, but we BUY the run-of-the-mill low tech stuff on offer. When consumers do that long enough all the clever bastards give up and fuck off.

[martybabe]

It’s also true that Bike manufacturers are not there to entertain us technophiles, they’re there to sell bikes. That means minimising design risk, optimising build techniques to suit mass production and spending lots on marketing. See, we SAY we want radical, but we BUY the run-of-the-mill low tech stuff on offer. When consumers do that long enough all the clever bastards give up and fuck off.

I fail to disagree, well said.

[Big Dave]

And now for something almost exactly the same:

I think you need a new glasses prescription.

That is a remarkable array of diverse vehicles.

[BMWST?]

I think you need a new glasses prescription.

That is a remarkably array of diverse vehicles.

ehhh....
the harley is something they have been doing for yonks.....
the kawi is a a UJM in different clothes
spyder....morgan
bmw g/s copy
DN01 it IS innovative

[98tls]

A bit off topic but different all the same,came across this today,plenty of TL bits which interested me and as a package looks pretty good to me.

[martybabe]

I think you need a new glasses prescription.

That is a remarkably array of diverse vehicles.

You were attempting to display the diversity between the bikes in the list.

I took it to be a list of what you thought were very individual bikes with no doppelgangers.

Crossed wires BD, never mind, It's been interesting.

[Big Dave]

'Remarkably array.' Sober I promise.

If you want a unique motorcycle I like the work of Dave Anderson and his Road Rage Customs - downstairs at AMPS.

[martybabe]

'Remarkably array.' Sober I promise.

If you want a unique motorcycle I like the work of Dave Anderson and his Road Rage Customs - downstairs at AMPS.

Well thanks for the tip next time I'm that way I'll try and get a look see.

Truth be told, I'd love to build my own but don't have the skills, time or money and it would probably look crap in the flesh anyway. I think I'm just waiting for the day I see my vision made a reality by someone else and get a bit frustrated by the 58th version of the GSXR1000 when they could be making my 'cruiser Brutal' could be a long wait eh, I'll put the jug on.