09-18-2017, 10:44 PM
(09-18-2017, 09:24 PM)curlyjoe_imp Wrote:(09-18-2017, 12:32 PM)Stichill_imp Wrote:(09-18-2017, 10:15 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: The other day I was thinking about this while out riding my ST1300. Looking down you can't see the motor in the ST, too much gas tank and fairing in the way, and I thought " what is with Harley?" ( or Indian for that matter). A bike like this could have a rubber mounted or counter balanced V twin engine in this bike, it could even be liquid cooled. The powerplant is really a small part of the whole package and a V twin could be hidden in a sport tourer or standard or ADV just like it is in a Suzuki v strom, KTM GT or Ducati Multistrada. I wonder if they ever even consider that? It's their loss that they don't.
(09-18-2017, 10:15 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: The other day I was thinking about this while out riding my ST1300. Looking down you can't see the motor in the ST, too much gas tank and fairing in the way, and I thought " what is with Harley?" ( or Indian for that matter). A bike like this could have a rubber mounted or counter balanced V twin engine in this bike, it could even be liquid cooled. The powerplant is really a small part of the whole package and a V twin could be hidden in a sport tourer or standard or ADV just like it is in a Suzuki v strom, KTM GT or Ducati Multistrada. I wonder if they ever even consider that? It's their loss that they don't.
Doh! Oh well.
(09-18-2017, 10:15 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: The other day I was thinking about this while out riding my ST1300. Looking down you can't see the motor in the ST, too much gas tank and fairing in the way, and I thought " what is with Harley?" ( or Indian for that matter). A bike like this could have a rubber mounted or counter balanced V twin engine in this bike, it could even be liquid cooled. The powerplant is really a small part of the whole package and a V twin could be hidden in a sport tourer or standard or ADV just like it is in a Suzuki v strom, KTM GT or Ducati Multistrada. I wonder if they ever even consider that? It's their loss that they don't.
Doh! Oh well.
Amazingly enough, the new venture is oil cooled.
Doh! Oh well.
Amazingly enough, the new venture is oil cooled.
Yes indeed! That's why I said "Doh! Oh well." because it didn't meet Ferret's liquid-cooled criteria for a proper V-twin sport touring bike.