OldTLSDoug
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That's what I was thinking. Don't know if you picked up on it, but Ducati was pronounced dook-a-de. Might just be the angle of the pictures, but it looks like the radiator sticks out kinda far on the sides.Is it just me or does the voice over sound like it's a computer talking? Irritating if you ask me.
H-D has been building bikes for a long time but they've only been hanging radiators on bikes for just a few years and it shows.
The name catches my attention as I grew up in the Bronx.
+1It's like I don't even know you any more.
I am surprised the reactions are all not actually about the motorcycle on it's merits. For Harley this is way out there. Pretty slick looking scooter for them. Had to hurt to build basically a Euro-trash adventure bike and this thing.
.....Harley should bring out the bike they call the Bronx, and it should be a Sportster. They should acknowledge that the Sportster needs to evolve.
The Sportster motor is too old and flawed to actually be a good sport/hooligan motor. I think the Buell era proved that. Harley needs to embrace modern tech and build a decent modern motorcycle.
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To me, the name says, "we really want non-traditional Harley buyers REAL BAD". Or real close to, "we know you hate us, so much that we now agree and we hate ourselves too." How many people in Indiana or Idaho are going to want to buy something that says "Bronx" on it? Here's a bike that's "made in America" but named for a borough in one of the least "American" cities in the country. What's next? A Buell reboot called "the Berkeley"?
The problem I see here is that Harley Davidson is mainly known for it's image. Every time they try to do something motorcycle wise outside that predefined image, it fails. It fails because most folks who want a specific type of motorcycle outside that image don't want to pay or subscribe to the Harley crowd or image. In the end HD tends to charge more for a product that falls short of the competition, hoping that image will pull people in, but it doesn't.