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[naitram]

2006 HARLEY-DAVIDSON STREET ROD INITIATES THE ROADSTER REVOLUTION

MILWAUKEE (January 24, 2005) - In the court of public opinion, the all-new 2006 VRSCR Street Rod might appear guilty of using steroids. But the newest member of the liquid-cooled family of Harley-Davidson motorcycles gets its reputation honestly by combining an upright riding position, 40-degree lean angle and a retuned suspension to deliver a Harley-Davidson that marries custom looks with agile performance.

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This is a tremendous harbinger of things to come.

[Twolanerider]

This is a tremendous harbinger of things to come.

It's a variation on a theme.  A difference with very little that is really different.  It's a marketing expansion of the platform.

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It's a variation on a theme.

[DavidB]

Ya got a Pic of the New XL883R or the New 15th Anniversary Fatboy ?

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Ya got a Pic of the New XL883R or the New 15th Anniversary Fatboy ?

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http://flhrsei.org/attachments/g_spXL883R_e_dom_c09_s1.jpg

http://flhrsei.org/attachments/img_wallpaper2_800.jpg

[Twolanerider]

With more fuel capacity and Brembo brakes and a change in the neck rake, I think that is progress in add ons.

No Mike we disagree there.  Those are mild changes.  Granted, better brakes are always important.  But brakes and a slightly bigger tank aren't enhancements of the products in any way different that you or I couldn't have already bolted on on a wide variety of models of bikes for a long time.  

It's not even an evolutionary change, nonetheless anything truly significant from a "products" point of view.  

Tell me, are you really serious when you say (as you seem to be here) that we give extra cudos to the Motor Company for buynig parts off of someone else's rack to bolt on and sell to us rather than develop significant product enhancements to be applied across the different model series?  That's as much as saying "hey guys, we know you're so far behind the curve on some things and so far out of the loop on some ideas that I want to give you a big pat on the back for buying some brakes from somebody else because we've just given up on you getting better on your own."

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No Mike we disagree there.

[Twolanerider]

Evidently my subtle sarcasm was just too subtle......

Evidently Mikey; evidently.  I'd just seen little evidence of "subtle" in your public or private messages before so didn't consider here  [smiley=shocked2.gif] .  Glad to read, however, that you weren't praising Caesar without warrant.

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Evidently Mikey; evidently.

[Twolanerider]

Just had a thought regarding the new Brembo calipers on the new V-Rod model.  Since the calipers on most of the dual disk bikes were previously interchangeable to the dual disk V-Rods as well I wonder if the Brembo calipers on that new V-Rod would be interchangeable to our bikes without the necessity of extra bracketry or a change of lines?

Will have to look at one of them up close when the opportunity allows.

[BLM777]

Just had a thought regarding the new Brembo calipers on the new V-Rod model.

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Just had a thought regarding the new Brembo calipers on the new V-Rod model.

[JCZ]

Somehow, I was under the impression that Brembo rotors were being used with calipers from Performance Machine.

Mike, I believe that is on the new Big Dog bike.  I don't believe HD would ever use Performance Machine calipers.  JMHO

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Mike, I believe that is on the new Big Dog bike.  I don't believe HD would ever use Performance Machine calipers.  JMHO

JC,
I think that I might have been thinking about Big Dog, I misspoke.