I'd love a bagger with a Revo engine. I don't care about sound. I'd much rather have cool running, efficient, reliable, smooth and quiet (mechanically).
Honestly, if Honda or Yamaha made a bike that looked like a Harley and had real metal parts I'd be all over it. My VTX is in many ways a far superior bike but the plasti-chrome is a real turnoff. The engine is awesome though. Smooth and quiet with a huge powerband. You can lug it down to 1K rpm and it doesn't complain at all. Do that with a bagger and it shakes your fillings out.
Harley took gamble with the V-Rod and from what the dealer told me they lost their shirt on it. They don't sell well. Seems a shame they don't put that great engine in a more traditional frame.
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