WOW.. WHAT is THIS?!

It looks like something out of that Judge Dredd movie with Stallone...

 

Therein lies its biggest issue. American manufacturers take very little pride in anything since about the mid 70's. Nothing post 1975 is built to be reliable or solid in America. My step father has trucks from the 60's and early 70's that are STILL alive and kicking with just preventative maintenance and I wouldn't hesitate to drive them across country if I could afford it, even with them having 250,000 + miles on them. I wouldn't risk driving a 97 or 98 Chevy or Ford with anything over 80k on it long distance.

But Japanese cars? they take a beating and keep going. My uncles Toyota is a good example of that. Most of our bikes are too! Personally I dont currently own anything over 80k (my car has 76k, bike has 11k).

Rant over. Had to get it out, sorry.

 

I think the Vision is a pretty sharp bike. Here's another interesting bike. It's an automatic bike called the DN-01 from Honda.

 

This one should be called the BCB ( Birth Control Bike ) because you ain't getting laid if you drive it!



Fuuuuuu-gly!

 

Not my type of bike but supposed to be very good at what it does.For those that are interested http://www.gizmag.com/victory-vision-ro ... iew/13694/

 

Just thought i would thow in my 2 cents in on this old thread cuz i test drove 2 of them last friday.

They are pretty awesome, except for that Victory Vision (ugh!! with extra shivers on the side...)

Test drove the Vegas Zach Ness signature series and the Cross Country Cory Ness signature series.

Both powerfull machines and the base models are not that much more expensive than say a Yamaha Raider, HD FatBob...

The one thing i do like is the the engine and tranny options...You can have anything you want as long as it's 106 Cubic Inches and 6 Speeds!!!

 

In my opinion, if you're going to go extreme, at least get an awesome engine!
Oh, and the bike is cool too.

Seriously, I'd LOVE to get the time and money to custom chop a radial engine into a bike. Good thing my father has been a warbird mechanic longer than I have been alive.

 

Yup, Victory Vision, I think that they came out with it last year to pretty good reviews. It's a monster to me at nearly 9 feet long (104.9")
and OVER 900 lbs with gas and oil!! Have I ever mentioned that I hate big, heavy bikes<LOL>?

I saw one on Ritchie hwy (Rt 2) earlier this week. I think that it will end up sort of like the Honda Rune to a very limited demographic.

The one pictured looks a bit customized but maybe my memory of the bike that I saw isn't very clear since I didn't really study it since it's not my cup of tea. I've seen a couple others but again, I never really spent time looking at it very closely.

To it's credit though, it's thousands less then the competition and is a well built machine.

jeff

 

The cars built in the 70’s here were mostly junk I’ll agree but after such cars as the Vega and other “planned obsolescence” cars were put to rest, the American car companies began competing and doing much better. Maybe you’ve had bad luck but after getting 365,000 on a ’80 Chevette back in the 80s, 262K on a 86 Sedan-deville and most recent is my Expedition with 217K and still going strong with the original everything but the starter & water pump, I sure can’t agree. Heck, I even got 145K out of my Pinto before selling it. Yes, my ’88 Toyota/chev Prism had 140K on it when I sold it and it also was running fine but I’ve had very reliable, long running American cars. Of course I wouldn’t buy a government motors car so if I go into the market for a new car, it will be a Ford since they did just fine without taking any handouts.

Sorry, you hit a nerve…..

jeff

 

looks like the bike sly stalone rode it Judge Dredd movie

 

I like it. Very futuristic...

 

If you got a few minutes to look at a review with opinions - -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB1gtpKS2Wc

It's 1,750 CC's so yeah, it's a big, fat bike. I'd get one.

My Chevy truck is getting on 400,000 and doesn't smoke !! It gets my spent motorcycle oil.