quote:Originally posted by Pinche Chingadera
Or they could of just made it aircooled. Fuck all that technology shit. Not to mention it would clean up bike quiet abit and probably make it have somewhat of a cafe look.
Buell already has way too many aircooled bikes: Firebolt, Lightning, Blast, Ulysses etc... They needed a bike that could at the very lease compete with the italians and be mentioned in the same sentence as the japanese. The new Rotax motor does that, and it had to be water cooled to deliver the power levels it does (146 hp and 82 ft/lbs of torque). It isn't a hard concept, you don't like it you can buy one of the buell aircooled bikes or a bellybutton monster, it isn't like they are forcing this on you, they simply want to make the joke about american sportbikes less funny.
By the way, I have heard all these arguments before. When Ducati created the new 900SS in 1991 they built a full fairing version and a Cafe Racer version (it was actually called that in the sales literature) with a half fairing. People panned the SS initially because it was not as good as the original 70's 750 and 900ss and they espically attacked the cafe racer version for being ugly. Now those bikes are considered one of the more beautiful ducatis and the cafe racer has a niche following.
Other bikes people initially said were ugly:
Norton John Player Special Commando
BSA Rocket 3
Cagiva Elephante
well....you get the idea...
I just don't think most of the people on this site are the bike's target market...if we were it would be made out of junk parts, painted 3 shaded of primer, and cost $1000.