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06-02-2007, 08:54 PM
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| |  V-Rod Bagger?
So what's the thinking here, should Harley-Davidson create and offer a bagger version of the V-Rod? If so, what should they call it?
Perhaps Water Bag? |
06-03-2007, 05:34 PM
| | | Water Bag?
I guess that the V-Rod is Harleys version of a performance machine? Dang shame that for a few thousand less you can strattle a 185 rear wheel HP rice burner that kids have no problem running 9's on. |
06-04-2007, 03:15 PM
| | | V-Rod Glide?
I really don't care what they call it as long as they build it. An add-on windshield and saddle bags do not make it a real touring bike, but the V-Rpd does have the potential. I'm surprised the Motor Company hasn't actually done it yet. |
06-22-2007, 08:09 AM
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They look weird. With rare exception every attempt I've seen to make a VROD into a bagger just doesn't translate well. Usually they stick some big fairing on the front like it was a Glide and it ends up looking like someone stapled a Conestoga wagon onto a Corvette. The actual bags part of making it a bagger don't seem to be the problem, though when each bags is as wide as the bike it throughts the asthetics off a bit. |
08-03-2007, 10:13 PM
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Maybe something along the style lines of the BMW K1200LT or K1200GT. With a little sculpturing and fiberglass the MoCo should be able to come up with something stylish yet agressive. Look what Corbin and Kuryakin has done for some of the metric crusers. |
11-28-2007, 03:08 PM
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Yes they should. I would call it "Mine." |
11-28-2007, 05:52 PM
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I don't think they really need to offer a V-Rod bagger (also think everyone I've seen looks goofy), but rather find a way to marry a V-Rod powerplant and cooling system with a more traditional frame and all the niceties. |
11-29-2007, 10:02 PM
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For now we are happy with the cruiser. I can see a 1450 Revo in our future. Man, there's a scary thought considering what the lowly 1130 is capable of. 
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11-29-2007, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by DesertSpeed  For now we are happy with the cruiser. I can see a 1450 Revo in our future. Man, there's a scary thought considering what the lowly 1130 is capable of. | The lowly 1130 is already a not so lowly 1250. That plant will get bigger and slide into a Bagger Frame one of these days IMO  |
11-29-2007, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by humpbackbob The lowly 1130 is already a not so lowly 1250. That plant will get bigger and slide into a Bagger Frame one of these days IMO | I just wonder how long the V-glide would be? Just for kicks some time ago I compared the wheel base of all the bikes in the HD line-up. It seems like the V line had the longest wheel base. I could be mistaken, but they are long. That's actually the second thing people notice about our bike. (1 is how low it is, 3 is "Where's the gas cap?")
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