Baja Explorer
We Dream the Imposible !!
I am not into cruisers, but this is a beauty..
I totally agree with you, but " Harley market" is considerable enough to even convince a German mind.I love the look of the BMW in Baja Explorer's post, and it's obvious that BMW was trying to evoke the spirit of that bike in their new cruiser. The problem (my opinion, of course) is that they "Harley-ed" it up just enough to drag it too far away from that classic. They fattened it up, and took away the elegance of the original, and then added those godawful tokens of biker ridiculousness: ape hanger handlebars.
Well the engine is a 100 years old.
Maybe so, and in many ways I hope so; we all benefit from a healthy motorcycle industry, even when we aren't interested in the particular bike or brand. As for the Harley market, I think at this point Harley itself is having a hard time convincing the Harley market to buy bikes, let alone another company trying to penetrate the bloated cruiser market. I hope it's a roaring success for BMW, even though the chances are almost zero that I'd buy one.I totally agree with you, but " Harley market" is considerable enough to even convince a German mind.