ON the other hand, there are some of us who rode in the 60s who are doing their homework and have conncluded that we don’t want a car engine on a bike frame.
I’m looking for a bike but I am doing the homework.
Honda still sells the Nighthawk 750 - pretty much the same thing they sold in 1969, with a number of updates. No car engine.
Of course, it’s significantly detuned compared to the parent bike, my 86 Nighthawk 700S. Redline 10,750, shaft drive, ungodly accel above 7K. Still keeps up with most 600-class sport bikes 0-60.
I’m looking forward to a motorcycle engine on a small tubular steel car frame. It should go fast, corner, stop quick and carry groceries, tools, whatever. 2+2 seating and licensed for the road would make it FUN AND economical.
Something like a sand buggy, legal for the streets will do just fine. I don’t want no “crumple zone”. I want a frame around my bod.
If they want to cut back on gas use. This will do it. Instead of widening freeways and roads, they could narrow the lanes on existing ones.