[palace15]

I have seen marks on tyre and wheel before to check 'tyre creep' but only on rear wheels.

Photos taken outside the Chennai factory.

[palace15]

I never had time to talk to the rider who had been talking to factory staff.

[Ducati Scotty]

That looks a lot like the concept bike that was posted recently.  Different bars, the concept had lower clip ons, but I think the rest is the same.  Same frame for sure.

Scott

[GSS]

Hmmm......ding in the tank from clip-on handle on right......sure looks like a test mule.....nice!

[Ducati Scotty]

And on closer inspection those are clip ons of a sort.  More like Heli-bars.

Scott

[ace.cafe]

I'm sorta starting to kinda like this bike.

 

[Ice]

 Give me that bike and within two hours I will have rear sets on it and gotten ticketed at least once. 

[Herzog]

Well done, Palace!

[whoguy]

Love it!!!

Really like the rear swing arm, rear disc brake and what looks to be a steering damper!!!

[GreenMachine]

quick question: I really like the standard ride position on my enfield...How much of a difference is their if they did go to a cafe style machine..I'm thinking of my 53 yr. old spine...would pull back bars be a solution..

[AgentX]

Those handlebars hurt my soul.

WTF?

I mean, I think I get it...real clip-ons in India are generally a terrible idea, but you want a cafe bike, so you end up with this.  But good lord.  A drag bar or a low-rise would be honest and practical, if not as "correct" or cool as real clip-ons.  Fakey clip-on riser-things are just not cutting it.

[Desi Bike]

I wonder what the plactic baggie is for between the starter and bakc wheel? 
Holding electrics? Quick change computer for injection system map tests?

[The Garbone]

Lunch..

[Ducati Scotty]

Those handlebars hurt my soul.

WTF?

My only guess is that these can be set high or low really easily.  Want to to drop them down and check handling, go ahead.  Want to cruise around all day just to log miles and check longevity, go ahead.  It's 10 seconds to change the poition.

GreenMachine, if there's any doubt there is no doubt.  You won't like it.  I'm younger than you but my back is older   I can't look at bars like that without hurting.  Still, easy enough to remove the clip ons and mount another set of bars, you'll probabaly need to re-route some cables.

Scott

[AgentX]

Is it actually easy to mount another set of bars?  Doesn't look like there's any supplemental clamp for tubulars.

And I think they'd be just as ridiculous flipped upside down as they are right-side up...there's low, and then there's the far-famed and dreaded "have-to-turn-your-head-sideways-and-flatten-it-against-the-top-fork-crown-to-reach-the-bars low."

Not that a set of reasonable clip-ons isn't a cheap and easy swap-in.  Just that the bike is then, IMHO, quite unsuited for average Indian riding conditions.


Edit: By the way, I DO like the bike!  I don't want to sound [entirely] like some nit-picky asshole.  But obviously, one detail is irking me.