Author Topic: RE 838cc V-Twin Meteor  (Read 1781 times)

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Reply #1 on: May 09, 2019, 02:46:27 pm
I like the name, the concept, and the looks of the engine. But if that bike was actually manufactured by RE, it would really put a dent into Interceptor sales, IMHO.    ;)
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Reply #2 on: May 09, 2019, 06:30:44 pm
The overall form is pleasing except for the front fork.  I will have to ponder that for a while and see if my initial reaction persists.


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Reply #3 on: May 10, 2019, 12:50:57 am
I don't hate it, yet my tingling "damned kids on the lawn again" sense is telling me I might be happier with a well-sorted Iron-Bellied Musket. And if it's gotta have weirdo forks, I'll take the girders, please...

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Reply #4 on: May 10, 2019, 12:23:06 pm
I don't hate it, yet my tingling "damned kids on the lawn again" sense is telling tells me I might be happier with a well-sorted Iron-Bellied Musket. And if it's gotta have weirdo forks, I'll take the girders, please...


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Reply #5 on: May 10, 2019, 01:05:45 pm
Indicators on girder forks?

Probably the best looking Musket I have seen apart from a featherbed frame mock-up. The stretched headstock still looks a little odd, maybe an elongated custom fuel tank in the same style would improve that slight visual hiccup a little.

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Reply #6 on: May 10, 2019, 10:07:12 pm
If people from India could manufactur actual products with similar alacrity to their manufacturing fake news stories, I could be riding one of those now. I think it looks cool.  Apart from the forks. It looks like an Indian. From India.
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