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On 2008-02-13 15:13:12 -0500, Steve Mackay <steve_mackay DeleteThis @hotmail.com> said:


> To be fair, the 1125R is the 1st competitive "American" sport bike.????

Well, the first one that you can actually buy in this country, unlike
the ill-fated VR that was homo'd in Poland..


> I think the bike & the riders will do quite well. Both Higbee and
> ??Bilansky were a couple of the three main development riders for the
> 1125R.???

We'll see..


> ?For the debut, they are still running a belt final drive on the bike.
> I ??sure hope it lasts ????

Those belts are prolly the least of their worries. I'm thinkin' they'd
be pretty happy if one just finishes. That said, a competitive
homegrown bike could really help road racing in this country. I just
hope they don't fall into the "year behind" trap that always plagued
the VR effort and even though Erik has very little in common with
Schiebe there's still that corporate "tractor" mentality at H-D, but
we'll see.. (Heh and fairly soon too!)
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T3 wrote:
> On 2008-02-13 15:13:12 -0500, Steve Mackay <steve_mackay.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> said:
>
>
>> To be fair, the 1125R is the 1st competitive "American" sport bike.????
>
> Well, the first one that you can actually buy in this country, unlike
> the ill-fated VR that was homo'd in Poland..
>
>
>> I think the bike & the riders will do quite well. Both Higbee and
>> ??Bilansky were a couple of the three main development riders for the
>> 1125R.???
>
> We'll see..
>
>
>> ?For the debut, they are still running a belt final drive on the bike.
>> I ??sure hope it lasts ????
>
> Those belts are prolly the least of their worries. I'm thinkin' they'd
> be pretty happy if one just finishes.

Knowing Danny Bilanksy(he's a friend of mine), *HE* wont be "happy"
unless they win

> That said, a competitive homegrown
> bike could really help road racing in this country.

I certainly hope so.

> I just hope they
> don't fall into the "year behind" trap that always plagued the VR effort
> and even though Erik has very little in common with Schiebe there's
> still that corporate "tractor" mentality at H-D, but we'll see.. (Heh
> and fairly soon too!)
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