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Old 09-05-2010, 11:23 AM   #7 (permalink)
redyaris
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I can not get all that excited about a fuel injected motocycle engine, I already have one on my WR250R that I like, mainly because I can start and go without Idleing. Although the quality of modern bikes is great the design is more than 50 years old. Not so much as a hint of aerodynamic consideration, on any of the stuff on the market. If they would have one or two models that where optimized for aerodynamics then that segment of the market would be satisfied. A naked bike would have all the openings as closed off as posible, a faired bike would have a fairing developed in the wind tunnel and good graffics to satify fashion, and one scooter would be done the same. But what does the market provide? the same mediocrity over and over and over... with 20 different models. I know that manufactures need to build what people will buy, but are there so few of us that it is not werth there time to make 2 or 3 fuel efficiant motocycles/scooters?
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