Сравнение Buell m2 cyclone и Sportster xl1200 (eng)

[Buellster]

http://www.american-v.co.uk/roadtests/h ... /body.html

[Buellster]

Да и ваще занятный сайт.

[Mrak]

The Sportster gets its 96Nm at a leisurely 3000rpm, and that is right on the button as far as that chassis / engine combination is concerned. I've never ridden a 1200S that doesn't get worse as the revs rise, and 5k is my personal ceiling because much above that my eyeballs can't cope with processing the blurred data. This means I'm unlikely to realise the full awesome potential of the peak output, but then unfortunately 69hp isn't much to be getting on with on a 1200cc motorcycle at the beginning of the 21st century. I'm not being cruel: bear in mind that the 61ci, 1000cc XLH of 1973 was generating 61hp: that was nearly thirty years ago, in an iron Sportster engine, with a single plug head and 200cc less

не согласен, гнались бы за лошадями, давно бы вынули 100 и 150 из 1200 движка

а вот тут очень точно:

One feels like a tractor, the other like a missile.

Thejoy is that the missile can be ridden like a tractor, but the strength of the Harley-Davidson brand is that the tractor can be made into a missile if you have the time and money to spend - in which case, like the Big Rock 1200SS, it will be a thing of wonder in itself.