Jamie

"A raw and radical ride... a chiseled custom with power and performance" (etc.), straight from HD's Jan 22, 2010 press release.

Don't hold your breath, though:

> The "Forty-Eight" (anything to do with the year it was engineered?) boils down to yet another hackneyed 1200cc Sporster derivative, except for chopped fenders and 16' wheels.

BTW, if you want to have FUN, do peruse the complete press release, i.e undiluted BS hype (e.g. on Bloomberg)

Jamie

The Prophet

If you are standing perfectly still, I guess anything beyond that could be percieved as "power", or "performance". It's all in the perspective.

What is a Sportster 1200? Maybe 75 HP? I don't know at which level "performance" interjects, but 75 hp is more of a starter bike isn't it?

Now lets add big fat tires to increase the rolling resistance and drag coefficient, and create a more "wobbly" handling characteristic. Good thinkin"!

Who's making these decisions? It appears as if someone found an old dusty file in one of the HD File archives. Was the "Crossbones", another retro offer, a big seller?

Ride Safe (and with...."power")!

Bob

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Speedtrip

WOW. HD releases yet another innovative performance bike.