I have to agree with Mark and Ian here, about the shifter anyway. While I've always thought the above bike was and is very nicely done, I too must ask the following: WHY would one purposely take the best handling "cruiser" model motorcycle on the market today("today" being the operative word here, as "today" in essence would mean "modern" in every sense of the word: DOHC engine, disc brakes, etc) and THEN retrofit an obsolete form of shifting mechanism(motorcycle design progressed to a hand clutch/foot shift pattern for a reason, ya know...and that reason was primarily for convenience, smoothness and safety of operation) to such a modern machine???
Yep, like I said, I very much like what was done to the above bike, but come on here, WHY the hand shift??? Just to be "different"???
(or...as the old sayin' goes, "Just 'cause something CAN be done, doesn't necessarily mean it SHOULD be done!"...OR...if ya want to retrofit a hand shifter on a "modern" bike, THEN do THAT to a friggin' Big Twin Harley, 'cause THEY'RE not designed to actually be ridden, but just slowly "cruised" upon while lookin' "oh so cool" to everybody else out there!!!)
