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 World's ugliest bike? Pretty much, yeah !! Possibly the prototype images are an April fool joke? .
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Looks like the air cooled sportsters days are numbered. New H-D Custom and Streetfighter
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Saddle Sore
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Hey Indian, it's Your move..... 
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Hey Indian, it's Your move.....
The FTR1200 is coming out in 2019.
FTR1200
Knock the Harley all you want, at least they're trying. Indian is making them up their game.
Kevin - Luceo Non Uro
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Saddle Sore
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I've seen the pics of the FTR, looks cool. I just don't see them selling in large numbers
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Bar Shake
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Harley is entering the Adventure bike arena?!? OMG The Apocolypse is near. 
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I think the designer is channeling the Cylons in the old [Lorne Green] Battle star Galaxtica
Dinosaur.
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Bar Shake
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Yes it kind of looks like a Transformer bike. If it didn’t have that fugly headlight/fairing thing, it might not be so bad.
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... If it didn’t have that fugly headlight/fairing thing, it might not be so bad ...
Exactly what I said when I first saw it.
It looks like someone took a new Road Glide front end and redesigned it one drunken night.
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"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Oh Dear,
Maybe it's me but I think that's one hell of an ugly bike.
One of my current bikes is a Triumph Tiger 955i.....and I thought IT was an aesthetically challenged jelly mould.
In comparison, I'm suddenly warming the the old Tiger.
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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it looks like HD is getting pretty desparate to increase their customer base. they have really cut back on production. We have been hearing about the worker layoffs in the local news.
Plus the used bike market is not helping them, the aging out riders are dumping the HD bikes on the market as they move to wheelchairs and walkers.
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Bar Shake
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it the aging out riders are dumping the HD bikes on the market as they move to wheelchairs and walkers.
Ha, maybe they should diversify and get in to the electric wheelchair and adaptive equipment business. 90 year old former Harley rider w a black and orange wheel chair w the Motor Company emblem. I can see it. 
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I think HD has dug themselves a hole too. I think the HD name alone will hurt then in any market except the cruiser market. They have worked hard to develop a reputation for undependable cruisers so who is going to want an undependablen adventure bike? (dependable or not) 99 out of 100 Harleys ever made are still on the road today, the other one made it home. 
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Hey Joe, think it's ugly enough yet?
Naw, it's still missing something. Hey Bob how about this super ugly headlight thing?
Yeah, that's got it! Let's submit it for production...
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Hey Joe, think it's ugly enough yet?
Naw, it's still missing something. Hey Bob how about this super ugly headlight thing?
Yeah, that's got it! Let's submit it for production...
... before the boss sees it ...
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"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Ugly just doesn't quite cover it for me.. thinking fugly maybe.
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Worn Saddle
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That radiator looks like it could be vulnerable if you really went off road.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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New Tires
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I think the HD Pan America looks retro. I imagine the head light and tank combination was meant to look like a 1960s electric shaver.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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I think the HD Pan America looks like something you would see in a Jurassic Park or ROBO Cop movie........
Erwin
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