I would trade my GS in for this in a hear beat..
(http://thekneeslider.com/images/wakan1.jpg)
(http://thekneeslider.com/images/wakan2.jpg)
(http://thekneeslider.com/images/wakan3.jpg)
(http://thekneeslider.com/images/wakan4.jpg)
(http://thekneeslider.com/images/wakan5.jpg)
were and how do i sign up?
how much? i'll trade the Miata for that!
PRoN!!!
Great, now I am gonna get a virus from my PC monitor.
Fedexing left nut as we speak...er type.
It's French. linky (http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/07/18/wakan-1640-new-french-v-twin-motorcycle/)
Looks like it'll cost about $35K
is that the gas cap in the tail and drool over the intake. :bowdown:
Quote from: seamax on March 01, 2007, 12:52:08 PM
is that the gas cap in the tail and drool over the intake. :bowdown:
Yeah it appears the fuel tank is behind/under the riders butt and the intake is where the fuel normally goes. It looks like a pretty sick ride, but the center of gravity looks as though it could be a little high.
I'll take it..
Looks nice, but I hate the exhaust.
I'll trade for the first one with the dual exhaust.
Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on March 01, 2007, 01:25:46 PM
Looks nice, but I hate the exhaust.
+1, that is the weak point for me too. Undertail would have been cool, but with the placement of the fuel where it is maybe not the best idea.
i just....i... i can't stop looking at it. it's perfect!
$35k, crap. why can't someone do this for less than $10k.
oh wait, someone did and it's called a Ducati Monster...
:kiss3: Does it come in yellow? NM... I don't care, I'd ride it in any color... :kiss3:
Yes, it comes in yellow. Wakan will paint it any color you want if you'll buy it. 120hp...PUTS DOWN 110lbs! Their real powerhouses.
I saw these first time on motorbikes.be. Thought about posting it but figured you all would probably already know about them.
That shiny V-Twin is beautiful.
Too bad they're $35k...
Eh... Who am I kidding... I can't even buy the bike I want for $6k. :laugh:
Its a harley motor isn't it ...
Can you say buell ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Quote from: baco99 on March 01, 2007, 01:50:14 PM
i just....i... i can't stop looking at it. it's perfect!
$35k, crap. why can't someone do this for less than $10k.
oh wait, someone did and it's called a Ducati Monster...
This is so much more beautiful than a monster. The monster has that weaved frame and the rake in front is less.
The waken's frame is almost unnoticable like floating, has sexier looking V-twin, and the flow on the side from the tank to seat to tail is gorgeous. It's like a hybrid chopper streetbike with the front stretched like that.
If anything it looks more like a Buell.
Quote from: seshadri_srinath on March 01, 2007, 02:50:22 PM
Its a harley motor isn't it ...
Can you say buell ...
Cool.
Srinath.
It's a 1640cc Sportster engine. There's nothing "Buell" about it. HD won't let Eric get his hands on the real meat motors like this.
hd owns a majority of buell btw, buell or had could get any engine either one of them wants. it would be sweet if there was a stock 1640 sportie :icon_twisted:
Quote from: makenzie71 on March 01, 2007, 03:50:25 PM
Quote from: seshadri_srinath on March 01, 2007, 02:50:22 PM
Its a harley motor isn't it ...
Can you say buell ...
Cool.
Srinath.
It's a 1640cc Sportster engine. There's nothing "Buell" about it. HD won't let Eric get his hands on the real meat motors like this.
not a sportie engine, its an s&s
"The Wakan 1640 starts with a single spine oil carrying frame, a 54 inch wheelbase, with inverted Ceriani forks mounted at 22 degrees. Power comes from a 100 cubic inch S&S V-Twin producing 115hp and 115 foot pounds of torque and those horses are moving a motorcycle that weighs only 390 pounds with oil, no fuel. The engine sports a single Keihin flatslide carb that gets ram air through a blower type scoop situated above the airbox cover. The fuel tank is below the seat, molded to double as a sort of rear mudguard with the filler mounted on the tailsection."
hd won't give eric any choices. He gets the 883 and 1200 sportster engines only...he doesn't even get up-to-date management. I've seen 1200 sportsters, with a K&N, pipes, and a remap put down over 100lbs of torqe. You can't even remap a buell.
Oh ok...S&S...they said it was an american twin so I just assumed.
just like th heeadline sais beautiful!
http://www.engmore.com/home.html
check out their home page and the video of the bike! freeken awesome.
also check out the race bike different exhuast.
unless teh engine is fi you cant remap it. heh i can do hd warranty work. and the farkin hoops i got to go thru is a opain in the proverbial asssss
XB's are all EFI.