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bikedudextrm
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PostPosted: 22:26 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: New cruiser - what do you think? Reply with quote

Saw this and i'm not normally one who likes cruisers but i think this one looks sweet and is unique.

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Over 130 S&S rear wheel horsepower is delivered to the ground through our own five-speed. We've reduced power loss by positioning the transmission vertically, which shortens the centerline distance between the motor and the mainshaft sprockets for much greater efficiency. A feather-light hydraulic clutch is standard.


Cool Thumbs Up .

But i know some people on here will totally hate it, it is a cruiser Smile .

https://www.confederate.com/con_web/home/machine/hellcat.html#

https://www.confederate.com/con_web/home/machine/image_doc/image01/image01big.jpg
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PostPosted: 22:31 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm i am not a fan of the mirrors the way they are.

Everything else is pretty smart, looks almost like a custom job in itself which is a good thing in my opinion.

Having owned a normal cruiser i will say though.. that will be a complete pain in the royal a$$ to clean!
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PostPosted: 22:34 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not too bad looking, I dont normally like cruisers at all, but yeah that's not too sad. Looks pretty mean
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PostPosted: 22:34 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

OMG, that is ugly!

Eurgh! I hate the lights, the seat, infact I hate everything about it.

It looks like a mish mash of parts chucked together!

Sick
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PostPosted: 22:38 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

if they made a normal seating position model, that would make a pretty nice muscle bike.
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PostPosted: 22:49 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

So.. where can I buy one?
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PostPosted: 22:51 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah i agree the seat looks pretty pants but the rest imo is lovely espicially the front end. Looks like the tank and mudguards are carbon fibre Cool .
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PostPosted: 23:01 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks like it can handle, which is always a start Smile.

A higher seat and some clip ons and you got a nice start for a cafe racer.

Unfortunately I doubt it'll come close to less idivdual but much cheaper bikes as far as performance goes.
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PostPosted: 23:04 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like it.

It looks mean. Cool
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PostPosted: 23:12 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks almost like a shiney rat bike, that doesn't look like you'd really like to sit on it, well each to their own I suppose. Smile
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PostPosted: 23:18 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

It may have over 130HP, but with a tyre that wide at the back, you'd certainly not get the same from a 130hp sportsbike... Sick

not bad though...
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PostPosted: 23:36 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice, defenately going to look like nothing else on the road!

It looks meaner than a doberman after stealing its dinner and calling it a poodle.
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PostPosted: 23:45 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

The confederate hellcat was featured in an issue of "the motorcyclist" - an american magazine - early this year.

To buy one afaik, you jave to phone up and order one. Not sure how much they cost, but $many,000 rings a bell.
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PostPosted: 23:51 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Check out the B91 Wraith on the same site, that IS being made Very Happy

That is a proper bike, just for those mad carbon fibre forks it's worth it Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 23:51 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds nice aswell.

https://www.confederate.com/con_web/home/machine/anime/rev.mp3
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PostPosted: 23:52 - 01 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

must say its interesting
agree the mirror has to go

worried about
a: lack of luggage space
b: would my bum look big on it Smile

personnally go for an MT1
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PostPosted: 00:00 - 02 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reuben wrote:
Check out the B91 Wraith on the same site, that IS being made Very Happy


There dont seem to be any pics of the complete bike as it's not finished yet but the swing arm is just looks amazing.

https://www.confederate.com/con_web/home/wraith/process/lsrcomp/lsr010.jpg

https://www.confederate.com/con_web/home/wraith/process/lsrcomp/lsr011.jpg

Vey unuausal design but will be ineterested to what it looks like when complete.

https://www.confederate.com/con_web/home/wraith/process/pro03.gif

https://www.confederate.com/con_web/home/wraith/process/pro04.gif

https://www.confederate.com/con_web/home/wraith/process/pro05.gif
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PostPosted: 09:30 - 02 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think when someone was designing that they were playing too much FF7. Looks really nice although seat could be better
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PostPosted: 10:49 - 02 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lights are ugly, as are the mirrors. Looks like you'd just fly off the seat above 45mph. Love the rest though. I like the wraith better, but again the seat looks awful.

Confederate Wraith:
https://www.confederate.com/con_web/home/wraith/prototype/fcarbside.jpg
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PostPosted: 11:23 - 02 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

The pics don't do it justice. They had a Hellcat on the Carole Nash stand at the NEC this year, and it was stunning. The way the exhausts exit through the swinging arm is fantastic. Very Happy Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 22:07 - 02 Dec 2004    Post subject: Reply with quote

I want one.

Dear santa, I've been a really good girl this year...... Very Happy

Mine will have better mirrors than that though.

I have printed off that picture and pinned it to the door of our shed as inspiration for my other half when he starts to do up my Shadow after christmas. Standard? Nah, pass me the grinder......! Twisted Evil
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