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See Post Reply# 195 by Tusayan.Yes, swingarm looks long but in the official promo video where the eagle lands on the rider's hand the bike appears to have a short wheelbase.
and then Hinkley revealed this:
Hey, where's Oberdan Bezzi's mashup of MGS01 bodywork with the new 4 cam motor?
What about the lack of a torque arm on the swing arm? Have they solved the problem without any?
What will the new interesting engine splitting mean for overhaul? Easier or harder? Now I sit back and get at beer!
Wow. Triumph throwing down the gauntlet there!
There's been quite a bit of talk about that. There's no answers yet, just fans hoping that the length of the arm reduces the problem. Same for the cantilever shock. I haven't seen anyone bring this up; I am wondering too! Also the tilt. It's a really compact engine but they have stuck with the forward tilt from the Martini days, for legroom as then I guess. Is the tilt still 8 degrees as on the Martini project? Martini wanted more, and it looks now like maybe they did get more in the end?
It seems that many here have already analysed all available media, carefully scrutinising every single hypothetical, speculative and even imagined nuance, literally pixel by pixel. The verdict is? Fairly evenly split it seems.Personally I like it. A bold new/retro direction from Piaggio that seems likely to propel the Marque into another century of manufacture.You can't please all the people all the time.....
it is substantially shorter than the griso for exampleI lined up the images to check!!
Sure. I didn't mean they threw it at Guzzi, haha. At those numbers it's not even a Superveloce competitor. Bonkers is the word!
Keep in mind the Griso's wheelbase was rather rangy for a sporty standard: Griso wheelbase = 61.0 inches (1471 mm)To compare:California EV wheelbase = 61.4 inches (1560 mm)V11 LeMans wheelbase = 58.70 inches (1,490 mm)Sport 1100 wheelbase = 58.07 inches (1475 mm)V11 Sport wheelbase = 57.9 inches (1471 mm)V7 Classic wheelbase = 57.0 inches (1449 mm)MGS-01 wheelbase = 56.2 inches (1428 mm)
A motorcycle with 3 cylinders is simply WRONG!!
Not when you hear the Moto2 pack go by you at full song...IMHO they sound MUCH better than the MotoGP bikes!And certainly not when you throw a leg over a street Triumph Triple and crack the throttle. It's a fantastic machine, for sure.
I like triples, although I've never owned one. The seem combine the best of both 2 & 4 cyl bikes (for torque, power, revving, sound) and are extremely smooth.I'd consider one of those if the clip-ons were a little higher. If I sit on one and find it's more comfy, then I might have an interest. I'm a little like Goldilocks, not too cruiser-ish, not too racer-ish. I don't need a 160HP