Comments on: Bike VS Crossover http://carfail.com/2009/08/11/bike-vs-crossover/ Only cars FAIL pictures (crashes, destroing, confuses) Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:24:06 +0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bridesmaid jewelry sets http://carfail.com/2009/08/11/bike-vs-crossover/#comment-502 bridesmaid jewelry sets Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:19:15 +0000 http://carfail.com/?p=723#comment-502 Simply want to say your article is awesome. The clarity in your post is simply impressive and I can take for granted you are an expert on this field…. Simply want to say your article is awesome. The clarity in your post is simply impressive and I can take for granted you are an expert on this field….

]]> By: Lifted trucks http://carfail.com/2009/08/11/bike-vs-crossover/#comment-114 Lifted trucks Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:26:33 +0000 http://carfail.com/?p=723#comment-114 I have to admit that I'm sold on the DN-01's swoopy styling; it reminds me a bit of the "vibe" of one my favorite sport cruisers of all time--namely, the late, lamented Moto-Guzzi Centauro (man, what a cool, under-appreciated bike that was!). I can't wait to see one of these things in the flesh. Now about the drive-train: purists will probably freak out over the CVT-for-cycles layout, and on one level I can understand why. I never thought the manual transmissions in motorcycles were all that tricky to master in the first place. But, in a world filled with cell phone-addled SUV jockeys, etc., I suppose there's much to be said for reducing the motorcycle pilot's "workload"--if only to allow more mindshare for dodging kamikaze pickup trucks and the like. Besides, the "twist'n'go" approach does have a certain appeal all its own. I have to admit that I’m sold on the DN-01’s swoopy styling; it reminds me a bit of the “vibe” of one my favorite sport cruisers of all time–namely, the late, lamented Moto-Guzzi Centauro (man, what a cool, under-appreciated bike that was!). I can’t wait to see one of these things in the flesh.

Now about the drive-train: purists will probably freak out over the CVT-for-cycles layout, and on one level I can understand why. I never thought the manual transmissions in motorcycles were all that tricky to master in the first place. But, in a world filled with cell phone-addled SUV jockeys, etc., I suppose there’s much to be said for reducing the motorcycle pilot’s “workload”–if only to allow more mindshare for dodging kamikaze pickup trucks and the like. Besides, the “twist’n'go” approach does have a certain appeal all its own.

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