I get Pipeburn in my inbox every day. The custom builds range from the cool to the bizarre. When I first saw this one I thought...."Wow! That is cool". Then I started reading about what it was and what they had to do to it to get it to look something like a Triumph Scrambler. Then I thought....."That's crazy! Just buy the real deal". Your thoughts?
Low Pea Shooters type fiasco of a Exhaust system is 1 glaring fact that seperates Scramblers from Bonnies... Next is height which it also appear t be missing.
While I agree that Scramblers should have high exhaust almost every aftermarket exhaust manufacturer sells a low exhaust alternative for the Scrambler....and I have seen quite a few of them pictured on this forum.
The more these horrid things show up with Scrambler name plates the more I am convinced I dont own a Scrambler.. If all these bikes are Scramblers Mine is not (nor do I want it to be)
Wanna be scrambler, maybe. Kinda pretty. Wouldnt take it off road considering how it's built. The bottom end is exposed as are the pipes, so I guess its not practically functional for it's intended purpose.
But I do think it's a nice aesthetic lie for the weekend warrior who can only drive groomed trails. Probably why theres no skid plate.
Here's an excerpt from the review regarding the air-cooled Bonnie that the reviewer previously owned:
.......I know. I was probably there because no-one else could make it, but I like to think I was mixing with hardened veterans of the motorcycle industry because I owned one of the old outgoing air-cooled Bonnevilles for a number of years. I did over 40,000 underwhelming kilometers on it before I sold it without a moment’s regret.
Because it was a bit of a turd. It was awkwardly balanced and top-heavy, crippled by snatchy fuel injection and relying on the same old tired narrative about Steve McQueen and Mother England and Crumpets to excuse it’s shortfalls. Which were many. What little power it put on the tarmac it did so without any kind of personality or charm. It was a Universal Japanese Motorcycle – and a slow one at that.......
Brat flat seats... I hate them! There is no style in a brat flat seat, other than it looks like a homemade, on the cheap, budget seat.
When somebody puts a 60's style Bates desert seat on a custom (or current Scrambler), then I'll be impressed (like Mule has).
Otherwise its a cute little bugger.
Interesting reversal of intake and exhaust on the heads. The current water heads have the reversal only 90º instead of a full 180º. Too bad some ideas don't get built vs those that do like the K1, ugh.
I read the review. It sounds like a nice move in the right direction.
However, if I might be so bold, I would bet my newly modded Triumph Scrambler could come close to keeping pace with the Duc. I went with a TTP Stage 1 setup, including a Zard 2-1 exhaust, that really woke up the engine. Will it put out 70hp?......Uh, NO! But it's got enough for me and in the off-road world, HP is usually not the problem......Suspension is. To that end, I installed custom tuned Ohlins in back and Cogent Dynamics DDC's up front. That along with better pegs, and I'll be happy to take it on some gravel back roads and possibly some double track. But even with all of those mods, that lowered the weight of the bike down to around 460lbs, it and the Duc are still WAY too heavy to be serious "Scramblers".
Now some French cats were mad enough to not only try, but finish the Dakar on Vespas!?!
Just shows use what you know, a bit like the Yam in question. Anyone else clock its from Indonesia? I worked in Malaysia for a bit (not Indonesia.) and the laws regarding motorbikes, the import tax on foreign made bikes really limited what motorbikes were available.
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