Triumphrat

drainbamage

Just an artist's interpretation... do you think it would be cool to have a VW bike on the market or would you scream in terror while riping off your hair?

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drharveys

Honda makes motorcycles and cars, as does Suzuki and BMW. Why should it be a problem if VW did? Now I know they started with bikes, but it might be interesting to see what happens when an established auto manufacturer goes the other way!

FrankBlack

I think Ferdinand Porsche designed one of those for Hitler in the 30s. Took the chicken strips right off his moustache . Actually, that was the hitlermobile. Think BMW did the hitlercycle:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/04...y-hitler-.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4198270...n/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4198270...n/photostream/

Although Steve McQueen almost escaped on a Triumph pretending to be a BMW pretending to be a Triumph.

walt

Aren't VW's supposed to have their engines in the rear?

It'd make wheelies easier!

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Old Scratcher

VW have done good things for Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, & Bugatti. So they've got the resources to do something good on two wheels too. Though that offering looks a bit too teutonic for my tastes.
I'm not sure that a VW badge would be the right way to market them either, as I'd be trying to distance them from the two wheeled Golf tag. & VW already has an old motorcycle marque in it's collection, NSU, which would be perfect.

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Baltobonneville

It's not air-cooled!!??

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denman13

Where's the oil-bathed air filter?

It has that generic SV650 look to it. But who knows, maybe VW would come up with a great bike.

Or :

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Newcastlelatte

Sure. Why not?

As long as they make a quality, reliable, competitive machine.

Would be great if they would make an inexpensive, easily customizable bike.

You know, kinda like the Beetle concept (only with much better relative performance).

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schnabba

only if it was a turbo diesel.... about 1.2 or 1.3 liter....

cafecruzin

would that be a VW Jetta duo

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