Fri, 29 May 1998 15:39:52 +0100
- Message No. 3219
From: gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk
Subject: Re: New @1000
The "greek" @ (probably from the greek "MOTO" Magazine) is another artistic
impression,
exactly like I, or anyone of you guys, was using some colored pencils or a
computer to
design a bike which looks like an africa but has the vtr engine and frame.
It does not
require much imagination or effort really.
BTW, greek MOTO magazine used to publish almost every 15 days artistic new
bikes impressions
like this one, usually made by a famous british artist (whose the name I
can't recall).
Some of them were quite spot-on in their predictions (Yam R1 if I remember
correctly), but
needless to say, most of them have never become real.
Speaking for myself, let's hope Honda will not follow the CBR600 route for
the @.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
Marc Luethi on 29/05/98 13:19:51
To: xrv@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de
cc: (bcc: George Mitropoulos/PNC Ltd)
Subject: Re: (XRV) New @1000
At 11:59 29.05.98 +0100, you wrote:
>As far as I know there is not a single picture or press release or even a
>word of mouth from Honda themselves.
As far as I know, this is true, but roumor has it more than ever...
>Personally (you gonna hate me for this!) I'd love a supermoto kind of @
>with a VTR engine, designed for antisocial behaviour in the cities (where
I
>spend the 99.9999% of my time) but I would not hold my breath anyway.
*grin* yet another "most powerful urban hooligan wheelie tool"?
I think that the BMW R1100R once got awarded that title by Perfomance Bike.
Tse... as if you could do wheelies with a shaft driven motorcylce
*shakes his head*
>If anybody has a picture (not an artistic impression!) please let us know!
I have seen none of them yet. But the last link posted to the list shows a
concept that might very close to reality. Apart from the plastics design,
it actually matches the "greek" XRV1000 on Micha's page.
[Micha, are you gonna add the picture to it?]
I am pretty sure that I'll be able to have a seat on the new twin in
september at the INTERMOT in Munich. See you there!
Too bad I most probably won't be around in early august...
Arizona instead of Glarus...
Greets
Marc
atic@gmx.net