Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:15:26 +0200 - Message No. 4091
From: Marc Luethi

Subject: Re: Intermot


Hi all!

At 20:54 20.09.98 +0200, Martin Franz wrote:

>I agree with Achim, IMHO enough said about Transalps/Vardiragos :-))
>Maybe somebody has informations about this watercooled XR650. What's
>that for a bike ?  Just a big XR600 or a competitor to KTM Adventure 

No idea, really. It was said to have the CR-Aluminium chassis, but it was
nowhere on Honda's presentation at the Intermot 

>P.S. I did hope, that after presenting a big enduro look alike tourer
>for the non-offroaders, Honda will make the AT more "aggresive"...

I talked to one of the guys there. He said: "Honda says: not more then 60hp
for an Offroader" :-((
When I asked him about the whereabaouts of a new XRV, he said that there'd
be none in the near future.

Well, it's not the XL1000V I took home with me as a bike to dream of, but
nonetheless I found one.

It has almost all the features some of us had dreamed of...
weight: ~150kg empty weight, almost 1000cc V-Twin, White Power fork and
rear monoshock, Brembo brakes 22l-Tank, 70-100hp (!!!)
It lacks the large rallye-style fairing and the touring-style seat, but
that'd be quite easy to add to.
And it lacks an affordable price: 24-25'000.- DEM, they said.

It is the "Highland Outback" from Highland Motors, Sweden. Check at
www.highlandmotors.com
Now that is a piece of bike to dream of....

Greets

Marc

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