Plaisir coupable... FXDR

Bon, je sais pas si je vous l'ai déjà écrit mais QUEL PIED à rouler, cette brêle   

Et avec ce temps, dans un Paris et une Ile-de-France déserts, le panard TOTAL.
La partie cycle est une réussite, quelle que soit l'allure.
Bref, je l'

boris-jc a écrit:Bon, je sais pas si je vous l'ai déjà écrit mais QUEL PIED à rouler, cette brêle   

Et avec ce temps, dans un Paris et une Ile-de-France déserts, le panard TOTAL.
La partie cycle est une réussite, quelle que soit l'allure.
Bref, je l'

Euh.... il me semble avoir déjà lu ça !? 

Ici aussi pas un chat pour aller et venir au boulot.... pas de flics ni radars mobiles.... la Harley, c’est le pied !!! 

Je sais, les projets sur base de FXDR vous ont manqués 

Voici une petite prépa polonaise...

Un beau clapet à l’échappement     un peu trop près de la sortie à mon goût…

Indy69 a écrit:Un beau clapet à l’échappement     un peu trop près de la sortie à mon goût…

...au goût de beaucoup... 

Confederate, bien connue pour ses références aux warbirds, présente 6 modèles (pas chers ) sur base de DR. Eux, ils savent se lâcher !!....

https://blog.dupontregistry.com/motorcycles/confederate-motorcycle-announces-three-new-motorcycle-models/

Confederate Motorcycles Announces Three New Motorcycle Models
by Edward Jones
May 6, 2020

Confederate Motorcycles has just announced three new motorcycle models, bringing their total lineup up to six new models that are currently being offered. Each of these new models will be built at Confederate’s new facility in Birmingham, Alabama. this includes the new Hellcat, Hellcat Speedster, F-117 Fighter, P-51 Combat Fighter, FA-13 Combat Bomber and Wraith. If you happen to live near Birmingham, each of these new motorcycles will be on full display in the showroom, alongside certified pre-owned Confederate bikes.
“We are currently building the next run of bikes that are each available with a number of customer-selectable options,” says Ernest Lee, owner of Confederate Motorcycles. “Confederate is a partnership of vendors manufacturing the parts for our bikes and the Confederate team necessary to design, build and sell these one of a kind masterpieces. After a short pause, we are now continuing to design new and exciting Confederate motorcycles; building innovative and original bikes that draw crowds everywhere they ride.”
If you’re interested, they’re currently taking orders on the Hellcat and Hellcat Speedster with deliveries beginning in July. Because these bikes are built upon the Harley-Davidson FDXR frame, they will also be the first Confederate Motorcycles to be homologated for worldwide delivery. They also announced that they will continue manufacturing the F-117 Fighter, P-51 Combat Fighter and FA-13 Combat bikes at the new facility. As for the newly-designed Wraith, they will begin building it at the Birmingham facility as well.

The New Hellcat​

“The Confederate Hellcat is the first of two motorcycles built with the Milwaukee Eight 117 cubic inch Screaming Eagle Engine. Featuring 3M carbon fiber wrapped tank, front cowl, engine spoiler and Confederate CNC seat frame carved from solid billet blocks of military-grade aluminum like the 2014 and 2015 Hellcat Speedster before it.”
MSRP: $45,000

The Hellcat Speedster

“The Hellcat Speedster is the second 2020 Confederate Motorcycle built on the Harley Davidson FDXR frame. Like our Confederate P-51 before it, the tank, swing-arm, front cowl, forks seat, and rear are carved from solid billet blocks of military-grade aluminum.”
MSRP: $75,000

F-117 Fighter​

“The F-117 Fighter is a limited production American performance street machine. Each F-117 Fighter is hand-built, custom tailored to fit, with personalized and curated details and finish, making every motorcycle unique to its new owner.”
MSRP: $90,000

P-51 Combat Fighter​

“The P-51 is the second generation of Fighters from Confederate. CNC machined 6061 and 7075 aircraft-grade aluminum and carbon fiber create the unique lines of this race-inspired 132 cubic inch motorcycle.” 
MSRP: $110,000

FA-13 Combat Bomber​

“The limited-production military-spec anodized FA-13 Combat Bomber is Fighter is a limited production American performance street bike.” 
MSRP: $155,000

The New Wraith

“Like it’s P-51 Combat Fighter predecessor, the Confederate Wraith is carved entirely from solid billet blocks of military-grade aluminum, resulting in the most robust, lightweight, fatigue-resistant motorcycle possible.”
MSRP: $155,000

Félicitation  
J'avais hésité entre le FXDR pour son look différent et bestial et puis finalement j'ai craqué pour le FAT, plus adapté à ma morphologie.

Mets-moi une Wraith de côté Boris !

Je savais qu'elle te plairait : c'est pour ça que j'en ai pris 2

un autre monde!

Mais quelles gueules

boris-jc a écrit:Je savais qu'elle te plairait : c'est pour ça que j'en ai pris 2

Cool. Par contre, me concernant, va falloir une selle un peu plus grande... j'suis pas Tom Cruise.

Sans rire, au delà de l'argent, je suis toujours sur le cul du niveau de ces bécanes.

Tu auras noté les détails de malades, comme le travail au niveau de la pompe à huile/arbre à cames... Visibles !! Ou le cadre qui est aussi à la fois réservoir d'essence et d'huile !

Ouais ! J'ai vu ! Tu sais plus où regardé ! Y'en a partout ! Et la fourche putain !

Et donc les anciennes-nouvelles Confederate qui s'appellent Curtiss (https://www.curtissmotorcycles.comet) qui sont électriques...elles existent toujours ou pas ? (perso je préfère, et de loin, celles-ci avec leur gros moulin qui emmerde Greta...) 

Avec leur gros vibros en guise de moteur ?!!!
Apparemment elles existent toujours.

Un petit article pas mal fait (écrit en Kiwi  ) sur (feu) le DR...

https://www.autocar.co.nz/autocar-bike-reviews-app/special-fx-harley-davidson-fxdr-114




 
We imagine plenty of people must have been close to breaking down when in 2017 Harley-Davidson announced the V-Rod was being discontinued because it could no longer meet emissions regs. It looked and sounded so mean with a few aftermarket tickle ups. So the news last year that H-D was releasing a new sporty addition to the Softail range in the form of the FXDR 114 probably overjoyed V-Rod owners. Gone was the water-cooled 1247cc mill and in its place a much burlier 1868cc Milwaukee-Eight engine instead.
It’s different in other ways too, but a couple of aspects to this brutish cruiser immediately come to mind. First up, Harley introduced its new Softail model on track. A Bar and Shields cruiser that can really get down! Despite its low 720mm seat height, this does have genuine cornering clearance, and H-D reckons you can lean it over to 33 degrees either side. The upshot is that it’s really not that easy to scrape the pegs. One of the reasons is that they’re forward set, so the road tends to bump your heel off the peg before it touches down. Unless of course you deliberately move your foot forwards before cornering, and then you can give it a proper shot at making metal to Macadam contact. We only managed on a handful of occasions. Had the designers gone with mid-sited foot controls, which would probably have made the ride triangle more comfortable, for sure cornering clearance would have suffered. So that’s why it looks like it does, with the aggressive forward-mount controls. 


"LIKE ANY MODERN POWER CRUISER, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LOOKS AND THIS IS OUT-THERE BITCHIN’."

Like any modern power cruiser, it’s all about the looks and this is out-there bitchin’. Inspired, awesomely, by jet fighters and drag racing. This is a serious head turner, even in Bonneville Salt Denim white. There are so many aspects that catch the eye, it’s hard to know where to begin. But the most obvious is the beautiful MW-8 engine, the right side dominated by an air cleaner that makes it impossible to grip the tank with your right knee. We don’t think that’s an issue because you tend to ride cruisers with legs akimbo anyway. From side on your eye is also drawn to those raked out forks and Diavel-esque header pipes, while from the rear the enormous 240/40R18 tyre and solid wheel are hard to overlook. Up front, there’s a small square-shaped LED headlight, and a wee cowl above that, along with a set of clip-on handlebars. Low rise mirrors finish the bike off nicely, as does the single seat. This impresses from just about any angle.
Course with a power cruiser you want to know a few other things, like horsepower for instance, and in this instance you might be initially disappointed, with just 90 horses developed at 4500rpm. Not a whole heap, given this big V-twin displaces 1868cc. And that’s down a ways on the 165 you get with the Rocket III and the 154 of the Diavel. So what about torque then? There’s a solid 160Nm of that to get your teeth into which compares with 129Nm for the Ducati, but an almighty 220Nm for the new Rocket III. 




With the FXDR, it seems that around 90 per cent of peak torque is available right across the 2000-3000rpm area, so this is one relaxing sport cruiser, at least in its demeanour. We’re not so sure it’s exactly relaxing for either riding position or ride quality, however. As mentioned, the pegs are sited forward primarily for cornering clearance. But that means if you’re short of inseam this might not suit you so well. If you’ve lower back issues you’ll probably not be tempted by the DR either. Riding on smooth surfaces this mops up minor imperfections well, but anything more substantial you will notice. That’s all part and parcel of the hardtail look and limited suspension travel. The FXDR has adjustable preload at the rear, and that can be done on the move via a knurled knob under your right leg. Even so, wound right down, you still feel the shock of the big hits.
But the nifty handling compensates and you’d fully not expect this necessarily because of the 34 degrees of fork rake and the massive rear tyre. Such a huge amount of rubber on the road often makes initiating the turn difficult, but there’s no such effect here. Sure, it won’t turn as quickly as something with a shorter wheelbase, but it willingly leans right over and hangs tough. Your mates on sports bikes might not believe the lack of grinding that’s normally associated with the cruiser genre. 
Nor will they believe how quickly this thing can haul to a stop. We imagined it might well slow nicely with its twin 300mm discs, four-piston calipers up front, 292mm disc with two-piston caliper to the rear and extra rubber, but this raised and reset the bar for motorcycles of any genre. Cruisers always seem to stop in commanding fashion, and that’s because of their rearward weight bias. The extended wheelbase makes for stable emergency ABS stops from open road speeds too, and this undercut our previous best figure by 2m. At 33.95m, it bests what most cars are capable of.




For straight line speed, however, this is humbled by the bona fide power cruisers, like VMax, Diavel and new Rocket III. Essentially it takes four seconds flat to hit 100, where the others get there in under 3sec. And the overtake takes twice as long, even if 2.76sec seems pretty hasty in car terms. These figures largely overlay those of the Low Rider S which is the same weight and runs the same engine.
But performance isn’t really what this bike is all about; it’s how it lays it down in such lazy fashion. There’s abundant torque down low so in town you’re upshifting by 2000rpm, and even on the open road you seldom need to venture beyond 3000rpm if you’re just out for some fresh air. Changing up early also makes shifts of the six-speed gearbox smoother. 
Talk about laid back though. The engine pulls resolutely from 1800rpm or 80km/h in top, turning just 2200rpm at 100km/h, 2500 at 110. There’s not much in the way of vibration at the bars or pegs either, though the stubby little mirrors suggest otherwise at open road speeds.
Torque is king here, besides which the show is all over by 5500rpm. That’s how come its rivals make more power; they can rev higher and in the case of the Triumph there’s one-third more capacity.










So essentially you’re looking at something that resembles a power cruiser but is really a cruiser that corners. And because of its raked out wheelbase you need to take a bit of care in tighter confines. The steering lock isn’t bad but this is still a longshanks and you need every bit of real estate available to perform a U-turn on two-lane thoroughfares. Switchback corners are similarly dealt with carefully but on the whole it’s otherwise capable.
In terms of specification, this doesn’t have a whole heap of extras. There’s ABS but no TC, not that it’s needed with all that rubber beneath. Cruise control is conspicuous by its absence and so too engine modes and instant or average fuel use. You get odo, speedo, trip distance times two, digital readout of revs, distance to empty, a gear indicator and a clock. Plus Harley’s keyless ignition and alarm. Just pocket the key and kick ‘er in the guts. The two-into-one standard exhaust sounds fine but most will want to add something more free flowing like a Screamin’ Eagle bolt-on to liberate the potatoes, we’d imagine. Or maybe extra foot pegs and a seat pad for your new friend. 
In essence you’d think of this more as a sports cruiser than a muscle bike, given it doesn’t quite have the straightline performance of its similarly priced rivaIs. But it looks unbelievably cool, and its torque-laden characterful engine makes it laid back. Plus, it can outbrake pretty much any other two-wheeler out there.

Petite boucle en Chevreuse hier (200 bornes, en tout bien tout respect de la limitation soviétique des 100km  ), un bon moment bien sympa !!
Où se sont baladées côte à côte le passé de notre marque :


Et un présent (qui appartient au passé, maintenant que j'y pense !) :


Les cakes :

Lesberthet, Ludogringo, Coyote, Boris, Dr Jekill, PatrickDapat
Merci les amis !!


De passage à Coignières, au retour, j'y ai croisé celle-ci, sortie de rénovation complète :


Vive la MoCo 

Putain, c'est beau... y manque un V-Rod et un WLA !

Bordel, j'arrive pas à me faire à l'idée que le BO et le DR sont annulés....

Shura a écrit:Putain, c'est beau... y manque un V-Rod et un WLA !

Bordel, j'arrive pas à me faire à l'idée que le BO et le DR sont annulés....

Mouaus… le BO ils avaient déjà viré le 107, sans virus ça sentait déjà le roussi 

Boris-jc a écrit:Petite boucle en Chevreuse hier (200 bornes, en tout bien tout respect de la limitation soviétique des 100km  ), un bon moment bien sympa !!

@Boris-jc : sympa les photos !! Cool que tu es apprécié cette "petite" balade !! en espérant que la "vieille" me vous a pas trop ralenti !! 

Shura a écrit:Putain, c'est beau... y manque un V-Rod et un WLA !

@shura : il était là le V-Rod !! celui de @Dr Jekill    par contre pas de WLA 

Il ya de la belle moto là

Shura a écrit:Putain, c'est beau... y manque un V-Rod et un WLA !

Le Rod (de 2013) était bien de la partie !!

Quant à l'arrêt du BO, je pense qu'il est "technique", comme celui des CVO. La production reprendra pour assurer la sortie des modèles 2021. Sortir de l'arrêt des chaînes de montages en douceur, en limitant l'effort aux modèles les plus vendus. Aussi une manière pour Harley de synchroniser ses années-modèles avec le calendrier (c'est le cas dans le monde auto-moto).

Bon, pour le DR, en revanche.... 

Le Drag racer/Destroyer n'est pas mort (il bande encore) !!...
Bon, uniquement au Royaume-Uni et en Irlande, une série limitée (peinture) à 30 ex...

https://www.carandbike.com/news/harley-davidson-fxdr-limited-edition-model-unveiled-2234646


Harley-Davidson FXDR Limited Edition Model Unveiled

The new limited edition Harley-Davidson will only be available on sale in the UK and Ireland.

 By  Preetam Bora

   

 

Harley-Davidson has unveiled a new limited edition model, called the Harley-Davidson FXDR 114 Limited Edition. But the new model will only be available for sale in the UK and Ireland. Only 30 bikes will be produced of the softail custom with all bikes allocated to the UK and Ireland. The new model has a different paint scheme, and has been created with the help of UK-based painters and custom design house Image Custom Design, with the changes to the limited edition FXDR being purely cosmetic.

Highlights

• New Harley-Davidson FXDR Limited Edition for UK and Ireland
  
• Only cosmetic changes in the Limited Edition model including new colour
  
• Only 30 Limited Edition bikes will be built for sale
  

J'aime bien comme ça!

Avec un stage 2 (je ne sais pas lequel) et un Two Bro' :


...ça chante bien, en bas.

Un échappement noir serait plus heureux…
ça ne te donne pas des idées !? 

Ah, écoute, maintenant que j'ai un collector, j'hésite à le modifier 

Prépa vietnamienne (à Saïgon, grosse communauté Harley, là-bas,... Si, si, j'ai eu la chance d'en rencontrer certains membres l'an passé) sur base ThunderBK (sempiternelle, dirait notre Beatnick) et KessTech




Bon, les soudures des collecteurs (inox ?) sont plus ou moins réussies, mais quand même...

Le DR : une bécane facile en centre-ville   (bon, c'est en Pologne, mais c'est pareil à Paname)

De toute façon tout sera bientôt interdit en ville…