Cool video on Cleveland CycleWerks

[MarkPBG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKnwE1FJBFc

I would much prefer one of these over a ninja 250 as a second bike. They actually look cool.

[pat english]

i do not like those motorcycles.

[LukeM]

Come to think of it, isn't this what motorcycles started out to be:  A bicycle with a motor attached to help you up hills and stuff?  A purely utilitarian device, sometimes used to catch speeders (MC cops in the 20s and 30s, riding those Harleys)?  Then it became a fashion statement, then a luxury vehicle, and now someone's trying to restart the franchise.

I'm not condemning Cleveland Cycleworks, or the other bikes out there.  I have a feeling he'll sell quite a few of these as basic transportation or something to rort around on.  Like the (then) underpowered CB125s and CB250s.  

I wish him well.
Luke M

[shinyribs]

I love them. Small,light,looks good,sounds good and cheap. Other than not being a power house,I'd say its everything a motorcycle ought to be. I think i read somewhere they are either right at or under 200 lbs. Designed in mind for someone to be able to roll them into their apartments,even up stairs. Cool. Try pushing a CB750 up a flight if stairs. Ok,one stair!

It tickles me that people criticize these bikes for having a "Chinese" engine,rather than an American engine. So what? Have American motorcycle engines ever proven to be all that fantastic? Nope.

Details- http://www.clevelandcyclewerks.com/heist-details/

I had it wrong.Dry weight is 115 lbsAdd two gallons of gas and a few? quarts of oil and your probably well under 150 lbs still. Thats very cool,I'd say.

[MarkPBG]

Yep, just a cheap little bike for running around town on errands, and if someone steals it, who cares? lol