THE FAT LADY SINGS: HONDA VARADERO 1000 SCRAMBLER

[weeksy]

https://www.bikebound.com/2022/03/08/honda-xl1000v/

[Count Steer]

Quite like that although not keen on the exhaust or those crude billet swingarms. Needs the exhaust rerouting and a bash plate. Hmmm....7.3/10.

[Pgm]

If I squint it sort of reminds me of the bmw hp enduro I test rode, I might have bought it if I didn’t need to pull up against a curb to get my foot down every time I stopped.

[Bustaspoke]

Nope,that's just wrong.If you're going to put all that time & effort into a 'project' surely you would come up with a better solution for the radiator than this?i
Once again I wonder how much time & money they've invested to come up with something that falls so short of the mark.
Do these bikes get ridden or are they 'instalations'?
The paintscheme looks alright,but surely a Scrambler should wear spoked wheels & have a rear mudguard?

[Count Steer]

Nope,that's just wrong.If you're going to put all that time & effort into a 'project' surely you would come up with a better solution for the radiator than this?i
Once again I wonder how much time & money they've invested to come up with something that falls so short of the mark.
Do these bikes get ridden or are they 'instalations'?
The paintscheme looks alright,but surely a Scrambler should wear spoked wheels & have a rear mudguard?

Yebbut, it's not actually a Scrambler, despite the tyres etc. It's a 'street bike' for poorly maintained streets. Good point about the rad. Hadn't clocked that. Still could be fun though.

[Dickyboy]

For a street scrambler you'd want light and nimble, that fails in so many ways.

[The Spin Doctor]

It's yet another exercise that turns a rideable bike into something that isn't.

[Bustaspoke]

And another negative,it's got a beak.Surely it's going to throw up lots of spray on wet roads,wouldn't a close fitting front mudguard be more useful?
Beaks belong to things that are found in aviaries not garage's!!

[KungFooBob]

Quite like that although not keen on the exhaust or those crude billet swingarms. Needs the exhaust rerouting and a bash plate. Hmmm....7.3/10.

That's the stock Honda Swingarm, it's very similar to the Firestorm one too.

[Count Steer]

Quite like that although not keen on the exhaust or those crude billet swingarms. Needs the exhaust rerouting and a bash plate. Hmmm....7.3/10.

That's the stock Honda Swingarm, it's very similar to the Firestorm one too.

I know.

[KungFooBob]

It could be worse...

[Taipan]

I hit like as soon as I saw it, because I like seeing big fat bikes stripped back. But those radiators...

[KungFooBob]

But those radiators...

Yup.

The 'Dero and the 'Storm both have those side mounted rads.

I reckon the Firestorm would have made a really nice naked if someone had thought up a better solution for the rads.

[Dickyboy]

Done properly?

https://www.bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-stelvio