yeah, very interesting indeed. I always liked the idea of having a frame. Just sounds integral, but if you don't need it why carry it around. Should cost less too huh, lol.

 

What are all the "custom" builders gonna customize if they can't chrome the frame?

 

While the engineers in Bologna obviously know a great deal more than I do, I am an overly big fan of using the engine as a stressed member to this degree (think of the problems Duc had with case durability on some of their past Superbikes which had the swingarm pivoting in the cases; must confess I wish Honda had extended the VTR`s frame down to the pivot area). I guess we`ll have to wait and see but it sure is interesting stuff...

 

A "ghetto-proof" sportbike, I like it more and more already.....

 

We can only hope lol..

 

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "ghetto"

 

The way I read it, they mean - frame + chrome = ghetto

 

Let`s see..... loooooooooooooong swingarms, shortened suspension, huge rear tires, chrome everywhere, airbrush galore...... is that any better?

 

Kinda like this---http://detroitpowersports.org/default.aspx

 

makes sense to me, doesnt seem like it would be much different than bolting the swingarm to the engine.

 

Dictionary: ghet·to (gĕt'ō)
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n., pl., -tos, or -toes.
A usually poor section of a city inhabited primarily by people of the same race, religion, or social background, often because of discrimination.
An often walled quarter in a European city to which Jews were restricted beginning in the Middle Ages.
Something that resembles the restriction or isolation of a city ghetto: "trapped in ethnic or pink-collar managerial job ghettoes" (Diane Weathers).
[Italian, after Ghetto, island near Venice where Jews were made to live in the 16th century.]