Nice bike but the photoshopped reflections are jacked-up.

Emergency rooms and EMT services all over America are ordering crash cart and messy cleanup supplies as we speak...

Seriously, the day the V-Max went on sale I heard that about 5 people died within 10 miles of the dealer. Darwin Award, anyone?

Hopefully they will sell enough of them to bring us an "entry level" 120hp N/A version for under $20k.

It may sell well if they can develop a full line of performance levels and price it in line with the 1098.

@Mike the Dog: What would change? Quite a few bikes make @180HP these days. The price will keep this from really contributing to the Nicky Hayden wannabes dying.

What are you guys talking about? Motorcycles are perfectly safe.

How much is a Bimota in the colonies?

Sooo... You can buy a bike with the same performance for twice the money just because it's American? Freedom ain't free, afterall :)

It looks really good, but MotoCzysz is way more stunning. Especially because of all of its engineering and innovation.

[www.motoczysz.com]

what the hell, 60K?. At this rate, the Busa fanboys will never shut up.

@Wes Siler: I was going to make a joke about asking my dead cousin, then thought it would be tasteless as my cousin actually died riding a motorcycle. Keep it fleshy side up, ok?

i'd just stick with a Buell........

@Wes Siler: I know, I've only managed to break one arm in twenty years!

I thought the decline in the USD was only supposed to make imported products more expensive.

@Stoatmaster:Pretty sure you can't get them there bikes there.

What's this, my oft refreshed link to Jalopnik changed over to some unknown motorcyle blog that kinfd of looks like Jalop? How the heck did that happen?

Oh, wait, its just an off topic post. Instead of seeing one of my often submitted but never used suggestions, today we get unaffordable and impractical motorcycles... Hmpff

There's a reason (or 30) that Buell partnered with Rotax instead of using that Revolution engine.

I'd love to see a competitive American brand in WSB or even MotoGP one day - but I also like rally racing. Silly me.

Insane, I saw my buddies bike yesturday for the first time in awhile. I thought the 90hp out of his little GSXR600 was nuts.... but then I saw the nitrous bottle and knew he had gone insane.

He has 20, 45, and 60hp pills for the giggly gas... he said the 20 shot feels like getting punched in the face.

@Wes Siler: So how's that arm?

The style on the front end reminds me of the Ducati 999.

@tenbeers: Nothing will make the Busa fanboys shut up.

Yay, more horrible sounding Hardly-Doanythin engines to pay too much for!!!

If I were paying 60k for a bike, there had better be a 25000 on the tach, and enough tiny cylinders to shame a corvette. Which I could also buy for 60k.

This looks like standard motorcycle design with the same engine that the Teutels hammer together 16 times a week.

@Stoatmaster:

We do "get them bikes here", and they're anywhere from $25-40k.

Not sure what's hard to understand about the Roehr's price - just like with cars, limited run models that are built largely by hand are way more expensive than mass-produced assembly line models. Roehr isn't trying to compete with any of the major brands, its going for a niche that probably won't be too hard to find.

60k? That makes perfect sense....

These people are insane to think anyone will be purchasing a $60,000 item that can't stand up (i.e. destroy itself) without assistance.

I thought Ducati was disturbed for offering something 14k over what is a reasonable price for a motorcycle, but this trumps it.

At least a 120k custom from OCC has style, and beauty. This bike looks like a late 80's throwback at 2020 prices.

Look for this company to go under within minutes of opening

@Mike the Dog:

Funny you should mention the V-MAX. At least my dad waited a week to crash his. With me on the back. Luckily no one was seriously hurt.

@jconli1: Ah, so you can. Just checked it out.

If I was going to spend that kind of money, I would rather get a Ducati Desmosedici RR.

@donjumpsuit: I created some OCC style and beauty this morning after my first cup of coffee and before I got in the shower.
But seriously, all the bikes made by OCC and the others have is "style" and not a style that appeals to me. At least this has a chance of functioning well as a motorcycle.

@NatefromOgden: But you're not bitter at all, right?

@dculberson: Nope. Never.

Designers meetings went something like this:
"Since we're going to compete with the Ducati 1098, lets just rip off the body of the 999 it replaces."
"Brilliant!"

$60K? That's ridiculous! I could buy two turbo Busa's and have money left over for a decent sports car. Not that I want a Busa. Maybe a B-King...

$60K is a nice down payment on a new GT-R!

I don't even care about the price, but how on earth do you supercharge an engine and only make the same horsepower as a normally aspirated Ducati 1098 engine?

I'm all for an American sportbike, but until America appreciates real road racing, it'll never take off. We're too obsessed with Nascar and oval crap that sportbikes are on no one's radar and not worth the business risk.

Has anyone here been to any race in Europe? They have a true passion for road racing that puts American racing enthusiasts to shame...

Like the Buell and the V rod from which the Roehr 1250sc is derived, this is just another answer to a question that nobody asked.
And a very expensive answer, at that.
There is nothing I can see here that Ducati, Suzuki, Yamaha etc. don't do better for less money.
Sure its unique, but the Harley guys will hate it, and the Hyabusa guys will blow it into the weeds.
Thats an awful lot of money to pay just to be different.

Wait. This bike is a Buell reject because of size and possible handling issues, 20kg overweight in relation to the performance competition, and costing $60k?

For some odd, undefinable reason, I'm unable to see where this became a good idea.

190kg... I have a 1980 tourer, made of what appears to be exclusively iron, that weights less...

@OG_: Indeed.

More bikestuff, please.

I can't believe people keep bothering to try to build an American sportsbike using the Harley engine. It's time to just give up that dream and design your own engine. Plus, for $60k I could buy a Desmoseddici RR that's basically a detuned MotoGP bike that'd blow the pants off this. Or buy a 1098R and get the Ohlins Superbike forks and some carbon bodywork and have a bike that's still cheaper and would blow the pants off this. Plus, a Ducati or MV Agusta is way better looking.

two things cause probably 75% of all motorcycle wrecks, inexperience and alcohol. Any fool can come in off the street and buy a 200hp 'busa. Many of them aren't responsible enough to ride a GS 250. I'm a mechanic at a motorcycle dealership and I've been a rider for 20 years, a few of which I didn't own a car. I lived in LA for 7 of those years and put over 100,000mi each on two of my bikes. Up 'till now I've had no accidents. A better record than many cage drivers I know. So, no, it's not the bike's fault! In a two car pass from 50mph a 'Busa will easily hit triple digits by the time you pass the second car, I know, I've done it! If someone's not responsible enough to deal with that, then they should swallow their ego an buy a more reasonable ride.
Now that I've vented, I like this bike. But at 60k it's way out of reach for mere mortals. Alot of bikes have similar appearance and performance, it's nice to see something a little different.
BTW, Buell FTW! A nice guy, a serious motorhead, and a great product.

Just to clarify, the V-Rod engine is not a Harley engine (just ask any Harley guy) It is a liquid cooled 60 degree twin with head design input from Porsche. It is a damn nice engine, and is very far removed from the Sportster based engines powering Buell's lineup.

I, for one have been waiting for Buell to abandon the air-cooled purist BS, and drop the V-Rod engine into one of their nimble frames for a long time. At $60k, even if this handles as well as a Buell XB9R, it won't sate that desire. If they could drop that engine into a naked frame and get it under $15k (hopefully closer to $12k), it might.

@beercheck: *cough* hell for leather *cough*

@smalleyxb122: while the V-rod engine was originally intended for Buell, and designed with Erik's input, it ended up being too big and heavy for use in a sports bike. Thats why they had Rotax develop an entirely new engine for the 1125R.

@joneez: All good points, but talking about safety every time a motorcycle come up is boring.

A Busey? That sounds dangerous!

Heh, 60k for a bike rejected by BUELL for being to BIG and HEAVY. Exclusive, indeed.

@Wes Siler: I agree, but it's the #1 reason there aren't more riders on the road. I took a vacation to England a few years ago (wonderful!) Lots of motorcycles. Cagers there are used to seeing bikes on the road and actually look for them and seem to be better at judging their speed. Or maybe they have less of the "me first cause I'm better" attitude than here in the U.S. It's always been my opinion that people should have to ride a bike for a year before being allowed to drive a car. Maybe some of that paranoia will carry over. Cagers feel too safe in their cars. Phone, TV, AC, heated seats, inflatable pillows in case you hit something. It's like being safe at home.

Seems a little pricey. $60k? For two wheels?

Hm, it was more economical to just have my 750 bored out and get a smaller sprocket/520 chain instead of buying a liter bike. But if I did want one I'd go with a 'busa or a ZX-14 instead, they're much cheaper than that!

That bike looks pretty horrid too.

@joneez: Yeah, i grew up riding in England, I know.

It's just that there's some people that get motorcycles, and some that don't. Those that don't miss out.

I'm doing my bit to try and make people understand here: [hellforleathermagazine.com]

@Wes Siler: thanks, been bookmarked for later perusal!

@Wes Siler: All that coughing, I think I just cought a drift from you.

@Wes Siler: Oh. Sure. Just let everybody in on it then.

@beercheck: OK, but just you two allowed, no guests.