Clevelandmoto 536 Nobody died shovelin' sunshine.

ClevelandMoto Podcast 536 Show Notes

8 cylinders, 8 speed DCT, 1000 lbs. and sure, it's coming to America....yeah, right. Call me when it's sitting at a dealership. They tried this crap at AIM expo 2 years ago, this year they trotted it out at CES. 

https://www.advrider.com/the-gold-wing-dwarfing-gwm-souo-s2000-is-coming-to-america-allegedly/

Oooh, let's all make fun of the silly Chinese company and their silly motorcycle! Right? 

Be careful tho' they sold 1.2 Million cars and trucks last year. That's just behind HONDA. 

https://www.gwm-global.com/news/3403831.html

$60,000 is a lot of dosh. 

https://www.ft.com/content/d65acba7-33ca-4e43-8581-d71061543dd0?shareType=nongift

Remember this guy, we loved his 250cc 76 HP v-twin 2-strokes at $40,000 do we feel the same about his 185 HP Buell-Powered cafe racer? 

This is rough, probably rougher than you want, but it's a real 400cc V4 and I think it's gonna go cheap. 

https://iconicmotorbikeauctions.com/auction/1989-honda-vfr400-nc30-6/

Triumph announces a "Limited Edition Cafe Racer 1200" Kind of their regular 1200 Bonneville with a $19,000 price tag. $5000 and 25 more HP than the standard model. $4400 more and the same HP as the Speed Twin 1200. 

https://www.triumphmotorcycles.com/motorcycles/classic/speed/speed-twin-cafe-racer-edition

Since we're talking about high-dollar Retro bikes: coming in at a hair under $20,000 (if you want it in Black) is the newest Retro from Indian. 1890cc and about 120 torques. I actually love the look of this machine, but of course I do, it's a copy of a Kawasaki Drifter.  

https://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/chief-motorcycles/chief-vintage/

Or Save $16,000 and have the same experience. 

https://atvhunt.com/l/10728353/2003-Kawasaki-Vulcan-800-Drifter

or save $15,000 and get the 1500cc model: 

https://motohunt.com/l/4190659/1999-Kawasaki-Drifter-VN1500