is it me or is the new cafe scrambler reminiscent of the 1st gen monster?

[77south]

I want to see how it looks with a bullet fairing, like the Sport 1000S.

[kopfjäger]

I want to see how it looks with a bullet fairing, like the Sport 1000S.

[ducpainter]

Not exactly sure what I'm looking at.

[kopfjäger]

Not exactly sure what I'm looking at.

It's a picture of a motorcycle Nate', you want some more soup? 

[koko64]

Scrambler based I guess with custom frame kit?
Nicely done, but would hurt my body. I would have ridden that in my 20's and 30's.

[ducpainter]

It's a picture of a motorcycle Nate', you want some more soup?  

It's the picture of an ugly make the beast with two backsing motorcycle Daryl.

What's their point? What are they trying to express?

Ugly?

Try the soup comment one more time.

[koko64]

All classic black would have looked better.

[kopfjäger]

It's the picture of an ugly make the beast with two backsing motorcycle Daryl.

What's their point? What are they trying to express?

Ugly?

Try the soup comment one more time.

He wanted to see the Scrambler with a bullit fairing. That was the closest pic I could find.

[Speeddog]

That's remarkable.

They've managed to make black/gold *not* work.

[Howie]

Damn, you guys are harsh!  Yeah, I don't know why, but that bike does ring the ugly bell.

[Speeddog]

I don't think the bullet fairing works with the scrambler bodywork, or perhaps just not at those proportions.
It's a bar/triple mounted fairing, perhaps as a frame mount, it'd work better.

And they've chosen to make the heat shield on the pipe a focus, and honestly, it's not an attractive item to call attention to.
And from when I rode a Scrambler, it was one of the annoyances making the riding position unnatural.
Back when I rode 2-strokes, it was accepted that the pipe was in the way, as it was so freaking huge you had no option.
IIRC, Walter Kaaden said you'll know when a 2-stroke pipe is right, 'cause that's when it intrudes on the rider or forces the relocation of one or more major components.
But it's a 4-stroke, and the pipe is not so big.
It's possible to find a routing that doesn't force a compromise.

[1.21GW]

That's remarkable.

They've managed to make black/gold *not* work.

Maybe the problem is that that ain't gold.

[koko64]

More a cream/beige.

[koko64]

The tank should just be black with classic gold pinstriping.

[77south]

I think to make it work, there have to be, changes.  A cafe racer doesn't need to worry about bashing the pipes on rocks, so move them down, exposing more of the engine and getting rid of that now unnecessary shielding on the pipes, next give a non god-awful paint job, then a lower, frame mounted bullet fairing, might work.