What do you think ?
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http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/revealed-ariel-ace/25193.html (http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/revealed-ariel-ace/25193.html)
My first impression is not a good one.
I dislike form over function - eg underseat pipes putting weight in the wrong place just for the sake of looking good,....
....& that frame design looks like its been done that way to "look" like an Aerial - rather than because its necessarily the best engineering solution.
When its fully tested it could turn out to be a masterpiece though for all I know.
Underseat pipes?
Too much...not for me.
I feel that this isn't a serious attempt at a performance bike, but more a polishers toy which is an accessory to the ultra rich Atom owners who want something to match their track toy in the garage.
If they were serious about biker performance/weight, they would have started with extrusions when designing the frame, and not milling it out of a solid lump of ally. they would have also chosen a performance lump, and not the 1200 shaft driven Viffer engine.
I finks it looks shiny..... and I likes shiny fings!
the red one looks vaguely like a monster quite like it