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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. Monday
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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. today 4 Years, 8 Months ago  
Doubt if any of us die hard Bronco fans will be riding them
 
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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. Monday 4 Years, 8 Months ago  
Jreed wrote:
I don't think erizo likes the raider. But I could be mistaken..


i find the back end to sort of look like a roadliner that has been rear end shunted by a car

note to yamaha - next time, do NOT hire stevie wonder for the design team

looked again, eyes hurt, still ugly.
 
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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. Monday 4 Years, 8 Months ago  
according to the specifications tab

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The new Road Stars are not avilable til March 2008
http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/products/modelspecs/61/0/specs.aspx

but other models available this month
 
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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. Monday 4 Years, 8 Months ago  
Pop Rivet wrote:
The new Road Stars are not avilable til March 2008 .....
but other models available this month


Maybe dumped before March if the new Raider sells well.

They have a cruiser (Liner) and a hopper (Raider) ..... why do they need a R*. Seems out of place ..... and they need to redesign the heads for the new FI.

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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. Monday 4 Years, 8 Months ago  
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..... and they need to redesign the heads for the new FI.

Doc


You assume they'd do it correctly?
 
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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. Monday 4 Years, 8 Months ago  
Does anybody know what internal changes were made .....guess I will be heading to the shop soon to get the inside scoop.....I hope ....Coug...Doc whats a hopper ....are they kin to the ruiser???
 
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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. Monday 4 Years, 8 Months ago  
I don't know...I'm kind of in the Erizo camp on the looks of the Raider. It seems like a wannabe chopper. I gotta think that people who want choppers are going to get a REAL chopper. I'm sure the Raider hauls ass, but it won't be hauling mine any time soon.

And as far as FI on the R*, it seems like we all knew it was coming, but it's kinda sad...end of an era, almost. Personally, I like being able to adjust things with a screwdriver instead of a laptop.

My $0.02 ($38.47 with shipping to Canada).

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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. Monday 4 Years, 8 Months ago  
I'm not a big fan of the Raider......yet.....looks like an overgrown early Virago 250 or something.....however....when you see a person actually on it the thing looks a bit better.

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/10september07_star2008raider.htm
 
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Re:The 2008 Starline comes out at 12:00p.m. Monday 4 Years, 8 Months ago  
I like the R* and the Raider 'cause I see more mod potential than the Liner. The Liner is impossible for someone like me to mod the frame.

Never keep my toys stock so it doesn't matter to me. If both were sitting in the showroom I'd pick the cheaper one. The Raider I can make it into my own hopper (bar hopper vs chopper ) and 'ruiser or buy a R* and make it into a hopper and my own 'ruiser.

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