Refined dynamite

摘要

As the name suggests, this bike is an outcast, almost villainous. Riding it is like carrying a weapon, trigger at the right handgrip. Interested? Even if big-inch Harley power isn’t your thing, the Ecosse Moto Heretic’s enticing-yet-peculiar blend of bare-fisted American muscle, Italian-inspired chassis, Swedish suspension and thug-bike riding position is difficult to resist. Helping you refrain from the impulse buy, however, is the $64,800 price tag! Okay, a super-expensive, hand-made American motorcycle constructed from fine materials and top-quality components is not for everybody. Who is it for? We defer to Don Atchison, who with wife and company CEO Wendy make up the top players of the Denver, Colorado-based Ecosse team (www. ecossemoto. com). “We want the 50-year-old guy who grew up on dirtbikes and is looking to get back into riding,” says Don, a part-time road-racer who works primarily on design and testing. “Or if they got back into bikes through Harley-Davidson-Which has done a great job getting people back into bikes-they might look to us for something lighter and more sporty. We’d be happy with .5 percent of the Harley re-entry market.” Wouldn’t everybody? Actually, with the Heretic production run limited to just 100, that .5 percent would probably be too many buyers.