Well Pagik, I suppose it’s each to his own thing.
I can totally get why someone wouldn’t like the Wraith, however I’ve always been a fan of the historical left hand path in motorcycle design and, like the Virus and the Tesi and numerous other oddball motorcycle concepts over the years, the Wraith speaks very loudly to that inclination. I love the way it mixes traditional with contemporary design elements and technologies, and exquisite craftsmanship (just look at a close-up of the carbon fibre lay-up around the headstock / backbone join).
It manages to sidestep my inherent cynicism regarding contemporary (i.e. the last 50 years of) American motorcycle design and speak directly to my love of bike design, from the turn of the 19th century to the modern day, and I can’t help but love it for that.
But it is a bit weird.
PS: I blame Allan Cathcart and Tony Foal for my perverted motorcycle design proclivities (they got me in the early 80s while I was still young), but, like any other long held fetish, its now to deeply seated do be denied.
Posted: 19/12/2011 at 16:30
