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Originally Posted by Oaksong  Doing research on bikes in order to make my upcoming new cruiser purchase, I have discovered something that I think is weird:
Bikes really aren't implementing new tech at ALL.
Hydraulic valve adjustment? -nope
Belt drive instead of chain? - nope
Dual front disk brakes for all bikes - nope
I don't get it. For instance, the v-star 650 would be a great beginner bike, and in a lot of ways, it is... except you need to do valve adjustments every 4k miles. At the same time, I see bikes that cost similarly in the 80s had no such maintenance BS issues.
What gives? | You know new liter sportbikes have fly-by-wire and all kinds of other cool tech, right?
The problem in the cruiser world is that Harley doesn't use new tech, and other manufacturers emulate the style of Harley because it sells.
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