Fischer Motors (minus a motor)!
It would seem that FISCHER MOTORS are ready to put their Fisher 1 sportbike into production from a recently acquired plant in the Eastern Shore region of Maryland. When I first read this I thought "Cool! Americans will finally build a sportbike that can compete against European and Nippon crotch rockets". I checked out their website and at first it seemed to confirm my thoughts with a page heading straight out of the Harley-Davidson marketing book, "One more reason to be proud you're an American". Yeah, wave the Flag, whatever...
Unfortunately, the devil's in the details and if you read some of the fine print, you'll see that the guts for this bike are produced by Hyosung Motors and Machinery in South Korea. Which makes me wonder if these guys should change their names from Fischer Motors to Fisher Chassis and Body?
Why can't America come out with a viable option for sportbike enthusiasts? Sure, there may be a few custom-built bikes out there, but I'm talking about a full production inline-4 +120hp light-as-a-feather speed machine. I guess its true: you can't compete with Japan.
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4 comments:
i don't see any canadian superbikes out there. seems ez to bash others.
You're right - there aren't any Canadian superbikes out there. But then again, we don't use blind patriotism to sell our products either! Don't get me wrong, I wasn't attempting to bash anybody. It's just my opinion that labelling a sportsbike made with parts from a Korean parts-bin as an "American" is pretty darn lame - not to mention an insult to the U.S.A. Let's face it - when it comes to motorcycles, Japan leads the pack. Sure, there are some American options (i.e. Buell) - but they still can't beat a Nippon litre bike on the track.
We think alike Lucky. I've been waiting for America to produce a real performance bike and I thought the Fischer might be the answer but I guess I just have to keep on waiting.
Your wait may be over someday - Buell's XBRR looks promising (+150hp), but they keep running into mechanical problems with it... Oh well, maybe if they started out with something a little more modern than a Sportster engine ;-)
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