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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
An adventure touring bike is supposedly in the works as well, but no firm production date.
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Here's what I don't get. Does the second bike with no production date just need market testing to give it a green light? I understand why cars take so long to produce from concept to manufacturing. A bike should take under a year. 3 months for design. 2 months to build a few. 2 months to market test. 3 months to finalize production. 2 months to prepare for release. Maybe add 6 months in there for fluff.
But bike is just a frame with stuff added to it. That with over 100 years of experience building motorcycles and knowing the market, I can't see how it takes a lot of time to release a new bike.
Other than market testing and acceptance and finalization. But if you don't have a good idea of what the market wants before building a few early concepts, just go home.