Motus Gone the Way of the Dodo Buell

"BobintheMtns" (bobinthemtns) 09/05/2018 at 13:45 • Filed to: None

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And scratch Motus Motorcycles off the list. Shut their doors last week.

I guess a $31,000 - $37,000 motorcycle that used a 17 00cc pushrod four cylinder wasn’t as attractive as once thought...

The bikes didn’t do much for me, but bummer for the folks that just lost their jobs.......

Grindintosecond > BobintheMtns 09/05/2018 at 14:18

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incredible pratt&miller engine though. Its like half of a Corvette LeMans engine and shrunk.

BobintheMtns > Grindintosecond 09/05/2018 at 14:24

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Yeah— lot of hopes back when that they’d sell it as a crate motor.. Oh well....

So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky > BobintheMtns 09/05/2018 at 14:40

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Damn. I really thought they had the right idea making an American bike that wasn’t a Harley copy. The motorcycle business is tough for the big boys much less the startups.

BobintheMtns > So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky 09/05/2018 at 15:00

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Ehhh... a $30k + motorcycle is a big ask... even for an established company! I heard motus bikes didn’t even have any electronics/traction control etc .. Seems to me that the only bikes in that price range are tarted- up cruisers with all bells and whistles.... tough to compete in that price range with a bare-bones bike (with al most zero dealer support). But yeah, a shame none the less.

So Shiney. So Chrome! So Frunky > BobintheMtns 09/05/2018 at 15:10

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Yeah all the money was in the engine plus like a lot of startups they were basically buying a lot of stuff like forks, shocks, and controls off the shelf which isn’t a bad thing but it drives the price up. Granted that probably made more sense than paying for their own tooling at their volumes but still.

Censored > BobintheMtns 09/05/2018 at 16:18

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We shall all miss that exhaust note.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > BobintheMtns 09/05/2018 at 16:20

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I didn’t even know they existed.

But yeah... at that price point, they just might be a hard sell.