Comments on: Hattar NCR Leggera

By: hoyt

hoyt — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:19:17 +0000

It is very cool to see a company taking lightweight to this level; but a builder doesn’t have to go too far to tap into the capabilities of that air/oil cooled motor.

There is still a market gap for lightweight bikes with either an air cooled twin or a liquid-cooled single.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:13:07 +0000

I could probably have phrased it better: what I meant was, the NCR doesn’t have as much power as the SS1000RR, but it doesn’t weigh as much either.

So the power-to-weight ratio is quite similar, which (in theory) should give similar straight-line acceleration.

But because the NCR is considerably lighter than the SS1000RR, it’ll probably handle better and feel more manoeuvrable. A bit like the principle Colin Chapman appropriated for Lotus cars: “Add lightness”.

Hope this helps,

Chris

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:05:02 +0000

First I would like to say I love your blog. It is one of my favorite places to drool while learning something about a bike.

In this post however I am confused by the sentence below. If it is lighter than the BMW S1000RR then wouldn’t it have a better ptw ratio?

“The resulting power-to-weight ratio is similar to that of a BMW S1000RR superbike, but in a much lighter package.”

Just wanted you to know that some of us are actually reading the articles.

Thanks

Gary

By: Woody

Woody — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:07:46 +0000

Beautiful bike, the sidestand alone is worth more than my bike.

By: no

no — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:33:59 +0000

Passenger pegs were an odd choice, especially with that seat. I love the idea though, too bad it’s so expensive to go down this lightweight power house road.

By: WRXr

WRXr — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:26:36 +0000

Very nice. Transparent blue carbon looks fabulous.

By: mudplug

mudplug — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:15:42 +0000

136 kg ?! That’s incredible.
The single front disc is intriguing, but they’ve got a point – the bike’s a flyweight (for an 1100), and with $3600 of top-level ceramic disc / Brembo caliper, that should be plenty.

Thankfully they’ve got the styling so RIGHT: pared-down but still well-proportioned; and the semi-transparent blue paint over carbon-fibre looks delicious!

Top marks.