Theodore Voltaire
1 GW
I've had several people ask me if my bike is a Sur Ron. It doesn't bother me, I kind of like it better that no one has any idea what it is. I've now had the opportunity to ride with a Sur ron, and an Onyx, both on the same ride. I'll take my bike over either of them. If I was buying a new bike tomorrow, and these were the three choices, I'd still buy a Stealth. Sur Ron, and Onyx both have major problems for me that a Stealth doesn't have.
Sur Ron looks like a stinky little dirt bike, and no pedals. Plus I don't want the complexity, and maintenance of a mid drive. Not anymore.
The only thing Onyx really has going for it is power. Besides that it has a ho hum top heavy frame design, with ancient suspension technology. The dimensions look funny to me. The little 17" wheels look too small, which makes the seat height look too tall, and wheelbase look to short.
I wasn't all that wild about the way my bike looked when new, and I said so back then, but it wasn't that difficult to to turn it into the exotic race horse it is now. With the suspension, and styling changes I've made, it's my favorite bike of all time.
Sur Ron looks like a stinky little dirt bike, and no pedals. Plus I don't want the complexity, and maintenance of a mid drive. Not anymore.
The only thing Onyx really has going for it is power. Besides that it has a ho hum top heavy frame design, with ancient suspension technology. The dimensions look funny to me. The little 17" wheels look too small, which makes the seat height look too tall, and wheelbase look to short.
I wasn't all that wild about the way my bike looked when new, and I said so back then, but it wasn't that difficult to to turn it into the exotic race horse it is now. With the suspension, and styling changes I've made, it's my favorite bike of all time.