why are steamers so damn rare??

[aeronca]

this weekend i did the "Isle of Vashon TT/poker run". there was probably 1-2000 vintage and new bike's(if not more), and i was the only steamer to be seen.i saw 2 new tigers and one 60's or 70's model, but no other versions. so what's the deal, does mustang own all of them? are they only in england? i feel like Vicent Price in the last man on earth. oh well, i got a ton of pic's that i'll post soon. and sorry "Old Desert Rat"(tt dave) for not calling you about the run.

[brad1098]

I have often wondered the same thing.

How many people came up to you and said "what is that" & "that thing is cool"  :lol:

[aeronca]

I have often wondered the same thing.

How many people came up to you and said "what is that" & "that thing is cool"  :lol:

lots of them, especially at the checkpoints. there was a lot of "havent seen one of them in a long time" :lol:

[JetdocX]

All the rest of them are in the boneyard.

[Sin_Tiger]

[Nick Calne]

The steamer gets more attention than any other bike I've owned.  People like big things rough looking things, I guess.

Perhaps the reason they didn't sell in great numbers may have been down to the tastes of the day.  (Ah the 90's!) People, in the UK at least, were sports bike mad.  

When you compare it to the competition at the time (Yamaha xtz750, bmw r1100gs, kawasaki KLR and all the weird caviga/ducati stuff) I think i stands up pretty well.

[Nick Calne]

ps are we now an endangered species of tiger?

[Sasquatch]

I would love a Steamer with a 1050 motor installed, my reworked suspension and a Corbin seat.  I loved the look of the steamer when I bought my Girly, but I had to have fuel injection.