Well, how a 3.5 tons vehicle can be called a bike, then? If it is intended to be used by the police/armed force then its thick armor and heavy weight seems reasonable but... is it a bike, actually? How large it is when you design Giga Cruiser?
It started with the name Harley Davidson Giga-Cruiser and then I started with a 3.5 ton frame as a thoroughly unreasonable extreme, strawmanning the self destructive toxic masculinity so prevalent in the Harley the community and encouraged by the decisions taken by Harley's executive board and marketing and promotional materials. I then extrapolated that out to its logical extreme.
HD-125F
Mass: 1.25 tons
Movement Type: Wheeled
Power Plant: ICE
Cruising Speed: 97.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 194.4 kph
Armor: BAR 4
Armament:
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3022
Tech Rating/Availability: D/X-F-F-D
Cost: 13,742 C-bills
Type: HD-125F
Chassis Type: Wheeled (Small)
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Experimental)
Mass: 1,250 kg
Battle Value: 13
Equipment Mass (kg)
Chassis/Controls 155.0
Engine/Trans. 797.0
Cruise MP:9
Flank MP:14(18)
Heat Sinks 0 0.0
Fuel 50.0
Armor Factor (BAR 4) 3 96.0
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front 1 1
R/L Side 1/1 1/1
Rear 1 0
Weapons
and Ammo Location Tonnage
None
1 Pillion Seat
Cargo
Bay 1: Cargo (0.072 tons) 1 Door
Notes:
Features Bicycle Chassis and Controls Modification
Supercharger(80 kg)
In 3022, somebody decides to hit Harley with a clue by four that their giga-cruiser just plain doesn't work as a concept. Almost nobody buys it. Sure, on the scale of the inner sphere, statistically enough people will exist to get the company at least breaking even on their investment, but it was only around 3020 when they realized that they couldn't just rely on the harley brand name of "buy this bike unless you're a little sissy" to sell their bikes and in order to actually grow as a company again, they need to build bikes for, you know,
"normal people" or something. So they "innovate" and come out with the HD-125F. And because old habits die hard, the F is a dogwhistle to their core customers.
Still, it sold way better than the Giga-cruiser, so this whole "selling bikes that ostensibly normal people can maybe purchase" seems to be doing something right.
Executive Outcome (Generation 1)
Mass: 1.5 tons
Movement Type: Wheeled
Power Plant: Fusion
Cruising Speed: 118.8 kph
Maximum Speed: 237.6 kph
Armor: BAR 10
Armament:
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3024
Tech Rating/Availability: D/X-F-F-D
Cost: 29,246 C-bills
Type: Executive Outcome
Chassis Type: Wheeled (Small)
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Experimental)
Mass: 1,500 kg
Battle Value: 31
Equipment Mass (kg)
Chassis/Controls 303.00000000000006
Engine/Trans. 469.0
Cruise MP:11
Flank MP:17(22)
Heat Sinks 0 0.0
Fuel 0.0
Armor Factor (BAR 10) 7 441.0
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front 1 2
R/L Side 1/1 2/2
Rear 1 1
Weapons
and Ammo Location Tonnage
None
1 standard seat (passenger), 1 pillion seat (driver)
Cargo
Bay 1: Cargo (Refrigerated) (0.022 tons)1 Door
Bay 2: Cargo (Insulated) (0.022 tons)1 Door
Bay 3: Cargo (0.169 tons) 1 Door
Notes:
Features Bicycle, Armored Chassis Chassis and Controls Modifications
Supercharger(47 kg)
Manipulator(10 kg)
Searchlight(2; 5 kg each)
And after Harley's attempt at a more affordable buke comes Honda with a bike that is in fact heavier than the Harley but marketed toward a different kind of person.
Specifically a gratuitous luxury product marketed squarely at "
he (or she) who has played the game of life and won" With it's massive market penetration, it's aimed presumably at the Honda customer who has made the big time with the tagline "You have earned this. You deserve this." The pillion seat is padded and comfortable and encourages good posture for long rides. The back seat, normally open, can be used for multiple things, primarily either a significant other or extra cargo, though it can be sealed up capsule style to protect the contents with a layer of BAR 10 Star Slab battlemech armor. It's also a great getaway option since a protection detail can sling their principal into the capsule while a specially trained getaway driver does the actual driving.
It has a super charger. It has a refrigerated cargo compartment, and an insulated cargo compartment in addition to the normal cargo trunk. It even has a fold-away robotic manipulator arm for heavier cargoes so that the owner of the vehicle no longer needs to manually load heavy baggage by hand. Clever observers may note that the robotic arm can also be used to push the vehicle back up should it fall.
It is powered by a fusion engine, and thus, no longer needs to be fueled.