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Following are some quotes by
ALLIGATOR riders
Perry
King
Hollywood Actor and Expert Rider
"Riding a GATOR is the most fun I’ve ever had on a motorcycle and
I have been riding for 38 years. I think the design is as big a breakthrough
as when they put the motor in the back of a race car at Indy, and didn’t
Dan have something to do with that too? ONE ride, and I plunked my money
down to buy one as soon as possible."
Eddie Lawson
4-time Grand Prix Motorcycle World Champion and ALLIGATOR Test Rider
"The thing our Grand Prix bikes had the most trouble with, this bike
does well."
Paul Elmore
Sunday Rider
"I would sell all my motorcycles just to have one ALLIGATOR."
Jim Gurney
ALLIGATOR Sales Department and Test Rider
"Riding the ALLIGATOR brings one’s confidence to a higher level
compared to riding a conventional motorcycle. There is nothing like shifting
your weight off the seat, tapping your puck on the ground and accelerating
through the turn."
Manfred Jantke, Germany,
Motorsports Journalist and TV Commentator:
"You do not sit on the bike, you sit in it extremely low. After five
miles you do not realize the extreme seating position any more. It’s
comfortable. This even more under full acceleration when you must not hang
on to the steering bar but lean against the back fender, very relaxed. When
a rider on a regular superbike stops next to you at the traffic light, he
seems to sit on a camel. The acceleration of the bike at green is enormous,
the ALLIGATOR is anything but business as usual."
Ernest Krueger
ALLIGATOR Rider No 41
"It just does not seem fair to the guys on regular bikes!"
Alex Gurney
Youngest Gurney Son and Professional Race Car Driver
"To me, this feels like the natural way to ride a motorcycle."
Mike Smith
AMA Racer
"I want to get this thing on the race track!"
Jody Nicholas
Professional AMA Motorcycle Racer and Magazine Test Rider
"I rode the first version of Dan Gurney’s ALLIGATOR a long time
ago. I was both amused and impressed with the concept’s potential. In
2002, I am excited and truly dazzled by the machine’s sophistication and
performance."
Rick Haas
Sunday Rider
"The ALLIGATOR is the most confidence-inspiring motorcycle I have
ever ridden!"
Peter Starr
Motorcycle Movie Producer
"This is the quickest way to gain confidence in fast sport riding.
Lightweight, low CG, great brakes, and ample power is a combination that
packs a wallop and provides the thrill of riding something completely
different. Definitely an E-Ticket ride!"
Sue Callaway
General Manager Jaguar Motorcars, North America
"Once I got used to the foot-forward riding position, I was amazed how
agile the ALLIGATOR is. The low center of gravity seems to make the handling
impressively nimble, but still offers a pleasant cruising sensation as well.
The ALLIGATOR is unique - and uniquely well designed for sport riding and
touring. I am hooked!"
Townsend Bell
2001 Indy Lights Champion
"Surely the most exciting and promising two wheeler that I have ever
ridden.So many prototype vehicles are different conceptually but fall short
on any real performance benefit. The ALLIGATOR shatters that reputation with
a riding experience that will light the fire of any motorcycle
enthusiast."
Mark Briant
Motor Journalist
"Anyone who thinks you need 150 hp to go quickly will be in for a shock. The
light weight and low CG make all the
difference."
Gary Nixon
1967 & 1968 AMA Grand National Champion
"The first time I rode the Alligator, not very many people knew it
existed. The last time I rode it, Gurney’s engineers were perfecting the
carbon fiber body work. It looks good, turns great, has amazing acceleration
and stops on a dime. Impressed me."
Tim Enoch
Professional Race Car Driver
"The first time I laid eyes on the ALLIGATOR, I wasn’t sure whether
it was a cruiser or a sport bike. After riding it, only one word came to
mind "revolutionary". The acceleration of this machine is truly
surprising. The front wheel will not come off the ground no matter how hard
you twist the throttle."
Reeves Callaway
Sports Car Constructor:
"Dan has created a machine that is brilliant, stuck true to his vision, which
is sound and executed it in a way that any first class constructor would be
proud of. In the world of luxury goods, this project has so many of the
essentials: it is the genuine article, you can talk to
the man who made it, it is true to its vision and purpose and only a few
will have one"
Juan Manuel Fangio
II
GTP Champion 1992/1993
With a new race car at the start of the season, you will usually have
"the good taste" the very first time you drive it. That was the
feeling I got when I rode the ALLIGATOR for the very first time, I knew
right away that I was driving something unique. I felt like I was riding
away from other motorcycles without trying. The seating position of
motorcycles has often struck me as being unnatural, so with the ALLIGATOR it
was like sitting in a Formula I car. Dan is the perfect father for this new
great birth. When it comes to building machines, Dan is unique in mixing
experience with passion and love and that’s what the Gator got."
Justin Gurney
ALLIGATOR Project Manager and Body Designer
"Having ridden most of the major bikes during the last ten years, I
would say there is nothing remotely close to the ALLIGATOR out there."
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