NICHE AMERICAN motorcycle manufacturer Fischer celebrated earlier this week when the first of the company's MRX sportsbikes rolled off the production line.
The MRX is powered by a Suzuki SV650 V-twin, which sits in a beefy hand-built aluminium chassis, complete with chunky banana-style swingarm. The MRX features other sporting ancilliaries, such as USD forks, an Öhlins rear shock and radial-mounted brake calipers. The bike's dry weight is 167kg.
Each machine is built with hand-laid composite body panels coated in a clear coat paint and is delivered with an engraved serial number plate and a commemorative certificate.
Fischer Motor Company is the only US-based sport motorcycle manufacturer currently in production. Their MRX 650 is a sport bike built around Suzuki derivative Hyosung 90-degree V-twin motor and a one-piece, twin spar, aluminum perimeter frame. Alan Cathcart of Motorcyclist magazine in his 2006 test review, called the MRX, "the most important new American motorcycle in generations."Company founder Daniel Fischer developed the company's first motorcycle for mass-production, the MRX 650 using suppliers including an EADS (Airbus) subsidiary for engineering, Harley Davidson and Michael Jordan Motorsports contractor Gemini Technology Systems for chassis platform development, and various companies related to US tractor and automotive suppliers for other components. The original platform is based upon 90's - era Grand Prix chassis. In contrast to Buell Motorcycle Company, Fischer intended not to "reinvent the wheel" with any radical design concepts, but to "just take existing technology and fine-tune it," Fischer told Cycle World in 2003.
Styling for the new motorcycle was done by British designer Glynn Kerr. In earlier stages, there were plans to produce 1,000–1,500 cc (61–92 cu in) Rotax-based 90° V-twins.
As of April, 2009, Fischer had begun shipping units, and in October, 2009 announced a production increase for the 2010 model year
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