This is a typical low-slung cruiser with a 691 mm saddle height, high-raised handlebars and forward-set foot pegs. Thankfully, the chrome is not overdone and that to my eyes makes the bike look purposeful, and not a shiny (and huge) piece of living room decoration. Yes, this is a BIG motorcycle gentlemen, and you do get a lot of metal for your money. The 650 cc Aquila is 2,330 mm long, which makes it just 27 mm shorter than the 1,250 cc V-Rod. If you are even a passive motorcycle enthusiast, your first reaction upon seeing the GV 650 would be – “V-Rod!” No, you won’t mistake the Hyosung for the Harley-Davidson you will certainly, at once, spot, and appreciate, the striking resemblance between the two. Let’s take a closer look and find out if this one deserves to sell more…
Hyosung launched the Aquila Pro GV650 cruiser in January 2013 to fill that gap but the company has been invisible when it comes to marketing its products properly, thus the not-so-encouraging sales. Other than that, and the Hyosung Aquila 250, there is nothing in the 200-600 cc range if a low-slung shiny cruiser is all that you want. Of course, Kinetic did bring the Hyosung Aquila 250 in 2003 in limited numbers but it’s only the original Eliminator that has soldiered on, albeit with a new name and bigger Indian hearts – the Japanese 175 cc engine first got replaced with the Pulsar’s 180 cc unit, and later on the Avenger 200 was launched only to be finally replaced by the Avenger 220, which still has a huge fan following.
Okay, so all Royal Enfields are also loosely categorized as cruisers but still, they qualify to a large extent, don’t they? Does that mean we have a relatively better understanding of this segment or is it just a case of less variety here that makes it easier for us to classify them correctly? I believe it is mostly the latter as ever since India’s first cruiser, the Bajaj (Kawasaki actually) Eliminator came out in 2001, other manufacturers, barring Yamaha, never really followed. Still better though is the ‘Cruiser’ segment where people correctly put the, er, correct type of motorcycles.
Plus, its look at this point is a bit dated (and rather ugly on Retina displays (iMac and MBP) - not what you want in an app geared to designers.
Its auto-tagging can become a nightmare, and the Finder will pick up those tags when you try to remove some none-sensical tags and then reopen the app, the Pixa Library starts to choke and the familiar spinning ball will never leave your sight.
Also, Live folder sync has become temperamental and slow, especially with large libraries. it will sort them fig 1, fig 10, fig 2, fig 3).
The Nov 2014 update was a minor fix without fixing major issues - such as, for example, the apps inability to keep files in a naming/numbering hierarchy (e.g., if you have images numbered fig 1, fig 2, fig 3. Sadly, I fear this app is on the verge of becoming abandonware.