lol - thanks. I'm really curious to hear if anyone has tried the Scythe or Torch also? I've emailed a few German bike shops that have 'em but no answers yet. Good thing it's a couple of months untill I'm buying.

UPDATE: If anyone else is interested in this - I've received an email from a German bike shop that have ridden their demo Scythe some. They felt it rode like any other chopper and estimated the frame to be 3-4 kg lighter. They still felt that overall weight was close between it and the Nirve choppers, since (as they put it) the forks still make up quite a bit of the overall weight.