Originally Posted by
Winston001
All very well gentlemen but you overlook the passion in motorcycle ownership.
If horsepower/torque divided by mass (weight) was the sole criteria for buying bikes, everyone would buy a trail/adventure bike. Harley Davidson would disappear.
The problem with Japanese bikes is that they are bland and ubiquitous. Utterly reliable and everywhere.
Don't misunderstand - my first bike as a Suzuki TS185 plus a Yamaha XS650. Much fun.
But when I finally bought a BMW it was just so stable and reliable that the other bikes faded away. And the engineering was magnificent.
bland and ubiquitous? Never owned an MT-01 have you? There are several HD style bikes that produce the throb/feel. The XS6650? i also had one the 'special', they vibrated like a b'stard, starter motors were 'shyte'. All jap manufacturer's have produced 'bad bikes' over the years, the TX750/500's ring a bell? Honda the late CB500/450 twins, the kwaka triples, the GT125 suzuki?? to name just a few from the early times. BMW seem to be losing their edge, I had an airhead R100-GS 1991, and was a brilliant bike, but I read/hear of a lot of the newer ones with issues.
HD have a target market, Hell's Accountants, suit all week, bad ass bike on sunday.
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions; and a man is judged by his deeds and his actions, why say it's the thought that counts? -GrayWolf
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