The motorcycle addiction

[AllanB]

A very nice Norton indeed. The lines look 'right'.


I have often wondered if the young guys who got into bikes say a decade ago consider the racer replica lines 'right' and the nakeds 'odd'.

[old slider]

A very nice Norton indeed. The lines look 'right'.


I have often wondered if the young guys who got into bikes say a decade ago consider the racer replica lines 'right' and the nakeds 'odd'.

Quite possibly, its much easier with Mustangs, the 1971 boss 351 is my dream car, but their latest production 2 door 5 litre looks and sounds bloody nice.

ps sorry for mentioning cars on KB.

[Voltaire]

A very nice Norton indeed. The lines look 'right'.


I have often wondered if the young guys who got into bikes say a decade ago consider the racer replica lines 'right' and the nakeds 'odd'.

They do " look right" however by later riding standards the footpegs are too far forward and the tank is only 12 litres.
For me a motorcycle really has to have spoked wheels, an good looking engine/gearbox, and that late 60's Bonneville/CB 750/4 styling.
Next Gen probably prefers fully faired in bikes but the trend to cafes and bobbers tends to suggest thats changing too.

I was living in Sydney in 1986 and Ducati brought out their new model.
It was probably the most horrible bike I had ever seen.

Prices for them these days are about 5K which tends to suggest I was not the only one.
Take the fairing off and looks like a load of school chair frames welded together.

Try making a 'naked' out of that.

[Grumph]

$5k is about right - you can make a profit breaking one at that price.
There's probably been more Ducati specials built using Pusso bits than any other source.
Probably worth grabbing a straight one and hiding it - it may well be the last survivor outside the factory...

[Blackbird]

They do " look right" however by later riding standards the footpegs are too far forward and the tank is only 12 litres.
For me a motorcycle really has to have spoked wheels, an good looking engine/gearbox, and that late 60's Bonneville/CB 750/4 styling.
Next Gen probably prefers fully faired in bikes but the trend to cafes and bobbers tends to suggest that's changing too.

I'm not sure whether it's a generational thing or based on age and other factors regarding faired bikes. It's a personal thing but by and large, there's a "sameness" around faired bikes where it takes an exceptional bit of styling for one to stand out from another. The other thing is that these days, I'm less interested in riding fast than riding well (although the two aren't mutually exclusive ) so an unfaired bike with a bit of wind in the face is fine by me. I also think nostalgia plays a subtle role in my case. Even without rose-tinted glasses, they were great days in my youth with a pre-unit Tiger 100 as my only form of transport. It's unarguable that my GSX-S 1000 is a great bike, yet why do I still lust after a 1200 T120 Bonnie? Who knows what the next 12 months will bring (subject to Executive Permission of course )