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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: johnnyboy-wonder57 on July 03, 2012, 06:49:31 PM

Title: Not so much about British bikes but...interesting?
Post by: johnnyboy-wonder57 on July 03, 2012, 06:49:31 PM

Hi,
An interesting article about the future of engine development & why the 4 stroke philosophy of Honda has been foisted on us....
If you read the articles right the way through a good look into non-design philosophy versus practicality & why "plastic" bikes with poor performing engines are dominating not by good design but by coercing the powers that be & legislation  http://www.dirt-bike-tips-and-pics.com/future-of-two-strokes.htm][url]http://www.dirt-bike-tips-and-pics.com/future-of-two-strokes.htm  (http://[url)[/url]

I was stuck in traffic, behind a rider, today and it struck me how bulky, badly proportioned,  ugly & plastic 21st century new bikes are, if fact their only ace card is probably absolute power, how would they run against a Street Scrambler say an   tuned modified Triumph Adventurer or a 550cc single B50 clone  CCM adapted for the road in a Rickman frame?

We are talking about manoeuvrability, here boys!



Cheers


JBW

Title: Re: Not so much about British bikes but...interesting?
Post by: wetdog on July 03, 2012, 07:26:51 PM

i think KTM ,CCm ,honda suki etc all do bikes like you mention already , but they are not good sellers over here , i have no idea why as i have rode the KTM duke and it is a very good fun machine