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Are we witnessing the end of motorcycling?
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<blockquote data-quote="exskibum" data-source="post: 1392584" data-attributes="member: 383"><p>Very cool old Wing, Dave! Only Goldwing I ever rode was back in '77 (I think - had '75 Kwak Z1 then) that belonged to a friend of my brother in law. Yellow, naked and 1100cc, IIRC. Smoother than a baby's butt to me, too (especially since my bike previous to the Z1 was a BSA 650 Thunderbolt that could numb me to my elbows).</p><p></p><p>No doubt that today's *youngsters* are individuals first, but the trends in the masses drive marketing and product development.</p><p></p><p>And now that you've resurrected old stirrings with that Wing photo: who remembers kickstarters on everything, or when electric starters just began to appear and were considered as mostly unnecessary additional weight? Who here used to kick their street bikes to life more often than thumbing it, even when you had that option?</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 14px">I wonder how much of that raw and simple essence drove our generation's two wheeled affinities. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exskibum, post: 1392584, member: 383"] Very cool old Wing, Dave! Only Goldwing I ever rode was back in '77 (I think - had '75 Kwak Z1 then) that belonged to a friend of my brother in law. Yellow, naked and 1100cc, IIRC. Smoother than a baby's butt to me, too (especially since my bike previous to the Z1 was a BSA 650 Thunderbolt that could numb me to my elbows). No doubt that today's *youngsters* are individuals first, but the trends in the masses drive marketing and product development. And now that you've resurrected old stirrings with that Wing photo: who remembers kickstarters on everything, or when electric starters just began to appear and were considered as mostly unnecessary additional weight? Who here used to kick their street bikes to life more often than thumbing it, even when you had that option? [SIZE=14px]I wonder how much of that raw and simple essence drove our generation's two wheeled affinities. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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