I know what you're saying Henry, but it intrigues me when people make a distinction between sport-sport touring bikes, and touring-sport touring bikes. How infinately are we going to break down this class of bikes? Kinda like the VFR, is it a sports bike, sports sport touring bike, commuter bike, GT bike (whatever that is), etc. If you break the classes down far enough every bike is a winner ....... in the under 500lb, under 300cc, made by Honda, commuter class the Night Hawk 250 is a definate winner...... :) Course I also don't like to see winners in testing, I like to see clear testing that provides perspective for the readers. For that MCN is the only magazine I have found. Now if they would just cover some of the dirt bike products..... Louis
Henry S. Winokur wrote: >>Obviously someone has not read the July 2001 issue of Bike Magazine >>(Europe) which tested the FJR1300, Honda Pan European, and BMW 1150RT >>head-to-head... The Yamaha was selected by the 3 road testers and >>blew the others away from a performance basis.. The Yamaha is a >>performance oriented SPORT-touring bike (Capital S for Sport)... >> > >What did you expect when they compare a SPORT-tourer to two sport-TOURERs? >They are, IMHO, aimed a different audiences. Now comparing the new ST13 and >the 1150RT makes more sense to me......... > >Regards, > >Henry S. Winokur >94 GTS1000, AMA, MRF, >Nationally Certified Riding Instructor >Columbia, MD Ride for Kids Task Force >West Bethesda, MD USA > > >. >
