I have no issues with any brand, really. My biggest regretted "no-purchase" was 3 years ago. A 76 Honda CBR750a (14000 miles) with a Texas Sidecar for $3K. Great condition, ran well, etc. The "a" had an automatic transmission while was evidently fairly bulletproof. I had convinced myself to buy it but changed my mind.
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Steven Desjardins wrote: > >>On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> Steven Desjardins wrote: >>> >>>>That's what Kawasakis are for: Parts. >>> >>> Ooh, that's a bit harsh! Watch tomorrow's World Superbike Championship >>> races (Germany) and you'll see what a Kawasaki is good for in the >>> hands of someone who knows how to use it! (Go Tom Sykes!) >>> >>>>Nice Upgrade, BTW. >>> >>> The original calipers always had problems and no amount of bleeding >>> could achieve a good, solid brake lever feel. These are much better. >>> Lever effort is a bit high and if it doesn't improve as the pads bed >>> in I'll try different pads. If that doesn't achieve braking nirvana >>> I'm told a master cylinder from a Suzuki Hayabusa works a treat! (Now >>> *that's* a squid bike that's only good for parts!) >>> >>I would have said the same thing for Honda. I can't pick on Suzuki >>because Debbie has one. > > I *loved* my 1986 Honda VFR. Wish I'd been able to keep it in addition > to the Triumph but it just wasn't possible. Honda made every redesign > of that bike worse after 86-87: More and more electronic gizmos, > linked brakes, pseudo VTEC valve system... and now it's a 1200cc > behemoth with shaft drive. Oh yes, and they got uglier every year > after the 86-87 model. > > The only Honda I ever lusted after was the RC-30 but I'm glad I was > never able to afford one because they apparently were better race > bikes than street bikes: the hand-laid fiberglass was beautiful but > much more porous than the cheaper machine-made fiberglass (or ABS > plastic), so the paint bubbled and peeled after a few years; two-ring > pistons are nice for getting minimum friction/maximum horsepower but > they let the bike burn oil at a prodigious rate. > > I'd love to get something silly like a Royan Enfield for tooling > around Boston. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
