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Originally Posted by MarkShelley
Let`s face it, when do you ever red line your bike? Top end power is wasted on the road.
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Absolutely!
But that is the problem! Matey hears all the performance figures from the salesman and how it'll impress/get one over on his biking buddies down the pub, and he signs away the best part of £10K!!
When the public decide to change their priorities so will the salesman and, then, so will the manufacturers: same with big, city bound 4X4s...
The downside for me is that a lot of custmers are looking at bikes, not for a purpose, but for an image. If the bike fits that image, they are happy. Unfortunately, the image sought is rarely: "my bike is a picture of efficiency!"
Good that some journo's are starting to change the focus: the most prominant of these for me, a UK based rider at the time, was RiDE magazine: had always had more of a practical edge to their articles, rather than the Top Gear style of PB or SB...
So what car is it that you drive?
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