11-15-2020, 12:39 PM
(11-15-2020, 12:22 PM)Guth_imp Wrote:(11-14-2020, 08:44 PM)bioman_imp Wrote: A true classic but with some serious mid-weight "true-retro" competition: Moto Guzzi's V7, Triumph's Street Twin & Bonneville series, and of course the one that beats them all: Royal Enfield's Int650 which sells (in Canada) for more than CA$ 4,000 less (= 62%) ...
Then again: what a wonderful luxury to have so many beautiful models to choose from!
P.S. One could also buy 2 or 3 Super Cub's 125 for the same money! That is if you live in any country but Canada where it is not available. Honda's slogan for this bike: "The world's favorite bike" (except Canada).
I used to count the Triumph classic line of motorcycles as part of the "true-retro" segment as you put it. Ever since they switched over to water-cooling I place them in the "retro-styled" segment. As hard as they try they can't hide the ultimate concession that they made but there are obviously more than enough people out there that are fine with this.
Out of all the "modern" motorcycles, the W650 seemingly holds more retro cred than pretty much everything else out there with it's inclusion of a kickstarter. I still consider the W650 to be the best looking of the Kawasaki W's. However, this iteration of the W800 comes in at a very close 2nd for me and that's really saying something as the W800 has never drawn my eye's interest the way the W650 did. Until now that is.
Agreed. Unless, of course, if the original was also liquid-cooled.
There may come a day when a retro-styled will be an electric simulating some legendary favourite (with fake two-stroke smoke et al). In that case, just give me the Bat Bike. Hopefully I would have hung up the ignition keys by then.
For now, the W800 looks great indeed.