06-14-2015, 12:51 AM
(06-13-2015, 01:31 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: I believe any bike that has some real bones and no faux parts (e.g. making a liquid cooled engine appear as air cooled engine) can be a classic in any rider's heart. Honda certainly tried to do that without copying everything they used to do well so many decades ago. Of course, bikes like Triumph Bonneville has been doing it all the time and they have soul.
Anyone have ideas of a modern bike that has soul? It might be interesting to hear.
Example: The Moto Guzzi Griso has soul, ?
Fake parts like fins on a liquid-cooled motor or radiator scoops on an air-cooled motor really annoy me. Keep it real!
I heard that the new generation Triumph Bonnevilles have plastic covers that fake the look of carbs. I've never seen one up close but that would bother me if true.