04-20-2015, 10:18 PM
Ferret, what I wanted to say:
The Bonneville of the sixties was a hot rod of it's time, state of the art, not retro.
The Bonneville of today is a retro, a fake of a vintage bike. These IMHO are not supposed to be hot rods anymore. If they increase HP, they just want to add some more comfort and make it a somehow better ride experience.
The hot rods and state of the art of today are S1000RR or Aprilia RSV4 or Kawasaki H2R...
But then, when you say: hot rod of the retros... you're right.
The Bonneville of the sixties was a hot rod of it's time, state of the art, not retro.
The Bonneville of today is a retro, a fake of a vintage bike. These IMHO are not supposed to be hot rods anymore. If they increase HP, they just want to add some more comfort and make it a somehow better ride experience.
The hot rods and state of the art of today are S1000RR or Aprilia RSV4 or Kawasaki H2R...
But then, when you say: hot rod of the retros... you're right.