02-06-2015, 07:17 PM
(02-06-2015, 03:48 PM)Guth_imp Wrote: The issue has been raised that voicing my criticisms of the current generation Triumph Bonneville when compared to some of the older designs in a thread intended to praise current Bonnies wasn't exactly appropriate. With that in mind, I'll pull my posts into this thread The focus here is this: how do today's designs fall short in your eyes as compared to the bikes of the past? Obviously today's designers have to take into account a variety of different factors that designers from the 60s and 70s didn't face and those things are bound to have an impact on the final products. But with that aside, if there is anything that you would change with today's retro standards, what would it be.
I'll start with my very own 2013 CB1100. Honda did fine with the headers, but I'll admit that the headers displayed on the prototype machine got me really fired up (such an obvious nod to one of the most iconic exhausts ever — the one found on the CB400F from the 70's). I would have really liked to see these headers make the production cut as those that came with the bikes as they rolled out of the factory aren't nearly as stunning to my eye.
They are eye candy for sure. The downside looks to be that you'd have to remove the headers to change the oil filter. I don't see enough of a gap between the left and right pair to get the job done.