07-21-2014, 09:52 PM
Hey, Voitus, thanks for that link. It's a fascinating movie.
Two great quotes from it.
"On a motorbike you can put the world to rights." (Mike Jackson)
"They're [scooters] like little hair dryers. How can you get pleasure from it?" (Len Peterson, former Rocker)
Perhaps I'm wrong, but it seems to me the UJM took the basic British design and then built in some reliability. If the early Honda twins didn;t get their inspiration from the British tradition, where did it come from? So this quote from the script of the film that Japanese motorbikes were "... humdrum practical machines designed for commuters" seems hardly fair. The idea of "humdrum practical machines" seems to me to be inspired by frustrated riders forced to become wrenchers by the need to get their machine to run reliably. My mates in the early 70s used to call my Honda 'Jap crap', but it was me who had to ride to their places to watch them try to figure out which bits of their allegedly superior Brit cuss went where.
Of course every cloud has a silver lining and the aforesaid mates have a much greater knowledge of fixing motorcycles than I will ever have. Thanks Flynrider for pointing that out.
Two great quotes from it.
"On a motorbike you can put the world to rights." (Mike Jackson)
"They're [scooters] like little hair dryers. How can you get pleasure from it?" (Len Peterson, former Rocker)
Perhaps I'm wrong, but it seems to me the UJM took the basic British design and then built in some reliability. If the early Honda twins didn;t get their inspiration from the British tradition, where did it come from? So this quote from the script of the film that Japanese motorbikes were "... humdrum practical machines designed for commuters" seems hardly fair. The idea of "humdrum practical machines" seems to me to be inspired by frustrated riders forced to become wrenchers by the need to get their machine to run reliably. My mates in the early 70s used to call my Honda 'Jap crap', but it was me who had to ride to their places to watch them try to figure out which bits of their allegedly superior Brit cuss went where.
Of course every cloud has a silver lining and the aforesaid mates have a much greater knowledge of fixing motorcycles than I will ever have. Thanks Flynrider for pointing that out.