01-17-2021, 03:17 AM
I've always wondered how they came up with the following "benchmark expressions" which I read about every motorcycle on every motorcycle forum.
"It'll run 80 all day long"
This is usually stated by those trying to convince you that single cylinder 300cc bikes are capable of touring, but I've read it about any number of motorcycles of various displacement
and, who does that? and why not 75? or 85? why is 80 mph the benchmark?
another one
"I avoid expressways like the plague"
So you run 80 mph all day long on the 2 lane back roads? I'm impressed.. and how do you avoid tickets?
yet another...
"I can do 500 mile days on it no problem"
What if your destination is 600 miles away? Do you stop for the night and finish up the other 100 miles the next day?
Why are 500 mile days the benchmark?
BTW 500 miles at 80 miles per hour only takes 6 1/4 hours. What do you do, sleep in, take off late, stop early? What do you do with the rest of the day?
Sorry, snowing pretty hard out there today so doubt I'll be riding. Gives me time to ponder weird things.
"It'll run 80 all day long"
This is usually stated by those trying to convince you that single cylinder 300cc bikes are capable of touring, but I've read it about any number of motorcycles of various displacement
and, who does that? and why not 75? or 85? why is 80 mph the benchmark?
another one
"I avoid expressways like the plague"
So you run 80 mph all day long on the 2 lane back roads? I'm impressed.. and how do you avoid tickets?
yet another...
"I can do 500 mile days on it no problem"
What if your destination is 600 miles away? Do you stop for the night and finish up the other 100 miles the next day?
Why are 500 mile days the benchmark?
BTW 500 miles at 80 miles per hour only takes 6 1/4 hours. What do you do, sleep in, take off late, stop early? What do you do with the rest of the day?
Sorry, snowing pretty hard out there today so doubt I'll be riding. Gives me time to ponder weird things.