07-05-2018, 05:52 PM
(07-05-2018, 09:57 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Before 1951 and the advent of the US interstate system, any bike could do it all, and technically any bike above 150 cc ( I believe that's the lower limit for motorcycles on the interstate.. it may be 10 hp or something I will look it up) can still do it all, technically, but I wouldn't want to transverse the nearly 50,000 miles of high speed roads we have in this country on a 10 HP 150. Could it be done? I guess. Not by me though lol. A true high speed touring bike will let you run the U.S. interstate speed limit all day long, day after day, 10-12 hours a day, without wearing you out or beating you to death. It's a special tool, built for a very specific purpose, much like a sugeons scalpel. Technically a surgeon could cut you open with a steak knife, you could also butter bread with a steak knife, but they make three different knives for those three different situations. Same with motorcycles. Think of a the CB and your W800 as steak knives (very cool steak knives btw). Goldwings, FJR's, ST's and RT's are scalpels.
An interesting comparision.
Steak knives and this to me not eating meat anymore since years. The bikes seems to fit.
Ferret, you forgot to explain what kind of knife the Enfield is. The butter knife, because it is the least sharpest?
Somehow I seem to live in a before 1951 motorbike mindset although I even wasn't born at that time. So, if we stick to the knife comparision my bikes are all Swiss Army knifes. They can do it all somehow but nothing overwhelming well....but good enough for my needs as long as they work and they do.
Wisedrum