07-16-2013, 10:49 PM
(07-15-2013, 04:16 PM)mrhonda1987_imp Wrote: Happy to share. I'll never forget, when I got into motorcycles in my Sr. year of High School, i really lusted for a Uranium green Honda 919. Sadly, the green went after 2004, but the red ones were just as pretty. I guess the 919 is to me what some of the old UJMs are for you guys. Hmph... Maybe in 40 years they'll have a 919 throwback and old farts like me will eat them up. Oh nostalgia; its a powerful thing.
I think your love for the 919 was somewhat rare here in the us. The bike has never sold in big numbers or driven any type of aesthetic or classification change.
The 919 is a fine motorcycle but it has never been on the world radar.
Retro bikes are built after phenoms; bikes that change the world's thinking, or at least define a brand.
I doubt a retro 919 would ever be built.
Quote:I really like the way the CB motor does not bring out the hooligan in me and gives me plenty of audio feedback as it speeds up. Very civilized.
I couldn't agree more.