11-21-2016, 04:15 PM
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts.
In my reading of recent motorcycle history, and I still know very little. It seems to me that the two-wheel world is a lot more complex than Harley vs Honda, or Ducati vs BMW, or American vs non-American.
I think it's not about "X against Y". As I see it, it's more about "X and Y" that makes the world of motorcycling interesting.
Just to give one example to illustrate what I mean:
Think about names such as Kenny Roberts, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Freddie Spencer, Eddie Lawson, John Kocinski, Nicky Hayden ...
The history of American motorcycle would be so boring without the above American champions. And guess what, all these champions' weapons were all Japanese made. Thus, this is an example of "American + Japanese" that has produced something much bigger and much more interesting than "American against Japanese". And I am pretty sure that Japanese motorcycle engineers had benefited a great deal of precious feedback from the American champions in order to improve the performance of motorcycles.
So to me, the "American + Japanese" is a win-win model. Naturally, I hope to see initiatives like EBR (Erik Buell Racing) successful. The more competition there is, the better.
From such perspective, I have put a few Japanese bikes on my shopping list.
Cheers!
In my reading of recent motorcycle history, and I still know very little. It seems to me that the two-wheel world is a lot more complex than Harley vs Honda, or Ducati vs BMW, or American vs non-American.
I think it's not about "X against Y". As I see it, it's more about "X and Y" that makes the world of motorcycling interesting.
Just to give one example to illustrate what I mean:
Think about names such as Kenny Roberts, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Freddie Spencer, Eddie Lawson, John Kocinski, Nicky Hayden ...
The history of American motorcycle would be so boring without the above American champions. And guess what, all these champions' weapons were all Japanese made. Thus, this is an example of "American + Japanese" that has produced something much bigger and much more interesting than "American against Japanese". And I am pretty sure that Japanese motorcycle engineers had benefited a great deal of precious feedback from the American champions in order to improve the performance of motorcycles.
So to me, the "American + Japanese" is a win-win model. Naturally, I hope to see initiatives like EBR (Erik Buell Racing) successful. The more competition there is, the better.
From such perspective, I have put a few Japanese bikes on my shopping list.
Cheers!