04-06-2016, 06:10 PM
For me this is all about riding style. To use movies to illustrate, I'm more 'The Wild One' than 'Easy Rider'. I was at the first showing of Easy Rider in the UK and it was a culture shock to see cool guys riding slowly, laid back and chilling (am I using old man vocabulary ?). We have never had a cruiser culture in the UK, there are a few Harley's now but not many. Here it was all about speed and racing. Ride to work on your bike all week and then race it at the weekend. I read recently that during the development of the Ducati Diavel X the designers were sent to America and made to cruise around for several weeks so they could learn what the cruising culture is all about. I want a retro, cool bike that that can keep pace with modern machinery. The Bandit 1200 I had came close but it wasn't a 'looker'. The CB1100 with new suspension now works for me. I would like 100bhp but I don't want a radiator to achieve it. My perfect bike? Lets see what comes out in the next couple of years.