11-28-2014, 04:10 PM
(11-28-2014, 10:20 AM)Insolentsquid_imp Wrote:(11-26-2014, 09:58 AM)Pterodactyl_imp Wrote:(11-26-2014, 09:06 AM)Insolentsquid_imp Wrote: Jeez there's some touchy people out there!
All he asked was "i wonder what the engine would be like if they hadn't designed some character into it" and all of a sudden he's being burned at the stake for blasphemy!
Let's face it, the bike is an oddball - instead of being designed to meet a demand in the market which would lead to a profitable line of sales, it seems to have been designed almost as an indulgence to one man's ideal of a superbike from his youth with the gnarly bits knocked off.
We saw, we test rode, we shared the indulgence.
I still smile when I imagine the conversation where the engine designers were told:
"Yes we KNOW that you can make this engine as smooth as a baby's bottom, but......."
You know, I have serious doubts about these "conversations" with the design team. It's straight out of Honda PR. I think the concept of the CB1100 was knocked out on a Friday evening after a few stress levelling bottles of Saki, translated to a drawing on the back of a paper napkin during a recovery session on Saturday morning and was in production on Monday. I love it..
Cheers
You know, I have serious doubts about these "conversations" with the design team. It's straight out of Honda PR. I think the concept of the CB1100 was knocked out on a Friday evening after a few stress levelling bottles of Saki, translated to a drawing on the back of a paper napkin during a recovery session on Saturday morning and was in production on Monday. I love it.
Cheers
Ptero, you are a cynic.
I have written to Santa Claus; and for you my doubting friend, there will only be a lump of coal in your stocking this Christmas.
Oh, well, Pterodactyl. That's good news. You're getting SOMETHING from Santa this year.
