Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:41:18 +0200
- Message No. 4036
From: "Jorn Ronnow"
Subject: RE: Varadero : I will buy it (when I 'll got the dosh that is...)
gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk wrote:
> I am sure there are loads of @ riders who, like me, spend the 99.9999% of
> their riding time on tarmac rather than off road.
But then, what's the point of riding an offroad bike? And even more so:
what's the piont in making/buying a street bike with mild offroad
cosmetics? A VTR would do the job much better on winding tarmac roads
thanks to lower center of gravity and smaller wheels.
It's a bit like American car industry logic:
1) We don't have a sports car. We'll make one! (e.g. the original
Thunderbird)
2) People with families are a larger consumer group. Let's graudally
transform the Thunderbird into a family car.
3) Now, we don't have a sports car anymore, just another family car.
Go back to 1) after some years...
So, this is translated into Honda terms:
1) We don't have a big offroader. Let's make one!
2) Most people ride on tarmac, anyway. Let's transform an offroader
into a street bike!
3) And now we have yet another street bike, as if we didn't have
enough of them already...
Keep sliding (which requires an offroad bike)
-Jorn
www@atic.org