Am I the only one? Old bikes vs new bikes

[DLIT]

I like how you said you don't need all that for your skill level...but you have a litre bike. Why?

[tached1000rr]

Originally Posted by DLIT

I like how you said you don't need all that for your skill level...but you have a litre bike. Why?

Because it's what I wanted, because I use my bike to commute back and forth to work weather permitting and I like the powerband and torque and the lower end of the liter bike, and finally because I also own a Ninja 500 and Honda F4I

FWIW, my trackbike will be a 600cc bike

[OTB]

If you can't tell by now, I really like the flowing lines of older bikes; I care not for the folded-origami-sharp edge look of the newer stuff. I also like simple...I like stuff I can work on myself without a hundred special tools and a laptop...I like to be able to see where the plugs are.........

[Sixxxxer]

Im pretty sure I can take apart my entire bike with the tool kit under my rear seat...Bikes are still very simple to work on...Even the Fuel Infucted Ones.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Im pretty sure I can take apart my entire bike with the tool kit under my rear seat...Bikes are still very simple to work on...Even the Fuel Infucted Ones.

Wrong.

[Sixxxxer]

Well it certainly isnt as complicated as all the new cars and trucks nowadays...If that was my basis on buying a new bike Then thats just fucking silly

[zed]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Well it certainly isnt as complicated as all the new cars and trucks nowadays...If that was my bass on buying a new bike Then thats just fucking silly

have you been under the fuel tank of your bike? it's not that easy.

[OTB]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

If that was my basis on buying a new bike Then thats just fucking silly

Why? Why would I buy something that I have to spend 1000's of dollars on tools and diagnostics computers to work on? Why is that F***ing silly? With most of these newer bikes you need to be able to measure outputs from lambda sensors, O2 sensors, airflow sensors, throttle position sensors, god help you if you have a problem with ABS, Traction Control, fuel mapping.........

It all works great when it works.....it just sucks when it doesn't. I keep and ride the stuff that I can fix in my garage, or limp home after doing a roadside fix..in the rain....at night.......

[zed]

Originally Posted by marko138

Wrong.

he's good if he typed that straight faced.

[Sixxxxer]

I wasnt dead serious...Maybe I needed to use a smiley??!!

Originally Posted by zed

have you been under the fuel tank of your bike? it's not that easy.

I havent had to go under my fuel tank yet...so No.