tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post7074327182946194994..comments2024-03-22T18:01:20.065-05:00Comments on Geezer with a Grudge: HandicappingT.W. Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-32148260389357194112010-07-06T23:10:52.053-05:002010-07-06T23:10:52.053-05:00I agree. Most of us who have been riding for a whi...I agree. Most of us who have been riding for a while began on little bikes and many of us remember those motorcycles more fondly than the bigger, more expensive stuff we've owned since. Bucking the expectations of peers is tough. You could make a good case for not having peers, if they are that dangerous.T.W. Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-10912329918601580412010-07-06T12:18:57.593-05:002010-07-06T12:18:57.593-05:00The really sad thing is that so many people would ...The really sad thing is that so many people would have a lot more fun on the 250 than the Hippomaster 1800. But, most people just don't have what it takes to go against what the crowd is telling them to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950664143576637249.post-76817373577709217802010-07-01T10:46:54.335-05:002010-07-01T10:46:54.335-05:00Back in the 1980s the understandings derived from ...Back in the 1980s the understandings derived from racing began to affect the design of all streetsters, including giant sofa-bikes. I recall Mark Homchick, then working for CYCLE, arriving on such a bike for some kind of testing day. He swooped in at surprisingly high speed, got the thing turned, and then backed it into a parking space with real aplomb. I realized that less rake and less trail had arrived on even the vastest of bikes.<br /> <br />Naturally, the styling departments have to keep such bikes looking as though they have Bonneville/1960 rake & trail by such artifices as non-parallel fork tubes and steering axes, but the "damage" was done. Riders of very heavy motorbikes liked the lighter steering and improved maenuverability, so it never went away.<br /> <br />Just for drill, it's interesting to drive a heavy, pre-power-steering car like a '40s Buick. You simply can't steer at all unless it's at least creeping, and people learned to drive that way - get it moving, then you can steer it. And the steering wheels were BIG.<br /> <br />KCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com