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I liked the speed triple that was out in the late 90s. As for the new Commando, I am not even a fan of the original Commando myself. The company that made the original Commando could not have got it much worse could they have? While everyone else in the world, japs included were updating and optimizing the concept that the featherbed frame introduced, the designers of the Commando threw that out the window, kept the old shitty engine and designed a compromised chassis to insulate the public from it. Honda and everyone else kept the good chassis and did the right thing with their money, put it into a modern powerplant so that they could have the best of all worlds. A real classic or good design does not need the crutch of nostalgia. Look at the Buells, Ducati Monster, Kawasaki Ninja 250/500, Honda VFR750, and on and on, or that Britten for maybe the ultimate example. I would rather see a Norton 750 design close to a GSXR Suzuki or Buell than some overpriced turd like they are trying to market now. I have had chances to buy Buells, Monsters, GSXR750s and ZX7Rs for $1000 in the last year, I sure as shit am not going to dump $10-$30K because some millionaire bought the rights to the Triumph or Norton trademark and slapped it on something a used sport touring bike that I can buy in the classifieds locally can kick the living shit out of.
I liked the speed triple that was out in the late 90s. As for the new Commando, I am not even a fan of the original Commando myself. The company that made the original Commando could not have got it much worse could they have? While everyone else in the world, japs included were updating and optimizing the concept that the featherbed frame introduced, the designers of the Commando threw that out the window, kept the old shitty engine and designed a compromised chassis to insulate the public from it. Honda and everyone else kept the good chassis and did the right thing with their money, put it into a modern powerplant so that they could have the best of all worlds.
A real classic or good design does not need the crutch of nostalgia. Look at the Buells, Ducati Monster, Kawasaki Ninja 250/500, Honda VFR750, and on and on, or that Britten for maybe the ultimate example. I would rather see a Norton 750 design close to a GSXR Suzuki or Buell than some overpriced turd like they are trying to market now. I have had chances to buy Buells, Monsters, GSXR750s and ZX7Rs for $1000 in the last year, I sure as shit am not going to dump $10-$30K because some millionaire bought the rights to the Triumph or Norton trademark and slapped it on something a used sport touring bike that I can buy in the classifieds locally can kick the living shit out of.
