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Thanks for the article.
I can understand what they mean by their point with the Honda, but oftentimes I have driven or ridden something which got bad press and personally found it to be awesome. Usually, these are cars or bikes with some officially unsurmountable fault which you personally either don´t mind or actually value as a virtue. Then it completely changes the picture.
Imagine the reviews if the 961 was tested around the world today. Probably wouldn´t end too well...for now.
What then happens in another 20 - 30 years later is that the same publication declares the previously ridiculed product as an all-time-great classic, never to be repeated and worth hundreds of thousands or millions today. Many examples come to mind, especially with cars as I have been more deeply involved with them for a long time and don´t have the same history yet with motorcycles.
The point to myself being, I would have to ride it myself and form my own opinion. Don´t listen to anybody.
I can understand what they mean by their point with the Honda, but oftentimes I have driven or ridden something which got bad press and personally found it to be awesome. Usually, these are cars or bikes with some officially unsurmountable fault which you personally either don´t mind or actually value as a virtue. Then it completely changes the picture.
Imagine the reviews if the 961 was tested around the world today. Probably wouldn´t end too well...for now.
What then happens in another 20 - 30 years later is that the same publication declares the previously ridiculed product as an all-time-great classic, never to be repeated and worth hundreds of thousands or millions today. Many examples come to mind, especially with cars as I have been more deeply involved with them for a long time and don´t have the same history yet with motorcycles.
The point to myself being, I would have to ride it myself and form my own opinion. Don´t listen to anybody.