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To be honest with myself though, I'm being rather harsh. The bike was still in development, the whole thing was still in development not just the bike, the production of the bike too. The fact it actually worked on the road as a general package, prooves they were going in the right direction with it.....it was just a tough slog for quite a young design team, with the tools and experience they had to call upon (remembering that Skinners design involvement was to design the looks etc...it was the various design teams job to make it work)....more money....more time....it would have gotten there eventually, but by the time they'd have gotten to where the goal posts stood, the bigger boys would have move the posts even further away.Would I buy a SG era V4 if I had the funds and the missus would allow me? Most certainly a big yes. Would I buy a TVS clinically built V4 if I had the same funds (and permission)....no...I'd go visit the lads at my local Ducati dealership.Sorry, gone off on a tangent.Should they carrying on producing a 961? It's already had a decade long run, imo that's plenty. Certainly support it, and it's owners...but move on with a new production bike looking to the future.
To be honest with myself though, I'm being rather harsh. The bike was still in development, the whole thing was still in development not just the bike, the production of the bike too. The fact it actually worked on the road as a general package, prooves they were going in the right direction with it.....it was just a tough slog for quite a young design team, with the tools and experience they had to call upon (remembering that Skinners design involvement was to design the looks etc...it was the various design teams job to make it work)....more money....more time....it would have gotten there eventually, but by the time they'd have gotten to where the goal posts stood, the bigger boys would have move the posts even further away.
Would I buy a SG era V4 if I had the funds and the missus would allow me? Most certainly a big yes. Would I buy a TVS clinically built V4 if I had the same funds (and permission)....no...I'd go visit the lads at my local Ducati dealership.
Sorry, gone off on a tangent.
Should they carrying on producing a 961? It's already had a decade long run, imo that's plenty. Certainly support it, and it's owners...but move on with a new production bike looking to the future.
