Well, that's pretty clear jelo! There are quite a few who might agree with that.
Does the same go for Triumph and Norton, and other resurrections?
Half of me says 'Yes' to what you say. The other half says 'They're motorcycles, we need to encourage people to ride them buy them and love them regardless'.
Today, I was out for a couple of hundred km with friends from a local club. There were about 50 of us.
Top-end attractions: a 4G Square Four Ariel, a G15 Matchless, a couple of very pretty pre-war singles, a tasty period Italian or two - Laverda, 'Cati, Guzzi sort of thing.
Mid-range attractions: standard British iron, Trihards, Beesas, AMC various and a selection of ubiquitous airhead BMWs.
But also, and I'm not going to say 'Low-range', things we'd have barred a few years back. Makes (or 'throw-togethers' like so many marques in the history of motorcycling) I've never heard of, ridden by folk who've either had to 'go lighter' (regardless of electric start advantage) owing to age and infirmity, or folk who have what they can afford because they are young and not deep of pocket.
My hope is that clubs like the ones I'm in open their arms more widely to people with 'ineligible' machines in the hope they'll migrate into the world we love, of 'eligible' machines. But even if they don't, they are still 'motards' and worthy of embrace. My son-in-law has just ditched a very unreliable modern Trihard Tiger for a much better KTM. Both are totally plug-ugly to me. Almost all modern machines are, the new Bantam included. Very few exceptions, trying to think of one. Oh, maybe the new generation of retro 900 Kwackers, possible replacement for my XJR Yam in due course I'm thinking.
But so what to the lot of it? - Two Wheels Good.
