Dances with Shrapnel said:
beng said:
Uh, when did this thread become about anyone's riding ability? Last I looked it was a thread on the history of Seeley motorcycles.
So this begs the question why are the following comments appropriate
I apologize for not being......you. But if It is appropriate in a thread about Seeley motorcycle history to defend their history then:
If someone builds a motorcycle that is supposedly a replica of a "1968 Seeley Commando" and proceeds to parade it around the world as such, when in fact no such thing ever existed until they built it, then someone should have as much a right to point out history as others do to abuse it.
For something to be a replica, vintage or historical, doesn't it have to be a copy of something that existed, it would have to have a precedent right?
And it was just an innocent coincidence that calling the bike/unicorn a "1968" model just happened to let it compete in a class for 1968 motorcycles........
History is important, all history. I do not think it is unnatural for history buffs to not like people who perform a disservice to it and to express that dislike, nothing shameful there.
I admire and respect history and those people and objects that are part of it, I have no admiration or respect for those who abuse or use it to manufacture the farcical, pretty simple motivations for my actions, and no I am not jealous of the farce or those who rally behind and support it.