But the greying masses are incapeable of understanding outside their confined dogma of logic . N'est-ce pas . :cry:
Comprehenshion off more refined ideals isnt much a part of their comprehenshion . Therefore , if theyve never seen a
White Duck ,
They think all Ducks are RED . ( or other fancy colours )
The manufacturers therefore haveing this covered , put a bit of red on the White Duck , so people can grasp it is actually a Duck
Unfortunately , the current Generation of motorcyclists arnt engineers , and have been brought up on Japanese Motorcycles .
Designed for mass production methods of manufacture . Rather than fabricated by human hands , as traditional British
Motorcycles were . . .
Therefore they think a machine designed for Japanese methods of mass production , with a smattering of vaugely british
apointments of configuration . Is a ' Traditional ' English Design . Which it in no way resembles in details of construction .
To the point where a Certain British type manufactured originally by a ENGINEERING manufacturer , and regarded as of the highest quality , is being missaligned as ' unreliable ' , in its traditional form .
Their delusions are as that of a teenager learning how not to wreck a machine by ' learing ' his craft on it * .
Either there were a lot of useless mechanics / service departments about , or its libleous rewriteing of history . ?
* Nowadays , there still a few capeable of improveing the mass produced consumer vehicals , by TRADITIONAL Methods .
No Less .
If you had to many two year olds at it , the current craft will attracked a romour of unreliablity .
As no doubt most of them will be , after say six owners and years of missuse & neglect .
The overall consistancy of manufacture may well be improved , but few of the engines with mild modifications
would be capeable of captureing the current world land speed motocycle record .
Therefore in my books theyre INFERIOR , cheaply made , & inadequate as produced .
Note the market of ' hot up ' gear to ' Race Spec ' , for all the current Super Sports .
Silver & Blue Dukes , like Manxes , came ready for the hands of a skilled fitter to hone and refine there operation ,
as did the better tuners of the era , by spending countless hours fitting & refineing .
If the wallopers want to design some old barge thatll sell to the masses in the millions , thats where theyre at .
If they wanted to produce " The Worlds Best Motorcycle " they would have to be of superior conception & Construction .
Not designed to be churned out for the taseless masses .
The tacky features aquaintaces were so fond of pointing out on the Jap mass market wobblers ,
seem to be standard features of the current ' Retro ' British machines . or is that ' bikes ' .
So by the same tooth , these same people would be offended by the same tacky construction on Any Machine .
Its noteable that the period ' Hot Shit ' , like a TZ , emulated british chassis construction .
Others like Suzingame's were so appaling in the chassis originally , all the aces fitted NORTON Road Holders ,
Oldani & Fontana Brakes , & the Like .
Phil Reads & John Coopers ' Yamahas ' were ' YAMSELS ' , seely Chassis .
If somethings a glittery display of modern tooling capeability , some may be impressed .
Id be impressed by straightforward Engineering Logic for the task at hand .
Not being one of the tasteless masses or a glamour boy .
Note the current Triples are more related to our ' Challenge ' Twin , in many ways .
Than anything passing itself off as a historic predecessor .
Not Understanding the Commando as a geneological offsping of a International ( any one else does ? )
would mean they havent percevied the strain of ancestry .
Id prefer a 48 Camshaft Norton , produced on modern tooling from modern materials to anything on offer currently .
Not to say I dont consider a more effecient design couldnt be evolved .
But makeing something appear as some predecessor doesnt necessarilly give it the Heart of that Predecessor .
Evolveing a less Complicated , more durable , doubley capeable one would .
So in my books , theyve missed the Boat .
Haveing been in possition where the first lightening was there , the Third There , 7 the second , Im not to sure . But it was Close .
Thunder of Lightning as applyed in definition to current itterations would only apply as seen of television .
Would you wear it ? 8) :roll: :shock:
It apears somewhat pathetic in comparison to their forebears .
Even if 99.99 % of the people wouldnt know HOW to put one Together . Let alone RIGHT .
so hats off to the forum ,for the opertunity for all to see how to put a Commando together as it should be in the first place ,
and the opertunity to ' discuss ' improvement of operatio for said MACHINE .
we dont have to live in each others pockets , turkeys getting into mine empty them.
The ENDS define the Means . They havnt Got There Yet . I will drop in from time to time .
but ' prgress ' really ? by What Means . From here theyre still a million miles off on a tangent .
If they churned out an Improved Norvin , where the effort had been meatallurgical ,
and materials substantially so . It Stands the Capeability has potential for vast vast benefits .
As Ive said before , Anybody noted as recogniseing The BRITTEN as the Evolution of the Vincent that for decades the purists whined for. What Happened , did they all drop dead , or did the recogniteive capeablities wither . Or were they ' elsewhere '.
Crikey . Stand Alone .
and up Yrs to those lost in the woods . Mate : and a good Day to you , Too .
