What is classic? What is modern? - Page 2

vortexau · 11-28-2012, 07:15 PM

21ST Century model - Modern

One is not supposed to leave the motorcycle during flight. Classical blunder with obsolete machinery.

Uncle Pollo · 11-29-2012, 07:35 PM

Round headlights from factory = classic.

Points ignition = antique

Bark tires = SFR

stefan tilden · 11-30-2012, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chazbird

Classic: a bike where you can see the engine and easily do most, if not all, of the maintenance, which often times meant relatively frequently.

Modern: a bike where you frequently can't see the engine and have a difficult time doing any of the maintenance, which often means relatively infrequently.

I like this one. Picking various design elements doesn't work as well as this in general....

Grreatdog · 11-30-2012, 06:36 AM

Design elements don't work for my definition. Function works for me. As in if it works like crap but looks good it is classic. If it works well but looks like crap then it is modern.

This bike has modern design elements but was decidedly not modern by my own personal metric. Yes, it had a single shock and disk brake. But that just made it modern in 1986. By my "modern" standards the shock sucked and the disk brake may as well have been made out of wood.

All it took was one back to back ride with my 640 through whoops to make the lack of function abundantly clear to me. I still like that bike despite the shortcomings. I just don't want to ever ride one offroad again. Instead I will go with the modern bike that is ugly as sin but works well.

Coma · 12-01-2012, 05:16 AM

You guys have it wrong.

Classic = A bike I might have bought new when I was 20.

Modern = A bike my Grandson buys new.

11-28-2012, 07:15 PM	#16
vortexau Outside the Pod-bay Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Just off the Warrego, S.E. Queensland Oddometer: 1,431	21ST Century model - Modern One is not supposed to leave the motorcycle during flight. Classical blunder with obsolete machinery. __________________ '77 BMW R100RS with Ural chair '08 Suzuki AN650A Burgman (and trailer)

11-29-2012, 07:35 PM	#17
Uncle Pollo Von Hochstaden's son Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, Neue Messico Oddometer: 44,956	Round headlights from factory = classic. Points ignition = antique Bark tires = SFR __________________ mikuni vm32-33 both sides :\ 5000 feet altitude/ 140 main \ 159 02 needle jet\ 6F4 needle in the middle setting\ 0.5 air jet\ pilot 25/3.0 slide 35 mpg around town riding like a asno

11-30-2012, 06:36 AM	#19
Grreatdog Beastly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Annapolis, MD Oddometer: 5,593	Design elements don't work for my definition. Function works for me. As in if it works like crap but looks good it is classic. If it works well but looks like crap then it is modern. This bike has modern design elements but was decidedly not modern by my own personal metric. Yes, it had a single shock and disk brake. But that just made it modern in 1986. By my "modern" standards the shock sucked and the disk brake may as well have been made out of wood. All it took was one back to back ride with my 640 through whoops to make the lack of function abundantly clear to me. I still like that bike despite the shortcomings. I just don't want to ever ride one offroad again. Instead I will go with the modern bike that is ugly as sin but works well. __________________ KTM 640 LC4E KTM 200 MXC XT200 Grreatdog screwed with this post 11-30-2012 at 06:41 AM

12-01-2012, 05:16 AM	#20
Coma Adventurer Joined: Jul 2012 Location: NE Ohio Oddometer: 61	nononono You guys have it wrong. Classic = A bike I might have bought new when I was 20. Modern = A bike my Grandson buys new.

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