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I don't see why it's so hard to fathom. Lightweight sporty bikes reward fast riding, which is this guy's problem, and comfortable relaxed bikes encourage you to take it easy and ride smoothly, which may be just the solution he needs.
Perhaps those dismissing the virtues of the traditional roadster have just never owned one.
Of course, Velocio, if you tried going at the same speed as a road bike you'd expend more effort. You'd have to be a fucking idiot to think otherwise. Whereas you'd only have to be spectacularly unobservant and miss the point completely to believe anyone actually suggested that in the first place. bloody straw man argument.
Here are some ways a roadster encourages you to ride slowly and gently:
The brakes are utterly crap. You have to plan miles ahead. You can get the old bus up to quite fast speeds if you want to but you never forget that you have no way of stopping from those speeds, so you tend not to.
The weight means fast acceleration is out of the question. So you tend to take starting off smoothly and slowly. Once you start off in this mode you continue taking it smooth and slowly.
It's weight means it carries a lot of momentum. You can get it up to moving and really take it easy, just putting in the effort to keep it ticking over, and it keeps on rolling. This is really nice. You get to like it and ride accordingly.