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@Markyboy
I think the problem is people who've come to bikes late in life and get all fucking precious about it. I've been through an FS1E, KH250, RD250LC, Z1300, 750SS, 888, first Blade - all at the time they were made. It's easy to sound smug, but all of those bikes had "soul", whatever that is. Proper bikes for proper thrills at the time, which makes me a little jaded when people get into bikes and immediately get a stiffy for cafe racers...and then talk about "soul". Not a fucking clue...