Way back in the mid-sixties, when Suzuki brought out their new big-bike -- the T-500 Titan -- they knew that the sound of the exhaust was important to sales in America. They spent alot of time engineering (as much as possible) a booming exhaust note. They even toyed with the idea of a recorded, phoney, exhaust sound -- it's that important.
h34r: Yeah, and I used to smoke a lot of dope, too. All they have to do is follow these forums and build (within reason) what we want. How hard can that be? They'd save millions on resear... Heh, wait a minute... If I dig out that old bong, I bet'cha I could be the next product guru at Yamaha! :lol:From MD:Way back in the mid-sixties, when Suzuki brought out their new big-bike -- the T-500 Titan -- they knew that the sound of the exhaust was important to sales in America. They spent alot of time engineering (as much as possible) a booming exhaust note. They even toyed with the idea of a recorded, phoney, exhaust sound -- it's that important.
Just an example of what they -- the Japanese manufacturers -- consider important for sales success in America.
By that I mean -- not just selling product; but, hitting the proverbial 'home-run'. A'la H-D....
They've done that....In the '70s, places like Daytona and Sturgis were besieged by Japanese manufacturers with cameras clicking away -- what did we get? Bikes like Shadows & Intruders; even BMW Cuisers (for-crying-out-loud).
You need to Know, that to "KNOW-nothing" you don't want to use "NO" You KNOW? Fixed it for you.They've done that....In the '70s, places like Daytona and Sturgis were besieged by Japanese manufacturers with cameras clicking away -- what did we get? Bikes like Shadows & Intruders; even BMW Cuisers (for-crying-out-loud).
In the old-days: Honda would use their engineering prowess and experience to build the best bike they could and, for the most part, we loved them. Recently (last couple decades) manufacturers, in a desparate search for sales, have been pandering to KNOW-nothing consumers and producing objects d'art that often have little to do with decent motorcycle engineering.
The Yamaha FJR 1300 has been a refreshing exception to that trend.
By snipping out 'follow these forums', your reply kinda went off in another direction. In case you haven't heard, the 70's were over a generation and a half ago. Welcome to 2008!They've done that....In the '70s, places like Daytona and Sturgis were besieged by Japanese manufacturers with cameras clicking away -- what did we get? Bikes like Shadows & Intruders; even BMW Cuisers (for-crying-out-loud).
In the old-days: Honda would use their engineering prowess and experience to build the best bike they could and, for the most part, we loved them. Recently (last couple decades) manufacturers, in a desparate search for sales, have been pandering to know-nothing consumers and producing objects d'art that often have little to do with decent motorcycle engineering.
The Yamaha FJR 1300 has been a refreshing exception to that trend.
Tempus Fugit.... When you've got more history than probable future -- that tends to happen. Point taken....In case you haven't heard, the 70's were over a generation and a half ago. Welcome to 2008!
