I recently posted a comment on a BikeExif.com feature on a XS650 cafe. It was clean, meticulously clean, colored coded and just gleamed like a bike rolled out of an OCD owned shopped. It had all the right parts, and probably took lots of time and money to produce.
But I had seen it before. It was the same bike I'd seen others build. Local guys I knew, guys on this forum, on XS650.com, and on XS650Chopper. It was a bike that looked store bought.
This isn't to say that BikeExif, or Pipeburn, or any other motorcycle blog can't feature fine examples of the store bought bike, they do all the time. Rare Ducatis, Harley's or Aprilia, Nortons or Triumphs are all great to look at because its not too often you see one, unless your looking.
"Nothing new here. In the world of the XS650, its all been done before, and its very cool to see when it hasn't been done before. Beside the paint, this is all "off the shelf" stuff."
[font=helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif]I guess I'm just too critical. I guess when you spend hundred of hours and thousands of dollars on a bike, you only want the positive opinion. [/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif]So does my negative opinion make me an asshole? [/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif]If so, is [/font][font=helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif]criticism dead? Do we all need to be experts in order to share opinion? This is the internet (and the USA for most of us) so aren't we free to say whatever the hell we want and let the audience decide? [/font]
Or should I just stop reading motorcycle blogs?
But I had seen it before. It was the same bike I'd seen others build. Local guys I knew, guys on this forum, on XS650.com, and on XS650Chopper. It was a bike that looked store bought.
This isn't to say that BikeExif, or Pipeburn, or any other motorcycle blog can't feature fine examples of the store bought bike, they do all the time. Rare Ducatis, Harley's or Aprilia, Nortons or Triumphs are all great to look at because its not too often you see one, unless your looking.
"Nothing new here. In the world of the XS650, its all been done before, and its very cool to see when it hasn't been done before. Beside the paint, this is all "off the shelf" stuff."
[font=helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif]I guess I'm just too critical. I guess when you spend hundred of hours and thousands of dollars on a bike, you only want the positive opinion. [/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif]So does my negative opinion make me an asshole? [/font]
[font=helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif]If so, is [/font][font=helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif]criticism dead? Do we all need to be experts in order to share opinion? This is the internet (and the USA for most of us) so aren't we free to say whatever the hell we want and let the audience decide? [/font]
Or should I just stop reading motorcycle blogs?