I want to be there when the first squid rolls one of these puppies off the show rooom floor, not knowing about the C-ABS, tries to pull a stoppie - only to be befuddled by the electronics.
And wait for it ...
Electronics are ruining stunting. Yo.
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
- Gore Vidal
Squids are still going to wipe out leaving the dealer's parking lot on new tires and whacking the the throttle hoping to impress complete strangers...
As my first street down involved a two minute rain, a yellow light and an anxious cross street driver anticipating the green, I could have really used this technology. I just wonder how reliable the electronics vs. mechanical will be.
Being a Honda, I think they might have run one or two tests to find out if this new system is convenient or not. But being a Honda, they might have gone the way of the Dodo bird and made it very safe to ride, and slower on the track.
I'll wait and see, but other than the weight increase I don't see anything but improvements with this.
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Goes for everything from sports to politics to sex."
Seamus.
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