The year of the ugly stick
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The year of the ugly stick
What the hell is happening in Japan? Is it 'cause I'm getting old or is styling taking a bad turn for the worse? Both the 599 and the Z1000 used to be good looking....what the hell happened?
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I dislike the gauges on the new 599, and I miss the classic high mount exhaust, even though it caused problems. Otherwise I sorta dig the futureistic look. I wouldn't mind getting that headlight dealy on mine.. if it was possible to transfer.
It's occured to me that there is probably no underseat storage now though.
It's occured to me that there is probably no underseat storage now though.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.
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What kind of problems? Aside from my melty turnsignal that was my fault.Sevulturus wrote:I dislike the gauges on the new 599, and I miss the classic high mount exhaust, even though it caused problems.
And MAN all of those bikes look hideous in their new incarnation. I'm going to go pour bleach in my eyes, back in a minute...
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Gets in the way when you want to mount soft bags. Not a huge problem, but an annoyance.Skier wrote:What kind of problems? Aside from my melty turnsignal that was my fault.Sevulturus wrote:I dislike the gauges on the new 599, and I miss the classic high mount exhaust, even though it caused problems.
And MAN all of those bikes look hideous in their new incarnation. I'm going to go pour bleach in my eyes, back in a minute...
Though it's a far sight better then that exhaust they do have.
I will admit though, I'd like the tail and the front end (except the new gauges) to put onto my bike. LoL.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.
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