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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

[DucatiST] Re: Throttlemeister trade

 



--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, Andy Bryant <adbdba@...> wrote:
>
> NickW:
>
> "...so few other manufacturers think that the primary control interface
> between bike and rider needs tailoring for the human form!"
>
> Am I right in thinking that the barrel shape, in a slightly more pronounced
> form, was common on British bikes 50 years ago?
>
> Andy
> (another user of 714s, on Nick's recommendation!)
>

True! Those were air-cushioned to reduce the vibration inherent in the average Brit twin, but were made of a rather slick vinyl and had a disconcerting squidgy feel as if you weren't quite connected with the 'bars! Happy days? No, not really!

NickW

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