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Absolutely correct1 In the early 70's most of us would have gotten abuse from old guys for having a Jap bike.....but that hatred never extended to Germans or Italians.

That was solely assembled in Germany......the 650 was assembled by Loncin and it never missed a beat.

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They might shift a lot of them based on badge and price, but as for the quality I'm not so sure. I'm actually quite open to newer brands from different markets coming in......providing they are focussing on reaching comparable standards to the Japs rather than based on a "stack 'em high, sell 'em cheap" business model. And at the moment I only see one company who potentially could cross over into the mainstream.....Loncin/Voge!

But the Jap bikes were light years ahead of the existing bikes of that time.......and these Indian bikes are not! The Japs brought in meticulous engineering assembled by a workforce who had a mindset of striving to achieve excellence in their work. The Indians on the other hand bring cheap bikes with a familiar badge (as do the Chinese with Benelli and Moto Morini).....they bring nothing else to the table.

No....Jap bikes were only a joke to the previous generation who were riding Brit bikes. The bikes themselves were excellent! They called them Jap Crap and Sewing Machines......and then reluctantly admitted they were decent enough, but insisted the Japs could only build small bikes. Then along came the CB750K0, and 3 years later the Z1 arrived! By then it was game over for Brit bikes, and those guys with Commandos, Tridents, and Rocket 3's all went over to the Honda and the Kwak.

Crazy thing is I can't remember any reg number from 1979 on! But in my defence there has been 65 in all!

I even remember the reg numbers of all of the Brits back then! BSA Bantam DMR277C, BSA B33 UDE141, Triumph 350 3TA CEJ714D.....that was ex-Welsh Water Board. I pushed all of the fuckers.....especially the Bantam!

I wouldn't buy British either! Don't forget that I owned and rode a variety of Brit bikes from the 60's era: Norton, Triumph, BSA, RE, AJS, Matchless, Francis Barnett......I've even been on the back of an Ariel Square Four! And without exception they were agricultural and unreliable.....which is why the Japs were able to kill them all off. None of those names (with the possible exception of Triumph) are something to aspire to. Something to avoid more like. I'm sure the modern Indian bikes are a lot better.....but it still doesn't get away from the fact that the name of the brand is the selling point! And those names weren't that fucking great in the first place.

You wouldn't be buying this Indian Shite if the manufacturers' names were Punjab or Poppadom.

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Yeh....it did pick up today but now we've got a week of rain.

Working all day.......flat out again!

Got my Pension today! Soon be gone in bills though!

Look at this shit coming up this week.....

Fucking migraine now.....thought I was due for one!

Thanks Caroline!

Gary Glitter's!

Yes.....Pedigree Chum is a big seller there!

Worked right through the day yesterday so I could get an hour or two today.......but woke up to find that it's now pissing down.

And the punters paid out money for that shitshow!

If he'd wanted a real fight he'd have taken Joyce!

I think Fury's treating like a sparring session.....cos if he knocked him out in a couple of rounds the punters wouldn't get much for their money.

Chisora seems to have little punch resistance these days!