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From: Champ on 19 Jun 2007 05:07 On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:36:54 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >God, but I loved the look of the 'S'. Right up until it got ousted (in >> >my mind) by the Katana. >> >> Aye, the Katana continues to be one of the worst styling exercises in >> history. > >KILL!! MAIM!! PERSECUTE THE UNBELIEVER!! <grabs pitchfork and lights flaming torch> -- Champ ZX10R GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: CT on 19 Jun 2007 15:27 Andy Bonwick wrote: > > You need to accept that there are few of us around who can see what an > abomination the whole Katanga range actually was. ^^^^^^^ You are Theophilus P Wildebeest AICMFF pairs of leather strides -- Chris
From: Ace on 19 Jun 2007 15:40 On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:36:16 +0100, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:19:02 +0200, Ace <seesig(a)virgin.net> wrote: > >>On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:12:57 +0100, Andy Bonwick >><nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: >>>You need to accept that there are few of us around who can see what an >>>abomination the whole Katanga range actually was. I couldn't see the >>>attraction when they first came out and I still can't. >> >>Phew! I was beginning to think it was just me. > >I rate Katanas alongside CG125s and Marmite in being totally wrong >however you look at them. Move over Adie, I think I want to have Andy's babies... -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` `
From: Ace on 19 Jun 2007 15:44 On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:26:59 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick ><nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> typed >>You need to accept that there are few of us around who can see what an >>abomination the whole Katanga range actually was. I couldn't see the >>attraction when they first came out and I still can't. > ><shuffles, stares at feet> > >I don't like them either. I thought the GS range just looked 'proper'. >As did the Z1. The Katanas were... Not proper. Quite. Also 'gone wrong' at around that time was the Z1R, which, with its huge triangular side panels, just ruined the wonderful lines of the Z1/900/100 that preceded it. In retrospect it's not as bad as the Katanas, but at the time it was just... wrong. ><looks at .sig> > >I'm probably not helping much, am I? Any support is welcome. In any case, none of the bikes in your sig was ever actually _bad_, just sort of middling. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` `
From: Bear on 19 Jun 2007 15:57
In article <oacg739ehd3ho9pdaedq72gmnbqtu616bm(a)4ax.com>, Ace says... > On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:26:59 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel > <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > > >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick > ><nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> typed > > >>You need to accept that there are few of us around who can see what an > >>abomination the whole Katanga range actually was. I couldn't see the > >>attraction when they first came out and I still can't. > > > ><shuffles, stares at feet> > > > >I don't like them either. I thought the GS range just looked 'proper'. > >As did the Z1. The Katanas were... Not proper. You're joking. You *have* to be joking. The GS was the quintessential UJM. It was based on styling that was an amalgam of Japanese thinking at the time, across the board. LCD styling. The Katana was a quantum leap forward to a newer, brighter, cleaner style that would eventually produce the FireBlade, and subsequently the R1, which is about as pretty as big Jap bikes ever got (the early ones at least - it all went a bit pear-shaped later). One could argue the front/rear visual bias of the Katana was "wrong", but only for as long as the bike had no rider; add a person and it all balances out. It's a design classic, and will hopefully, someday, be viewed as such. I'm happy to admit bias, as it's also the bike that made me want to be a road biker. I won't bore you yet again with the story. > Quite. Also 'gone wrong' at around that time was the Z1R, which, with > its huge triangular side panels, just ruined the wonderful lines of > the Z1/900/100 that preceded it. In retrospect it's not as bad as the > Katanas, but at the time it was just... wrong. The Z1R was a visual abortion compared to the Katana. *sigh* There's no point arguing, eh? One either likes a thing, or one does not. -- Bear |