Keith G wiffled:
"Triffid" wrote in message
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Keith G wiffled:
"Triffid" wrote

IMO the British bike industry died because Joe Public behaved exactly as
the Yanks still do toward Hardly Capable. The factories saw no reason to
develop until the Road To Damascus conversion caused by the CB750 and Z1,
which
the Yanks were and are patriotically oblivious to.


By the time the Z1 was on the scene (OK, in the shops) the Japs had wiped
both the Brit and Yank bike industries off its boots - the only countries
left in the frame were Germany with its evergreen Boxers (and a few wacky
little cheapo ringadingding strokers) and the Eyeties who had (sensibly)
banned the import of, I believe, bikes over 400cc and below 50cc (...???
Have I got that right?) thus preserving their own industry.


You may have the edge of experience (age - never!) there, but looking back
at how advanced stuff like the C72 /et al/ were, I always had the impression
that we just didn't buy them regardless. Alloy? OHC? Christ they had
electric start in 1962! If there was a good reason to buy a Bantam over a
C90 I'm buggered if I know what it was.

Anyhow, back on topic, surely the likes of NAD and Arcam, perhaps even Naim,
are not being quite so backward? Just wish NAD would employ a stylist just
the once.