Has anyone else noticed that Practical Sportsbikes Magazine are building an 851 replica out of an ST4? Writer Alan Seeley insists on slagging off the ST4 as not being a proper sport-tourer as it is rubbish at being either a sportsbike or a tourer. Personally I take offence at journalists making disparaging comments about a bike that I actually quite like (I have had mine for 14 years, far longer than I have ever owned any other bike) and one that I think is pretty damn good at both jobs. If anyone feels the need to tell Mr Seeley that he is wrong, as I have already done, feel free to write to him - [email protected] -
Maybe because it's been done in the Mag when someone else complained They are also doing it to a budget of £3500 evidently but it already looks like they are over that and there was a lovely 851 on here that could have been had for £4k a while back - it's been discussed a few times now. Don't think the search function is as good as it used to be on here for some reason - can't find the threads...
I get why you would want to build a replica - you can treat it badly and no-one would really care - but it just annoys me that he keeps saying how bad the ST4 is/was. Surely alienating readers is a good way to loose sales ?
Journalist's eh but maybe he's writing what he thinks the majority will like - most won't know what an ST4 is :Wideyed:
Hmmm... maybe you're right. Part of what annoys me is that they broke up a blue one - the best / rarest / coolest colour (IMO).