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Old 01-24-2016, 10:53 AM   #97 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
Apart from any "nostalgia" and eventually some ease of maintenance due to their low-tech, there is no practical reasoning to get an ancient 400cc motorcycle instead of a modern one in the 200 to 300cc range.
Except for perhaps gearing. Modern bikes are almost all short geared, and meant to be ran in the 4-8k rpm range, while the older ones ran in the 3-5k range.
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