Well, I don't know about the "I like Ike" sticker, John.
Seein' as how that there Cafe Racer thing never really caught on too well with us 'mericans back then, I'd say something along the lines of a "Rita Tushingham Rocks" OR maybe even a "Get out of my way, you bloody Mod" sticker would be a little more appropriate, wouldn't cha think?
(I mean, anybody remember "how well" that XLCR Harley sold back in the '70s in The States here?!)
Maybe I'm gettin' a bit long-in-the-tooth, but this past saturday I went to the Cycle World Int'l Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, and was very impressed with the new Ducati 1098. It's a absolutely beautiful machine.....WHICH....MAYBE.... one half of one percent of the riders out there who will purchase it will have the riding capability to fully utilize IT'S capability....NO MATTER their age.
That's what I LIKE about these so-called retro machines. you can easily modify them in order to have some fun in the twisties and thus use a lot more of the bike's potential, compared to these modern machines that almost have no place for them OTHER than Willow Springs(or whatver your local racetrack's name is)
And, these "new-fangled" babies sure AREN'T much fun on the Interstates or anywhere there's an absence of mountains, are they?!
Cheers,
Dwight
(I guess the writer of that article has never heard the ol' saw..."It's more fun to go fast on a "slow bike", than to go slow on a fast bike")
