| Author | Message | ||
     Aeholton |
Received the new Cycle World issue yesterday. Peter Egan had some very complimentary things to say about the Ulysses in story about a tour around the Virginia. Very good read. | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
I read the article and found it more appropriate for a travel magazine. Egan said very little about the bike and apparently was not impressed enough to say he would ever buy one. At the start of the read he claimed that it was a bike he was glad to get a chance to test ride but after testing it through coal country he never came out and said he was still considering a purchase. A very poor article to read for someone looking for opinions about the bike. Egan forgot he was writing for a cycle nut crowd in my opinion. Very boring read. | ||
| Buelluk |
Egan has just bought himself another KTM, so I don't suppose he is in the market for another adventure bike. | ||
| Bomber |
I enjoyed it -- there are easily enough road tests and tech analysises to help supply information to prospective purchasers -- I feel there's little enough on the ride, and more than enough on the machines in most magazines YMMV, clearly | ||
| Aeholton |
Bomber, I agree. They already printed their road test/analysis article. I enjoyed the read. The data was good for planning motorcycle vacations. | ||
| Road_thing |
I enjoyed it too, except for his uncalled-for slap at the petroleum industry... rt | ||
| Bomber |
Thang -- I have it on good authority that he responds to letter to the editor -- drop him a line ;-} | ||
| Road_thing |
Well, Bomber, I thought about doing that, but the last time I wrote to a bike mag about the oil business I got called a moron, and worse, by a guy who signed his letter "Polack." It just didn't feel right, entering into a battle of wits with an unarmed adversary... I guess I'll just go burn my copy of "Leanings II" in protest! rt | ||
| Thunderbox |
I hadn't read the article and went out and bought the magazine. Very nice story about the area but probably not worth having in a cycle mag. Having said that there were some highlights. Probably the best comment was "Every morning. I looked forward to getting on it." Can you say anything better about a bike. He also said "I spent seven days and 2200 miles in the saddle and never gave it a thought." I would say Buell has hit the target on the head for sure. | ||
| Jim_sb |
I read the article last night. I thought Egan was very complimentary of the Ulysses; he said it's not a "dirt bike" and I agree. Mine does fine on gravel roads though and will continue to do so. He didn't discuss the bike as much as we might have hoped for such an extended evaluation ride, he was really touting the region and the music more than the bike itself. | ||
| Thunderbox |
Hey Jim, the bike is the music my man. Sure sounds nice to me. | ||
| Jim_sb |
TBox, I agree. Sounds like Egan has more than a passing interest in Bluegrass music - which is fine - hence the slant that direction. I've gotta say I'm exhilarated with the direction my riding has taken the last 2 years (22 months ago I got my DRZ400S, and 6 months ago my Ulysses). Now I find myself wondering where each little gravel or dirt road goes and wanting to check them all out. Plus learning to control a motorcycle while both tires are sliding has given me additional confidence on the street. Dealing with front tire washouts, whoops, picking lines, ruts, rocks, etc. This is going to be an interesting year for my Ulysses. I know it's up to the task on any kind of pavement, but I want to find out just how much off pavement work it will handle. In particular some of our fire roads will have varying amounts of sand - and I haven't had the opportunity to see how the Uly with the 616's will react. Of course at some point the sand will be "too much", but where is that point? Enquiring minds want to know! Jim in SB | ||
| Bomber |
Thang -- lemme see, you buy a book, the author gets paid, you burn it in protest, 9 months later you decide you really want the book, and buy another . . . . I'm trying to see the downside for the author here . . . . . ;-} big oil is a tempting target, for sure -- I agree that anyone that attacks it from a position of ignorance has made using THEM as a target way to easy (hence battleing unarmed adversaries) wrt story -- I think one of the amazing parts of the story is the LACK of data on the Uly -- wasn't all that long ago that the story would have focused on a 2X4 like seat, oil leaks, and sorted difficulties . . . the bike worked like a charm -- that, fellers, is a story, I'm thinkin I find myself enjoying stories about the ride more that stories about the hardware recently -- I don't want to give up tests and tech analysis (I'm having big time fun researching my next purchase), but neither are they the be-all end-all any more if nothing else, it added to the places I want to ride (and, man, is that list getting longer and longer!) | ||
| Lorazepam |
I agree. The lack of complaints means a lot. | ||
| Road_thing |
but neither are they the be-all end-all any more Ain't that the truth! A nice ride on a ratty old shovelhead beats the hell out of reading spec sheets any day! In fact, I think I'll go take a ride right now... rt | ||
| Birdmanrh |
I found it interesting that he almost forgot to talk about the bike. It seems to me that bodes well for the vehicle as most magazine types usually spend time complaining about the bike when they do on road type test. What I saw in the article was a lot of conversation about the roads with interjection about the music. If you read between the lines I think you will find that the bike allowed him to connect to the roads better and stayed out of the way of his experience. Is there any better endorsement? |
