Am I the only one? Old bikes vs new bikes

[Fleck750]

Originally Posted by OTB

Also, I'll bet you didn't know that when IBM started selling mainframe computers, they would sell them at or below cost.............

IBM made it's money selling the CARDS the code was punched on..............

AAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!

I haven't seen those evil cards in almost 30 years!


AAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fleck750]

Originally Posted by OTB

Why? Why would I buy something that I have to spend 1000's of dollars on tools and diagnostics computers to work on? Why is that F***ing silly? With most of these newer bikes you need to be able to measure outputs from lambda sensors, O2 sensors, airflow sensors, throttle position sensors, god help you if you have a problem with ABS, Traction Control, fuel mapping.........

It all works great when it works.....it just sucks when it doesn't. I keep and ride the stuff that I can fix in my garage, or limp home after doing a roadside fix..in the rain....at night.......

People make fun of my old bike, but I know what's wrong with it when it dies before the truck comes to pick it up. I never have to worry about a shop screwing it up because it's too old for any shop to work on!!

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by OTB

I don't think it's because I'm a techno-fuddy duddy. I was writing code in Fortran (look it up), C and Basic before most of you were out of diapers; I designed, built and installed computer POS sytems for ten years...I build my own systems today. I don't WANT a bike I can't work on myself....I've got that with all the OTHER motor vehicles I have....

With my hobby of buying and selling bikes, I spend more than my share of garage time delving into the innards of the bikes.....and I admire what they enable the systems on a bike to accomplish. I just don't want one like that for myself........

You were a programmer??? Both of my parents are programmers. My dad writes code for the Limited Brands (Victoria Secret, Lane Bryant, Limited, Lim Too) all retail stuff, and my mom writes claims code for Nationwide Insurance.

Would you consider my bike easy...... or kind of inbetween old school and new school?

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by OTB

Yep....and I'll bet you've never run code on a paper tape, either...........

Or did back ups on cassettes Tandy FTW! Computer programming classes circa 1979-1983.

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

The new Ducatis rock looks wise. The Japanese bikes have gotton uglier over the years for some reason.

not the monster... fuck that thing looks like shit imo

[marko138]

Originally Posted by ebbs15

not the monster... fuck that thing looks like shit imo

I like it.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by OTB

Yep....and I'll bet you've never run code on a paper tape, either...........

nope. but i used to rewrite programs from Ti-basic so i could play them on my 80808 ironically, my 80808 is long dead while my 99'er is still sorta running

my dad has many stories of the old days of being an engineer where they had to hand solder ram chips together for more memory

[Rider]

I like the newer bikes. I hate the exhaust on the new bikes but that is an easy enough change.

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by marko138

I like it.

I figured

[marko138]

Originally Posted by ebbs15

I figured

does that mean?