jammess
Jammess
Question: what vintage car do you drive? It is without question that modern cars are far superior in reliability than those of 30 or more years ago despite being "more complex." Would you really want to go back to distributors with centrifugal weights to adjust advance, and points to set and which wear and change timing? If newer cars are better, why wouldn't newer bikes be better?
I have a 2008 Ford Escape and a 2011 Mustang GT/CS with a Borla Attack exhaust system, I'll have you know, that my neighbors just can't get enough of. On the 10 year old escape all I've had to do is replace the battery and new tires last year. Technological improvements that actually accomplish something like improve longevity I have no problem with but gizmo related nonsense just to sell cars or whatever I think is a joke.
To answer your question: Yes, I would love to be able to adjust my points and timing again. IMO simple is always better. I took a great deal of personal pride in having an extremely smooth running and reliable airhead that I could point to and say "look what I can do". I absolutely drool over the restored R90S the MOA is raffling off.
Technology has its place and is a good thing but only to a point. My neighbor with the gen3 FJR also has a new Kia luxury car with just about every whistle and bell you can imagine. He absolutely insisted I drive this car which i really didn't want to at all me being somewhat Ford oriented and not at all interested in his car. Anyway, I drive this gizmo loaded thing about 30 miles and while it has all these gizmos like smart cruise control and power this and that with displays that wink and blink the road noise was excessive, steering was vague, seat comfort sucked, and I could go on but by now you hopefully get what I'm trying to say. Oh, and then I pointed out the obvious orange peel paint job on his Kia. That really went over well, not! Best car I ever owned was a '69 VW bug that had a speedometer a gas gauge and a couple idiot lights, all I could ask for. At about 50K miles she needed a valve job. So on a Saturday morning I took off both heads in about an hour and payed, I think, about 50 bucks for an exchange rebuilt set at my VeeDub dealer and was sipping a cool one that afternoon whilst listening to the sweet sounds coming from my bug. I long for those days of simplicity and sense of accomplishment. AND NO SOCIAL MEDIA! Excuse the shout.