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Originally Posted by Megadan
Of course it is biased, it is written by one guy with his own standards. I don't entirely agree with his list, but I also do understand his approach to each bike.
He is looking at it two ways. Either individual bikes that were just disappointments in delivery (CTX1300 and B-King) or, for their segment, just not the best (GT650R and R1). He is also speaking from a purely on-road perspective, which he even states is his reasoning behind the R1. It's THE track bike, but most people don't take them to the track. As a road bike, it sucks when compared to the rest of its class.
The GT650R isn't a bad bike, but when it was sold here in the U.S. it only cost maybe another $1000 at most to buy a new SV650, and realistically, the SV650 is a better bike. That doesn't mean the GT650 is bad really, just not as good and for not much less, which I think was his point. It wasn't bad, but nothing stood out about it either.
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If the GT650R was just 1000 or less than the SV650, then it was overpriced. In other markets there was a big gap between the GT650R and the SV650.
About the R1 is among the best supersport motorcycles, among the Top 5 no doubts.
So i can get that he may dislike the GT650R since it was overpriced, but the R1 is there just for trolling purpose
To be honest when i saw the the title i was expecting real turds from the "modern era" with real design flaws. Every major manufacturers had a turd from 1988-current ("Modern Era" for the author).