five for the open road

[steven c]

 1972 road test. Suzuki, Honda, Guzzi, Harley and BMW. Fun read and photos.
http://5united.org/history/brochures/1972-roadtest.pdf

[Lannis]

1972 road test. Suzuki, Honda, Guzzi, Harley and BMW. Fun read and photos.
http://5united.org/history/brochures/1972-roadtest.pdf

My gosh, I rode ALL those bikes back in the 70s.

I think they got it pretty much right.  Especially the fact that the drum-braked, kick-start, Sportster-front-end SuperGlide was one of the worst cocked-up hybrid styling-driven bikes of all time .....

Lannis

[steven c]

 Site I found it on. Lot's of /5 brochures.
http://5united.org/history/brochures/

[Joe A.]

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

It did cause me to ask a question that I never thought to ask; When was ATGATT invented ;D

How did we survive those days?

[Lannis]

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

It did cause me to ask a question that I never thought to ask; When was ATGATT invented ;D

How did we survive those days?

Some didn't ....  :o

Lannis

[redrider90]

My gosh, I rode ALL those bikes back in the 70s.

I think they got it pretty much right.  Especially the fact that the drum-braked, kick-start, Sportster-front-end SuperGlide was one of the worst cocked-up hybrid styling-driven bikes of all time .....

Lannis

As the owner of a new Super Glide in 72 the statement from this article could not be more true. To quote the authors "Cornering on the Super Glide brought varying reactions,
from abject terror......... to crossing oneself before final doom" was if anything an understatement. I read somewhere that gave a mind boggling glowing review of the Super Glide that Willie G's newly designed Super Glide was the second coming of Harley Davidson. I think it must rate as one of the all time worst bikes ever made.

[Aaron D.]

I think I read that when it was new. My brother occasionally bought "Big Bike", they had some interesting tests and comparisons.

[Lannis]

As the owner of a new Super Glide in 72 the statement from this article could not be more true. To quote the authors "Cornering on the Super Glide brought varying reactions,
from abject terror......... to crossing oneself before final doom" was if anything an understatement. I read somewhere that gave a mind boggling glowing review of the Super Glide that Willie G's newly designed Super Glide was the second coming of Harley Davidson. I think it must rate as one of the all time worst bikes ever made.

That review was recently reprinted in "Walnecks".   Glowing report!   But bad even by '70s standards.

Man, those magazines would lie like big dogs to keep their sponsors happy .... !

Lannis

[Sheepdog]

Fun read. I'm getting nostalgic in my old age...