Since I have both old (60 year old) and new (5 year old) bikes to ride, it's not "chronological culture shock" or "rose colored glass" syndrome for me when I get on an R5 or T500 or CT-3 like I used to own and ride.
My RD400, for example, was a great bike by even today's standards, power, handling, brakes, vibration, etc. And even the less-refined '72 R5 ... I used to ride it a LONG way and still would if I had one ....
Lannis
I agree and heck... at least the RD had self canceling turn singles!! Only thing I really had to mess with, and a lot of that is my 6'3", 250lbs size.. I had two different countershaft sprockets with one tooth diference.. Depending on if was doing mostly back roads, or highways I would swap back and forth.. I went everywhere.