Over the years one thing has been consistent, new ideas are generally met with skepticism, which is exactly as it should be met with. I remember when fuel injection was considered too expensive and also a ridiculous replacement for carbs. I also remember the outrage of unleaded fuel, which is still going on. Front wheel drive received the same reaction, radial tires will blow up and kill you. Seat belts trap you and kill you in car rather than ejecting you to safety ( and I still here that sometimes, although those are the people that still believe we didn't land on the moon and a whole list of other conspiracies.
Radiators were condemned as to complicated to work on motorcycles. Harley owners went out the window over a radiator in their bike (blasphemy). They also came out with a transmission that didn't slam into 1st gear, both would have made the bikes more comfortable and up to date. The head cooling are is being snuck in because of it being necessary for cooling heads.
Anybody remember the change on some to shaft drive, that one was short lived because it worked, aluminum heads and plated cylinders peeling which was also short lived. The move away from 2 strokes or electric starters when what you purchased had a kick starter and a electric starter.
These discussions and push back make the manufacturers produce better and better alternatives to what is on the market now and research on new ideas, some don't work. For instance turbines in motorcycles ( which were are and still are god awful fast- see Jay Leno) or the rotary engine Mazda used. Neither was emission efficient and got horrible gas mileage. But they were tried and pretty much failed for masses.
Like it or not electric is here to stay now, it will be interesting to see where it goes.
The curse of "Living in interesting times" still holds true
What is impressive is that the discussions actually base on intelligent comparisons to reality instead of cynical complaints, this shows me that we seem to getting well read and have sense enough to look at it with a brain being used. I read somewhere it is ok to go down the rabbit hole as long as you don't take your brain with it when you go.
TALK ON DUDES.
