Why does Japan make the best, most reliable motorcycles?

>>69167607
vroom vroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-ynRoqDEs

>>69167670
that hurts to watch

>>69167607
>best, most reliable
I like Japanese retro motorcycle designs, but BMW is pretty close

>>69167607
>best, most reliable motorcycles?
Compared to
> ducati
For fat baby boomers with chicken strips 4cm wide who spend more time polishing than riding and colour coordinate their leathers with their wallet, then ride 20km in a straight line to a cafe and sit out front wait for compliments
> triumph
For neckbeards who just buy anything with a union jack on it because it's edgy and supremely gentlemanly. Buy triumph brand helmets, jackets, gloves, wallets, vibrators, fedoras.
> bmw
S1k et al not withstanding, for midlife crisis dudes who buy plain silver helmets with an intercom set up so they can talk to their wife who is following in the winnebago
> Harley Davidson
Pretty much the same as ducati, except you have to frown the whole time and look hard in front of a pub rather than a cafe. And while we're at it, wtf is the point of leather vests? "I want to protect my skin, but not the bits that actually make contact with the road because then people wouldn't think I'm like one of the guys from sons of anarchy"?

Japan makes normal bikes for normal people who actually like riding motorbikes.

>>69168562
Are there any Ural enthusiasts?

>>69168946
The only urals you see are the ones that came with the sidecar, which is pretty awesome. See maybe 8-10 a year

>>69168562
>difference between Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha, Harley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIh-QfHIVmo

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>>69168946
There are two for sale in Australia rn.

Didn't realize that they were that expensive desu

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>>69167607
Laugh in baguette.jpg

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god tier - jap bikes
ok tier - euro bikes
shit tier - usa bikes

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>>69169513
Those EBR things were cool, but they priced themselves into the Ducati niche of the market which was probably a bad move for what was essentially a startup...

https://youtu.be/pJX8NRZU8rw

I've always liked Buells for some absurd reason tho...

>>69169367
Are the sidecars on the other side in countries where you drive on the right?

>>69169670
yes
interdasting

>>69170434
I don't know much about them, but apparently when you hit the brakes the bike slows down, but the sidecar doesn't, so it turns you away from the sidecar side.

So by swapping which side it's on you never get turned into oncoming traffic would be my guess.