From The Editor’s Desk – February ’08 Issue
More Than Just A Trend For Most Of Us
It never ceases to amaze me how many people follow trends. I mean, I have had my share so I’m not one to bitch, but for the most part I find what I like and I stick with it. It seems like the motorcycle industry today is jumping from trend to trend in an attempt to revitalize a sluggish sales forecast and from that we have had a hectic year of bobbers…. no, no, now it’s board trackers…… no, no, now it’s baggers, all leaving the average cat bored with our circus-like antics….. “Step right up ladies and gentlemen, see the eight wonders of the motorcycle world. We have bikes with long front ends, bikes with fat tires, bikes for racing, bikes for collecting, see them all for one low admission price but hurry in today… before you know it, these attractions will be replaced by new acts and they may be lost forever……†Ladies and gentlemen please! (Sorry, had to steal that lyric for this one) If no one else has realized this, we are not now, nor have we in a long time come up with any real new trend. Sure, we have developed a few new ways of building bikes, some of the innovations are fresh but for the most part, we’re just rehashing the past.
