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Originally Posted by Jake
A number of riders did dislike the bike, however an equal number loved the bike - its a bit of a marmite bike it appears. Love it or Hate it. No middle ground.
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+1 to Marmite bike. The great thing about the vast majority of this HUBB thread, compared to the ABR thread that was linked in post #56 is that here people can discuss and disagree without people having tantrums about it. Elsewhere if you go against the forum's (self proclaimed) opinion leaders' topic for the next love-in, they get really shirty. Hey ho, good luck to them.
The HUBB has possibly matured: Anyone remember the aggro here a few years ago when some people dared to criticise that well known brand from Germany
Never bothered reading the advrider thread, so have no opinion on it.
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Originally Posted by mollydog
It's a little dicey taking opinions from random riders whose experience on such bikes may be limited and who's dirt bike back ground on REAL dirt bikes may be nil.
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Opinions are like ar$eholes. We all have one and what someone spouts is 99% of the time just hot air or pure brown stuff.
Having said that, most of the nay-sayers that Jake refers to are experienced long distance travellers, hobby or ex-professional enduro riders. All were potential customers. They're not now. They'll stick to their crf250s /xr400s/ drz400s etc.
Assuming all CCMs aren't just a mess straight out the box, the bike I rode might have behaved better if it had been set up right. If it was just set up badly, then it's a high risk marketing strategy to send a couple of dog-bikes to an event where every person attending (+/-200) was a potential customer.
Last edited by chris; 3 Mar 2015 at 19:32.
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