When I was a young man I was totally smitten by British motorcycles. My first was a 71 BSA 650. Fortunately, I wasn't mechanically adept enough to keep it running long enough to kill myself on it. The next was a Norton N-15. I worked hard to learn enough about it to keep it running,....after a fashion. But it was a constant struggle.
The most cantankerous mechanical devices ever made, in my opinion, were those British motorcycles of the 60's and early 70's. It took real dedication to keep those things on the road. My introduction to Japanese motorcycles was a KZ 650 Kawasaki,....totally bullet proof.
