You, me and all bikers understand very well that in the end it is thos little points of contact between rubber and road that make the difference between fun and expensive and possibly painful loss of control. The electronic stuff helps the driver, but untimately don't stop loss of cntrol, they just make the speed at which control is lost faster.
I see Triumph is now offering the Tiger 800 with ABS, Traction Control and Stability Control. Seemingly nice, but takes responsibility away from the rider, in my view.
The Morgan 4/4 is fun, to a point, but the relativly unsophisticated suspension makes driving on UK B and minor roads simply painful and hard work. On the subject of our roads I came back from Williams yesterday keeping to minor roads, there were a couple of places where the only sensible option would have been a SUV, so bad are Wiltshires roads. Thank goodness for ABS, I was able to slow from making good progress to 10 to 15mph...
The Plus 8 is a grand tourer/muscle car blend, not a true sports car. In my view the "best" (most fun and refined) open sports car available today is a Mazda MX5, but it is common and has not much personality.
The 2020 Morgan 4/4 needs to look like a Morgan but dynamically be closer to the MX5. We know that Morgan can't afford to do that and limited to 1000 cars a year probably shouldn't try.
So, I'll stick with the Plus 8, but should MMC ever offer an Aero based car with about 250bhp I could be tempted to change. But back to a Trad? Not before the Government rediscoveres road maintainance.
