Greetings.
I dislike committees. All that blah blah blah [I hate you yet I find you oddly attractive and I loathe the perfect natural curve of your...] blah blah blah [I wish I was on Grand Cayman Island] blah blah blah [I have an embarrassing rash and I hope no one notices] blah blah blah [What is that SMELL?] blah blah blah [Someone stole the cookies out of my lunch bag AND my blue sharpie pen] blah blah blah...
My experiences with committees has been dismal. That said, perhaps I was on the wrong committees. MO is a cut above the riffraffians, so I suggest we form a committee.
Consider, for a moment, the state of the Motorcycle today. Roy G. Biv bought a new motorcycle and he gleefully went straight into the honeymoon period. He carefully read all the reviews (after he bought the bike, of course). He posted long winded diatribes on how everyone who chose "X" instead of his bike is a sad pathetic fool destined for anonymity. Naturally, "X" was the "runner up" of the model he chose to purchase. It just came down to the "X" dealer location being on the far side of the mountain in Ipecac and not in his home abode of Smooth City.
A few years pass, though, and Roy no longer regards his motorcycle with the same motolust. The sore back, aching wrists, and third degree burns on his right calf that used to be endearing are now tiresome. The fork oil needs to be changed, and the brake fluid as well- nag, nag, nag says the Service Manual. He even starts to resent pumping up the tires and when was the last time he checked the valve clearances? He briefly considers a trial separation... One late night Roy sees his shameful reflection in the big glass window of a motorcycle dealership 26.2 miles from home. How did it get to this?
It occurs to Roy that the bike he owns could be better if it had been better designed in the first place. Yea, he knows exactly what he would change about that bike. Unfortunately, that is not the purpose of our exercise.
I suggest we build the Perfect Motorcycle(s) By Committee. The only rule? It should be a completely new model(s) and not merely a modification of an existing design.
I dislike committees. All that blah blah blah [I hate you yet I find you oddly attractive and I loathe the perfect natural curve of your...] blah blah blah [I wish I was on Grand Cayman Island] blah blah blah [I have an embarrassing rash and I hope no one notices] blah blah blah [What is that SMELL?] blah blah blah [Someone stole the cookies out of my lunch bag AND my blue sharpie pen] blah blah blah...
My experiences with committees has been dismal. That said, perhaps I was on the wrong committees. MO is a cut above the riffraffians, so I suggest we form a committee.
Consider, for a moment, the state of the Motorcycle today. Roy G. Biv bought a new motorcycle and he gleefully went straight into the honeymoon period. He carefully read all the reviews (after he bought the bike, of course). He posted long winded diatribes on how everyone who chose "X" instead of his bike is a sad pathetic fool destined for anonymity. Naturally, "X" was the "runner up" of the model he chose to purchase. It just came down to the "X" dealer location being on the far side of the mountain in Ipecac and not in his home abode of Smooth City.
A few years pass, though, and Roy no longer regards his motorcycle with the same motolust. The sore back, aching wrists, and third degree burns on his right calf that used to be endearing are now tiresome. The fork oil needs to be changed, and the brake fluid as well- nag, nag, nag says the Service Manual. He even starts to resent pumping up the tires and when was the last time he checked the valve clearances? He briefly considers a trial separation... One late night Roy sees his shameful reflection in the big glass window of a motorcycle dealership 26.2 miles from home. How did it get to this?
It occurs to Roy that the bike he owns could be better if it had been better designed in the first place. Yea, he knows exactly what he would change about that bike. Unfortunately, that is not the purpose of our exercise.
I suggest we build the Perfect Motorcycle(s) By Committee. The only rule? It should be a completely new model(s) and not merely a modification of an existing design.
