Friday, August 23, 2013

Forever Single?

There comes a time when you begin to wonder, 'How long can one go on?'. It's like that guy at the ice cream parlour who makes your scoop bigger and bigger, filling up the whole cup, or cone, till it cannot hold any more. Yet, a second scoop is always refused. Is it too expensive? Will they not work together? No, it's neither.

Some are just content with one. And that's the problem, complacence raises its ugly head yet again. It's been years. It's time to move on. Why can't it just become better for everyone? How long can someone keep dragging the ancient idea, blowing into it and scraping out a little more each time to make just that little bit larger? There comes a time and a place when you have to stop and start over. There will be an all-new one, something more powerful and engaging than ever before. And it won't be one, it will be two, or three or even four.

The KTM 390 Duke has shown that while twins were promised, here we are with yet another single. When will it stop? Harley-Davidson has had twins for over a century now. If the Americans can make something like that 100 years ago, why can't we? Is a little cost holding us back? The market is there for those who dare to venture. No one wants to stay single forever!