Motorcyclist magazine

[Marc Cook <marccook@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Geez...you guys. Nobody's ever happy! <g>

Read the story again carefully, please. Our intent was to sample four points
along the possible sport-touring spectrum and because we've done more recent
editorial on Triumph models than our last VFR test, we decided to let the
Honda stand in for this class of sporty sport-tourer. I had hoped to make
that clear, but apparently did not.

Now, should Ducati elect to bring us the ST4S, I can see a full-on,
sport-touring comparison coming up, pitting the VFR and the ST against the
R1100S and the new Aprilia Futura. That would be logical. Having owned an ST
and having ridden all the bikes save the Futura, I'd say the Triumph will do
quite well. THAT would be the sport-touring story you guys were expecting
with the "Four for the Road" piece.

One other thing. Editorial coverage in the magazine has nothing to do with
advertising pages. Really. Honest. When Mitch and John and Garrett and I sit
down to work out an issue plan, we don't look at our advertiser index and
decide who should be included. And, in fact, if you did care to
cross-reference you'd find that Triumph is given editorial space way out of
proportion to its advertising budget (that would be zero) and its
penetration into the U.S. market. Why? We're also enthusiasts, and we want
to ride and write about the bikes that interest us.

- --Marc


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