Very true that progress is amazing and perhaps sometimes we are disappointed with things we might have covetted . I like your bike knowledge angib and washy. Sold my triumph Daytona,now that's a nice 955cc triple, for a ktm 990 smt, twin. Sounds good too but even less refined. I bought my f56cooper because of that 3 cylinder noise. Good job were all different!
PS the triumph had a race can. At night you could see a faint flame from it and the pops on the over run. Wow!