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<blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 187535" data-attributes="member: 1650">Oh I have the softest spot for suzukis,&nbsp; but cussed them from about 86 on for taking the best rear suspension&nbsp; in the game to the worst.&nbsp; Google it if you dont know what&nbsp; I mean.&nbsp; what a difference a year meant.&nbsp; then they lost everyone in the developement dept like kawasaki and just started changing things in at attempt to keep up and made the bikes slower the whole time.&nbsp; I ride whatever feels good and is easiest to &quot;personalize&quot;.&nbsp; Yamaha figured out O/R and the need to make it easier to mix gear ratios.&nbsp; So since 2000 I have leaned that way.Honda got out of advancement with the death of Bruce Ogilvie.&nbsp; Few people understand how much he and his boss Chuck Miller were involved in what rolled off the assembly line.&nbsp; When Ogilvie got sick he was not replaced,&nbsp; and when Honda began pulling out of racing to the extent they did,&nbsp; Miller moved departments and was not replaced by the same &quot;caliber&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yamaha benefitted by picking up a couple of really good people that took their product on the street and dirt higher yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ossagp, post: 187535, member: 1650"] Oh I have the softest spot for suzukis, but cussed them from about 86 on for taking the best rear suspension in the game to the worst. Google it if you dont know what I mean. what a difference a year meant. then they lost everyone in the developement dept like kawasaki and just started changing things in at attempt to keep up and made the bikes slower the whole time. I ride whatever feels good and is easiest to "personalize". Yamaha figured out O/R and the need to make it easier to mix gear ratios. So since 2000 I have leaned that way. Honda got out of advancement with the death of Bruce Ogilvie. Few people understand how much he and his boss Chuck Miller were involved in what rolled off the assembly line. When Ogilvie got sick he was not replaced, and when Honda began pulling out of racing to the extent they did, Miller moved departments and was not replaced by the same "caliber". Yamaha benefitted by picking up a couple of really good people that took their product on the street and dirt higher yet. [/QUOTE]

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