Cheers Man, as I said this was not a dig.
The Gen I Rocket wasn't (it seams) that popular in the USA, as Triumph did very little marketing of it.
I now see all these "Jorno's" raving about the new bike, I wonder if any of them had ever ridden a Rocket before.
Triumph has done a lot of marketing and created a lot of hype over it.
Hence me asking if you had spent any significant time on the older bike.
My back ground is Research & Development Engineering and Tool Making (and playing M/C's all my life) so do like, and can appreciate the new bike.
I can accept that what a bike, Girl, whatever, looks like is purely subjective and of coarse personal taste, as my Dad said "It would be a boring world if we all liked the same thing"
Admittedly, my bike is modified so does perform and handle far better than a stock unit.
I kept this in mind when I rode the GT, "do not compare" is what I told myself when riding this new bike, as I wasn't comparing one stock bike with another (stock bike).
Cheers.