Brand of motorcycle you like best

All rice burning quadruplets are present, but no Moto Guzzi or any other Italian brand?:huh

Nothing but Hondas since 1985. Just happened to work out that way.

Well after reading the idea behind your poll, I went with Honda. I do not own any modern Hondas and feel that others more suit my needs, but I do own 3 vintage Hondas and feel that as a whole, the brand was forward thinking, took on the best of Britain and the US, and killed them with performance, quality, and value. Therefore even tho there are other brands who make singular bikes that I might like better for one reason or another, honda signifies what motorcycling has always been about.


Oh fuck it who am I kidding. I like them all!


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Moto Guzzi with nothing but desire to consider. Always wanted one, afraid to rely on one in the hinterlands.

Well, thought I'd never buy another Suzuki... but just bought myself a new to me DL650 EXP to replace my 2007. I guess they're doing something right... or I've been drinking the kool-aid!

+1

This is almost a direct quote from my brain.

I know "Yamaha" people, have heard nothing but good things about their reliability, and I will own a Tenere by Spring.

I still would like a "no brand loyalty" choice. I have owned all the choices in your poll except BMW and KTM and I would chose any of them again.
I should not have voted.

Suzuki, cause that's what I currently ride.

With all due respect and not to start an argument, I'm sure the OP's goal isn't seeking an accurate representation as much as it is the exercise of conducting the sampling in and of itself. Your point is valid and I agree, but accuracy isn't necessarily applicable for the data points needed to complete the exercise.

Bmw

Agree. I buy the bike that has/does what I like/want, not the brand.

ditto

The point for the class is to:
Use a spread sheet
Use a document program to write a report
Use MLA format, proper capitalization and proper sentence syntax.

The only reason I have them limit the choice is because of the numbers they would likely get in their survey. If they did favorite basketball team you'd have way too many choices that would spread their results thin as paper. Some kids will only get maybe 35 people surveyed, others might approach 75, but if you have 20 choices it just won't give the impression I want them to see. I want them to see a decent curve of some sort, much like this one is producing.

One kid is doing favorite ice cream, but I don't what them to have 20 choices, do 5 flavors, pick the preferred flavor. Another is doing favorite sports player, again, limit the choice out of 5, otherwise there'd be thirty. Just "herding the cats".

It is less about what is actually learned from the data as it is about the data processing and software uses...

Class is Productivity Skills, it is using software they will use in high school and college, along with reinforcement of the core ELA curriculum whenever possible.

I did this to show them one way to do a survey.

If I wanted to have better results I'd do a lot more brands and a lot more sites. I'm betting this one is biased toward BMW mainly due to the kind of riders who joined here. Same with KTM... and the reason Harley Davidson isn't kicking every other manufacturer's butt. If I went to some cruiser forum BMW wouldn't be in the hunt nor would KTM, but here it is good.

I do appreciate everyone's participation for sure. Great numbers to show and an example of how to do the job.

I could do a survey in the thumpers and others to see what would dominate there if I wanted to do so, but this serves the purpose. Thanks again.

I'm not a brand guy, but....

Yamaha. Thinking about it, they have so many bikes that stick out in a good way.

RDs, SRs, all the big XTs, big bore DTs, the FZs, and recently bringing back the SR400. Too many cool and extremely distinctive model lines to give them a miss. And I love my XT600.

What I find interesting is that the brand that is easily the market hog (hehe), Harley, got the fewest votes and a brand that is only a minor player in the overall market (BMW) is the lead vote getter. I suspect our demographic is not that of the general riding public.

Until the past few years I would have voted BMW as I have ridden them the longest. Observing the company changes, I disagree and only ride the old school Beemers now. I also have a 12 Glee Strom, and now vote fun for the buck. Suzuki or Honda.

Well seeing as Guzzi isn't on there.. I'll have to go with Kawasaki

My last Honda was two bikes ago (ST1100) and loved it, before that I had a GL1500 and hated it. But when you cut through all the crap - Honda, the only motorcycle ever made...

I hadn't considered that, good call. I'm finishing up my BS in psych, so my curriculum focus is in a different direction.

Good to go, I wasn't thinking in those terms, you now have a vote from me ... But I still wanted to vote Triumph!

Aprilia, KTM and Ducati