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Maintenance and features.
Here's one thing - I once had an early 80's Japanese motorcycle that had a rod bearing go bad. There was no replacing it short of replacing the entire rod (and therefore piston) because the bearing was just a machined portion of the rod.
At that point it simply wasn't worth fixing - even doing it myself it would've been a lot of work, a lot of risk of breaking screws, stripping case bolts, etc.
It was easier replacing the rod and crank bearings in a car I had at the same time, without removing the engine from the car, and using minimal tools.
Then even the availability of parts. I have a 90's bike now, and the only source of parts is a forum, and thankfully it's a bike that many were made, and it shared parts with a few other bikes.
Bikes aren't cars - parts are more scarce and more specific on a per-bike basis.
Yup…id love to have an old 86/87 Honda Goldwing Aspencade Special (or limited?) Edition…it’s fuel injected, but they only made that bike for 2 years before completely redesigning the whole bike and engine to the crazy Space Ship look for the 90s. Parts are literally impossible to get for the fuel system, worse because it’s electrical stuff (sensors, etc). Anyone with this bike has multiple just for parts…i dont have room for multiple goldwings, lol.