Bike reviews are a tricky business. For one thing, they’re always subjective—and you can’t help but compare what you’re riding now to what you’ve ridden in the past. It doesn’t matter whether those comparisons are necessarily fair or not—it's just something that we, as humans, tend to do.
A seasoned moto journalist may have ridden just about everything under the sun, so they’ll have a large back catalogue of experiential knowledge and opinion to draw upon. Meanwhile, an avid fan may have their own chapbook of test-ride memories to consult—and as always, results may vary.
