Originally Posted by
Johnny_Monkey
Nah, people stopped laughing in the early 1970's after the release of the Honda 750 Four and the Kawasaki H2 and Z1 (they dominated GP racing from about then as well). They were still laughing at Japanese cars up until the late 1970's though.
And some people still have that mindset from
30 years ago.
(I didn't realize the irony of that statement until I looked up at GlassWolf's post just above this... ignorant people everywhere, I guess)