posted by Jerald Cas on october 03, 1997 at 10:03:30:
A while back, there were a few threads regarding the Vortex and EL. No real comparisons were made, except by some guy named Karl who liked his Vortex, which I found informative, after that it seemed to degenerate into an in your face type of argument.
I'm in the market for a once in a lifetime dreambike and think both of these bikes are awesome and both look equally beautiful to me, not like titanium bikes are winning any beauty contests.
Anyway if we can put the ford vs chevy type of posturing aside, I just want to know if there is any compelling reason that you think one bike or another is better, or are they both simply the best bikes money can buy. Really it seems to me that neither bike is really better than the other just different. At the top end of the market Litespeeds and Merlins seem well matched, but at the lower prices it seems to me that the Litespeeds might be better bikes
Jerald