1977 We had to put up with bikes that did not handle or stop very well, the disc brakes had more lag on them when wet it was scary.tires that where shiyt in fact you ask the dealer to replace the tires when buying a new bike cus the Yokohama & Bridgestons ones where slippy when wet and really all round crap. You lads don't no yer born If I could have had 1200 Bandit in 1977 hoooooooo yer beast would have been bloody great. in stead of the Yamaha XS1100 pulling in at 600llb and that's before you fill the 5 gallon petrol tank and try pulling that on its center stand loaded up with camping gear.Great fun though