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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:30 pm
by gus
no no no
mercy,please spare us some mercy.
I think this should be debated on the other forum.
Should be good for laugh.
gus
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:17 pm
by winger
These things were all decided a while ago.
sandbar[/quote]
Ho Ho,unfortunately not i'm afraid,although a bet some people wished it had been!!!!!!
As for the HP2 not a snowballs chance in hell of selling, maybe at £10,000, not enough die hard BM punters prepared to put their money were their mouths are.
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:53 am
by boxerpan
sandbar wrote:
With the greatest respect you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how "just in time" works. I do know a bit about it and if you want to discuss it in another thread then I am certainly up for it.
DVD display cases??? The problem with both the bikes we are considering is that they both have unique parts. If, for example, Ducati are unhappy about the supply of the very special Ohlins for the RR, then they can just go elsewhere and buy them from.............er Ohlins. The same applies with Brembo, Marchesini and Bridgestone etc etc - not to mention the makers of the carbon fibre bodywork with the ceramic exhaust outlets. That makes the situation very different to DVD cases. The deal for all these was negotiated and tied up in a contract that was finalised some time ago. It has to be - it cannot work any other way. To misquote James May " and that is a bike fact".
These things were all decided a while ago.
sandbar
I leave the premises for a few days and look what happens!
Put your toys back in the pram and stop phoning me to mediate between the pair of you please because you are both right, just looking from different perspectives.
What if - the Desmothingy started with an agreed 200 with the suppliers back in the mists of time when the thing was a current race bike. Deals were done, prices fixed, deposits taken etc. Demand is now considerably more than 200 but the production schedule is the usual protracted Italian pantomime and punters won't actually get their bikes untill 2010. Doesn't that give Ducati enough lead time to get another batch of everything in the pipeline ?
Jus
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:56 am
by winger
Never mind all that bollox,were's my carbon fibre ash tray!!!!!
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:37 am
by stoney
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:52 am
by boxerpan
winger wrote:Never mind all that bollox,were's my carbon fibre ash tray!!!!!
Didn't think you let smokers on your premises
but if you are desperate I have two on the shelf, ex-stock, no lead time
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:13 pm
by winger
Don't get involved,we know each other far better than you think we do
and i'm still relying on Mr Sandbar to sort out my broken piece of bling,of which there are very few about.
Thank you very much Mr Boxerpan,the ash trays will become a bit like Motocourse books with a bit of luck
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:44 pm
by stoney
winger wrote:...we know each other far better than you think we do :
That'll explain why you carry on like an old married couple.
show or not
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:03 pm
by rc
hi all
560 round trip to the show.. went last day for a bargain . it was to busy ,normally go mid week . nice triumphs ,scramble type . zard exhaust eh .British i think not .anyway better than the crap that they normally put on . new ktm sports bike ohhhh . harley xr ,pants compared to a original .. old one faster . bmw stand was ok .. seems each year it gets worse ,no giveaways this year when leaving . bought a diff saver from the rg stand . as always a lot of tack there that was at the previous shows . i wish it was closer to cornwall . apparently milan is the show to go to .
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:43 am
by overipe&keen
bought a diff saver from the rg stand
What's one of these then RC?
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:56 am
by stoney
Is it one of these? I've got one fitted and it came in very handy once.
RC - respect on that journey. The M5 is a bore in warm weather let alone subzero.
diff saver
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:36 am
by rc
hi stoney & overipe &keen
hey stoney thanks for posting the pic ,save me the effort .diff saver or swing arm protector or whatever it can be called .craaaaaash bung skate board wheel . better to have one of these than a scrapped swing arm eh . you put some nice pics up of the triumphs . i done my own street scrambler this year or started it ,knobblies and short guards,then turned round and part ex for a ducati monster . the ones at the show looked great. but then again they all look topps with the spotlights on them .thanks again
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:45 am
by rc
hi stoney
pic of the bonneville with short mudguard. pic is before knobblies went on .
ducati
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:50 am
by rc
swopped the bonneville for the ducati