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From: Lozzo on 5 Jun 2010 20:24 At work we broke a pretty decent TDM900 this week because it had far too many miles for our showroom and a rattly engine[1]. While I was checking out the array of parts taken from it I noticed some rather good handguards sitting there, complete with Touratech branded extension spoilers. I whipped them into the showroom and offered them up against a new Versys and they'll definitely fit mine, so I bought them. Only later did I notice who'd made the handguards, and it's not Touratech as I first thought. I'm not divulging any more, except to say my Versys will soon be home to two very small propellor-style logos, one embossed inside each handguard. In my defence I honestly thought they were made by Touratech before I parted with my money and the logos are very small and hidden from sight. Oh, the eternal shame! [1] Knackered camchain and tensioner, so we split the engine for spares too, instead of selling it complete. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: muddy cat on 5 Jun 2010 20:27 In article <870864F8ljU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > Oh, the eternal shame! The Versys is doomed, I tell you doomed. -- Mike UKRMMA: 23 V-Strom (The warthog) The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels skype: muddycat
From: wessie on 5 Jun 2010 20:41 "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in news:870864F8ljU1(a)mid.individual.net: > At work we broke a pretty decent TDM900 this week because it had far > too many miles for our showroom and a rattly engine[1]. While I was > checking out the array of parts taken from it I noticed some rather > good handguards sitting there, complete with Touratech branded > extension spoilers. I whipped them into the showroom and offered them > up against a new Versys and they'll definitely fit mine, so I bought > them. > > Only later did I notice who'd made the handguards, and it's not > Touratech as I first thought. I'm not divulging any more, except to say > my Versys will soon be home to two very small propellor-style logos, > one embossed inside each handguard. In my defence I honestly thought > they were made by Touratech before I parted with my money and the logos > are very small and hidden from sight. > > Oh, the eternal shame! > that RT transmitted a virus and the compulsion has begun > [1] Knackered camchain and tensioner, so we split the engine for spares > too, instead of selling it complete. > what mileage is "far too many"? -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: Lozzo on 5 Jun 2010 21:16 wessie wrote: > "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in > news:870864F8ljU1(a)mid.individual.net: > that RT transmitted a virus and the compulsion has begun > > > [1] Knackered camchain and tensioner, so we split the engine for > > spares too, instead of selling it complete. > > > > what mileage is "far too many"? Not sure now, but it was too high, plus it would have cost too much to do the engine repair work and make it clean enough to go on the showrom floor. It's worth far more to us in bits sold on ebay. We broke a 54 plate FZ6S the other day because it had a bit of bodywork damage we couldn't be arsed to repair, and me and bossman have been discussing the feasibility of breaking an immaculate new style 2009 R1 with only 2300 miles recorded. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: Domènec on 6 Jun 2010 05:13
"Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> escribi� en el mensaje de noticias news:870864F8ljU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Only later did I notice who'd made the handguards, and it's not > Touratech as I first thought. I'm not divulging any more, except to say > my Versys will soon be home to two very small propellor-style logos, > one embossed inside each handguard. In my defence I honestly thought > they were made by Touratech before I parted with my money and the logos > are very small and hidden from sight. > Oh, the eternal shame! Touratech are the Sonderkommandos of BMW. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderkommando |