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From: The Older Gentleman on 12 Jul 2010 14:55 T.J. Higgins <ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu> wrote: > If you buy a Corvette, GM will, for an extra fee of course, > let you come to their factory build the actual engine that > goes into your car. > <http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/12/autos/corvette_engine_build/index.htm?hpt=T2> <Clicks link> Isn't that wonderful? I'd love to do that. <Thinks> For Christ's sake, don't let Datesfat have a go. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Beav on 12 Jul 2010 14:56 "High Plains Thumper" <hpt(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:i1a9vm$47l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > sean_q_ wrote: > >> The site recently mentioned by S'mee [in "Proper oil for cruisers"] >> contains links to a series of articles on How To Save Harley >> Davidson, starting with this one: >> >> http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/oped/save-harley-davidson-part-1-branding/ >> >> I wasn't aware that HD needed saving. But if they do then I have an >> idea of my own, namely "paying volunteers". [snip] >> >> For an extra fee, celebrities such as Paris Hilton could pay extra >> to sign their name on the bikes they worked on, and of course such >> machines would command premium prices on the sales floor. > > I'd feel indifferent if Paris signed my bike, she doesn't impress me. > I'd prefer someone with better moral fortitude. > >> I'm sure Harley Davidson could exploit their strong brand loyalty in >> other new ways I haven't thought of. Ideas, anyone? > > I'd like to see a single cylinder 800 cc bike, HD style, with a 5 gallon > petrol tank - Thumpster. Make if fuel injected to meet EPA if required, > oil cooled, but a thumper nonetheless. Price it slightly below the > entry level Sportster. I think it would be a hit. It'd need a nice shiny electric starter though :-) [1] [1] Remembers the days of the old Goldie -- Beav
From: J. Clarke on 12 Jul 2010 16:03 On 7/12/2010 2:55 PM, The Older Gentleman wrote: > T.J. Higgins<ernest.p.worrell(a)vernal.equinox.edu> wrote: > >> If you buy a Corvette, GM will, for an extra fee of course, >> let you come to their factory build the actual engine that >> goes into your car. >> <http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/12/autos/corvette_engine_build/index.htm?hpt=T2> > > <Clicks link> > > Isn't that wonderful? I'd love to do that. > > <Thinks> > > For Christ's sake, don't let Datesfat have a go. Or if you do, notify the loony bin so they can be prepared for an influx of GM technicians, and the trauma center and morgue for an influx of Datesfat. If one knows what one is about and is allowed to inspect, reject, and modify parts that could be a wonderful opportunity. If it's just turn wrenches as GM tells you it's a lot less so.
From: The Older Gentleman on 12 Jul 2010 17:08 J. Clarke <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: > If one knows what one is about and is allowed to inspect, reject, and > modify parts that could be a wonderful opportunity. If it's just turn > wrenches as GM tells you it's a lot less so. Oh yes! "I'll have that camshaft, thanks, oh, and *that* cylinder head. Valves? Oh, the sodium-filled ones, of course. And the forged hi-compression pistons, and...." -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Dean Hoffman on 12 Jul 2010 17:41
J. Clarke wrote: > If one knows what one is about and is allowed to inspect, reject, and > modify parts that could be a wonderful opportunity. If it's just turn > wrenches as GM tells you it's a lot less so. I'd just about bet one would just turn wrenches with some GM type watching closely. Maybe a union guy there too. And a lurking lawyer. There would probably be some liability waivers to sign. |