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From: Lozzo on 27 Apr 2010 10:33 Steve Fitzgerald wrote: > In message <Xns9D62CC9254116wtymmmsas(a)85.214.198.2>, wessie > <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> writes > > > > To be honest I'm seriously considering acquiring a small bike for > > > commuting, the MPG alone is a major factor, but you've got to > > > have the spare cash in the first place. I don't. > > > > > > > That's what a credit card is for. Or buy a new one on finance with > > a �99 deposit then �60 a month. > > > > You'd get that monthly payment back in fuel/tyre/service savings > > alone http://www.yamahapaymentcalculator.co.uk/125/ybr125.html > > > > Fitzgerald has just got one of these > > http://www.yamahapaymentcalculator.co.uk/xjseries/xj6abs.html > > His last one lasted him 15 years commuting in London. > > 8 actually; I'd put 60k miles on it when it went. And his old bike is nothing like his new one in any way shape or form. They share the basic design brief of having two wheels, and that's where the similarity ends. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: wessie on 27 Apr 2010 11:32 "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in news:83oatgFunfU1(a)mid.individual.net: > Steve Fitzgerald wrote: > >> In message <Xns9D62CC9254116wtymmmsas(a)85.214.198.2>, wessie >> <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> writes >> >> > > To be honest I'm seriously considering acquiring a small bike for >> > > commuting, the MPG alone is a major factor, but you've got to >> > > have the spare cash in the first place. I don't. >> > > >> > >> > That's what a credit card is for. Or buy a new one on finance with >> > a �99 deposit then �60 a month. >> > >> > You'd get that monthly payment back in fuel/tyre/service savings >> > alone http://www.yamahapaymentcalculator.co.uk/125/ybr125.html >> > >> > Fitzgerald has just got one of these >> > http://www.yamahapaymentcalculator.co.uk/xjseries/xj6abs.html >> > His last one lasted him 15 years commuting in London. >> >> 8 actually; I'd put 60k miles on it when it went. > > And his old bike is nothing like his new one in any way shape or form. > They share the basic design brief of having two wheels, and that's > where the similarity ends. > you mean it's not a parts bin special with a silly name targeted at the old farts' market? -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: platypus on 27 Apr 2010 13:38 On Apr 22, 9:19 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Never mind, tomorrow I've got to take the Ducati (getting nicked again on > the way into work). That'll be fun. Ish. Good luck.
From: Andy Bonwick on 27 Apr 2010 13:54 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:32:57 +0000 (UTC), wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> wrote: >"Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in news:83oatgFunfU1(a)mid.individual.net: > >> Steve Fitzgerald wrote: >> >>> In message <Xns9D62CC9254116wtymmmsas(a)85.214.198.2>, wessie >>> <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> writes >>> >>> > > To be honest I'm seriously considering acquiring a small bike for >>> > > commuting, the MPG alone is a major factor, but you've got to >>> > > have the spare cash in the first place. I don't. >>> > > >>> > >>> > That's what a credit card is for. Or buy a new one on finance with >>> > a �99 deposit then �60 a month. >>> > >>> > You'd get that monthly payment back in fuel/tyre/service savings >>> > alone http://www.yamahapaymentcalculator.co.uk/125/ybr125.html >>> > >>> > Fitzgerald has just got one of these >>> > http://www.yamahapaymentcalculator.co.uk/xjseries/xj6abs.html >>> > His last one lasted him 15 years commuting in London. >>> >>> 8 actually; I'd put 60k miles on it when it went. >> >> And his old bike is nothing like his new one in any way shape or form. >> They share the basic design brief of having two wheels, and that's >> where the similarity ends. >> > >you mean it's not a parts bin special with a silly name targeted at the old >farts' market? I'd not looked closely enough at a Versys to realise it was a parts bin special.
From: Lozzo on 27 Apr 2010 15:11
Andy Bonwick wrote: > I'd not looked closely enough at a Versys to realise it was a parts > bin special. ER6 frame, basic engine, exhaust and wheels, the rest is pretty much Versys specific. When people say parts bin special it's bit like just about every Kawasaki or Suzuki made really, even the ZX10R and Gixer thou. With my bike only being 5399 OTR with ABS and Givi panniers I couldn't realistically expect Bimota exclusivity. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) |