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From: stephen.packer on 28 Nov 2009 10:40 Cane <caneukrm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 28, 12:15 pm, Colin Irvine <l...(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: > > I must admit I like going to the show every couple of years or so. > > It's a chance to have a really good look round most of the latest > > bikes, and there are always some stalls worth a visit. My expectations > > are no higher than that, so I'm rarely disappointed. > > I love motorcycling and have really missed not having a bike for most > of 2009. I was hoping the show might inspire me a little as to what > direction I wanted to go next but it almost did the opposite. Now this I find really hard to understand. I also love motorcycling but don't really need inspiration to decide what to ride. Ride anything. Any bike is better than no bike. Surely the starting point is where do you want to ride and the rest follows; Stupidity in the snow - Sidecar. 1000 miles across Europe for two nights in a field in Slovenia - K1100 3500 miles (or so) across Europe, 1000 euros in fines - GSXR1000. 5000 miles (or so) of commuting - K75 Garage ornament - ZXR750H1
From: wessie on 28 Nov 2009 10:43 Cane <caneukrm(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:f854d5bb-21fc-4b35-ae23-d54ff341d4a5(a)d10g2000yqh.googlegroups.com: > On Nov 28, 3:19�pm, wessie <putmynameh...(a)tesco.net> wrote: >> Ben <b...(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote in >> news:gdf2h5haug836mcqnf4smqgglgb2gvb > b67 >> @4ax.com: >> >> > On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:33:03 -0800 (PST), Cane <caneu...(a)gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >>Sold, but what should I ride? >> >> > See Facebook :-) >> > Bandit 1250GT L0 (Make me an offer, I need to buy another car) >> >> Oh dear, that didn't last long. >> >> Does one have to be on Facebook to get an explanation or are you >> going to share with us dinosaurs? > > You need to evolve ;-) > ook -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: Nige on 28 Nov 2009 12:00 "Ben" <ben(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote in message news:7bf2h5digte7j8mjn7aivp1t41c0qnl1jd(a)4ax.com... > > Allowance looks like the way forward. > -- Look into it very carefully before you do it Ben. CC are painful, but you couldn't buy, run & maintain a car for what they cost you per month.
From: ginge on 28 Nov 2009 12:01 On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:33:03 -0800 (PST), Cane <caneukrm(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Nov 28, 2:27�pm, Colin Irvine <l...(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: > >> >I love motorcycling and have really missed not having a bike for most >> >of 2009. I was hoping the show might inspire me a little as to what >> >direction I wanted to go next but it almost did the opposite. >> >> The best direction from here is west, to the Dales and the Lake >> District, but to the north lies Northumberland and Scotland and to the >> south the North York Moors. They are the best inspiration of all. > >Sold, but what should I ride? OK, I have your answer right here. Buy a Ducati Multistrada. A) It's different to just about every bike out there. B) Whilst there's the whole Ducati Lifestyle[1] crowd out there, I'd like to think that about 90% of them find the bike ugly and want nothing to do with it. Job done. [1] And i'm thinking AntonyE here
From: ginge on 28 Nov 2009 12:09
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:11:07 +0000, Ben <ben(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote: > >Aye, I'm trying to work out how something that will cost me about 250 >quid a month can be classed as a perk. For me it's that I get a brand new car, with insurance, maintenence, and an instant free replacement hire car included for less than I'd be paying out to do the same thing myself on a lease. I almost opted out and took the cash at the end of the last 4 years, but the cash allowance worked out only a couple of grand a year after tax. |