From: sean_q_ on
The Older Gentleman wrote:

> I know, and lots of others know, precisely why
> there was a glut of bikes then.

SQ [waiting for the other shoe... or geta, waraji or zori to drop]
From: S'mee on
On Jul 14, 5:22 pm, sean_q_ <nos...(a)no.spam> wrote:
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
>  > I know, and lots of others know, precisely why
>  > there was a glut of bikes then.
>
> SQ [waiting for the other shoe... or geta, waraji or zori to drop]

Indeed why? I just assumed it was becuase the made more bikes than
were selling because of the recession. <shrug> That's my best guess.
From: The Older Gentleman on
S'mee <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Jul 14, 5:22 pm, sean_q_ <nos...(a)no.spam> wrote:
> > The Older Gentleman wrote:
> >
> > > I know, and lots of others know, precisely why
> > > there was a glut of bikes then.
> >
> > SQ [waiting for the other shoe... or geta, waraji or zori to drop]
>
> Indeed why? I just assumed it was becuase the made more bikes than
> were selling because of the recession. <shrug> That's my best guess.

Yes, the bottom dropped out of the market, but that's not the whole
story.

<G>

I'll give it a bit longer.

Clue: Yamaha.


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From: Beav on


"TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:f78ee201-14ec-4837-b571-c6a738ea597d(a)i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> OK: bear with me, because there�s no way to make this short.

<snipped a boatload of info>

And you expected us to GUESS that? :-)

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From: S'mee on
On Jul 15, 5:01 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
> "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:f78ee201-14ec-4837-b571-c6a738ea597d(a)i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > OK: bear with me, because there’s no way to make this short.
>
> <snipped a boatload of info>
>

Well, I did nail the summation perfectly.