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From: Zebee Johnstone on 8 Jul 2008 20:36 In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:26:57 +1000 The Raven <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Looking at the used market (globally), many seem to be reasonably low > mileage. The downside is that not many are for sale, which may suggest that > even with their low sales volume they tend to be kept for long periods. I suspect most are a "sunny summer Sunday afternoon" bike for people to pootle on. John at MotoCiclio tells me has has some owners who do commute regularly on theirs and who give them a fairly hard time but the bikes seem to cope. Most do seem to be low mileage weekend bikes though. I haven't visited much lately, but I do seldom see them in for service or for any major work. (The one from Canberra with the broken manifold and the choke on permanently to compensate is the only one I can think of that needed anything major, and I'm not sure you can blame the bike for that!). Zebee
From: poncie ponce on 9 Jul 2008 05:11 Zebee Johnstone wrote: > In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:26:57 +1000 > The Raven <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: >> Looking at the used market (globally), many seem to be reasonably low >> mileage. The downside is that not many are for sale, which may suggest that >> even with their low sales volume they tend to be kept for long periods. > > I suspect most are a "sunny summer Sunday afternoon" bike for people > to pootle on. > > John at MotoCiclio tells me has has some owners who do commute > regularly on theirs and who give them a fairly hard time but the bikes > seem to cope. Most do seem to be low mileage weekend bikes though. > > I haven't visited much lately, but I do seldom see them in for service > or for any major work. (The one from Canberra with the broken > manifold and the choke on permanently to compensate is the only one I > can think of that needed anything major, and I'm not sure you can > blame the bike for that!). > > Zebee I know of an owner who bought two and rode from Alice Springs to Sydney and return with NIL problems. PP.
From: George W Frost on 9 Jul 2008 06:14 "poncie ponce" <poncie.ponce(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:qdSdnWTGveVeHenVnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d(a)posted.internode... > Zebee Johnstone wrote: >> In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:26:57 +1000 >> The Raven <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: >>> Looking at the used market (globally), many seem to be reasonably low >>> mileage. The downside is that not many are for sale, which may suggest >>> that even with their low sales volume they tend to be kept for long >>> periods. >> >> I suspect most are a "sunny summer Sunday afternoon" bike for people >> to pootle on. >> >> John at MotoCiclio tells me has has some owners who do commute >> regularly on theirs and who give them a fairly hard time but the bikes >> seem to cope. Most do seem to be low mileage weekend bikes though. >> >> I haven't visited much lately, but I do seldom see them in for service >> or for any major work. (The one from Canberra with the broken >> manifold and the choke on permanently to compensate is the only one I >> can think of that needed anything major, and I'm not sure you can >> blame the bike for that!). >> >> Zebee > > I know of an owner who bought two and rode from Alice Springs to > Sydney and > return with NIL problems. > PP. He bought two? one for spares?
From: munchausen on 9 Jul 2008 16:46 George W Frost wrote: > "poncie ponce" <poncie.ponce(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:qdSdnWTGveVeHenVnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d(a)posted.internode... >> Zebee Johnstone wrote: >>> In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:26:57 +1000 >>> The Raven <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: >>>> Looking at the used market (globally), many seem to be reasonably low >>>> mileage. The downside is that not many are for sale, which may suggest >>>> that even with their low sales volume they tend to be kept for long >>>> periods. >>> I suspect most are a "sunny summer Sunday afternoon" bike for people >>> to pootle on. >>> >>> John at MotoCiclio tells me has has some owners who do commute >>> regularly on theirs and who give them a fairly hard time but the bikes >>> seem to cope. Most do seem to be low mileage weekend bikes though. >>> >>> I haven't visited much lately, but I do seldom see them in for service >>> or for any major work. (The one from Canberra with the broken >>> manifold and the choke on permanently to compensate is the only one I >>> can think of that needed anything major, and I'm not sure you can >>> blame the bike for that!). >>> >>> Zebee >> I know of an owner who bought two and rode from Alice Springs to >> Sydney and >> return with NIL problems. >> PP. > > He bought two? > one for spares? > > was waiting for that :-( No, he bought one for his wife !!!!!!!!!!!
From: Nigel Allen "dna at edrs dot remove this com dot on 9 Jul 2008 18:41
On 10/07/2008 6:46 AM, munchausen wrote: > George W Frost wrote: >> "poncie ponce" <poncie.ponce(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:qdSdnWTGveVeHenVnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d(a)posted.internode... >>> Zebee Johnstone wrote: >>>> In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:26:57 +1000 >>>> The Raven <swilson150(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote: >>>>> Looking at the used market (globally), many seem to be reasonably >>>>> low mileage. The downside is that not many are for sale, which may >>>>> suggest that even with their low sales volume they tend to be kept >>>>> for long periods. >>>> I suspect most are a "sunny summer Sunday afternoon" bike for people >>>> to pootle on. >>>> >>>> John at MotoCiclio tells me has has some owners who do commute >>>> regularly on theirs and who give them a fairly hard time but the bikes >>>> seem to cope. Most do seem to be low mileage weekend bikes though. >>>> >>>> I haven't visited much lately, but I do seldom see them in for service >>>> or for any major work. (The one from Canberra with the broken >>>> manifold and the choke on permanently to compensate is the only one I >>>> can think of that needed anything major, and I'm not sure you can >>>> blame the bike for that!). >>>> >>>> Zebee >>> I know of an owner who bought two and rode from Alice Springs to >>> Sydney and >>> return with NIL problems. >>> PP. >> >> He bought two? >> one for spares? >> > was waiting for that :-( No, he bought one for his wife !!!!!!!!!!! I got a Suzuki 250 for my ex-wife about 12 years ago. Bloody good swap. N/ |