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From: Jordan on 14 Apr 2010 05:04 > > No, but you may be being unrealistic in a consumer age where planned > obselescence is the name of the game. > > Gerry It's weird how often people jump to the defence of what's hurting them. I think Betty's right to be peeved. Jordan
From: bikerbetty on 14 Apr 2010 05:11 "Diogenes" <cynic(a)society.sux.ok> wrote in message news:73vas51b0kdtt7sukg4n5rkka0s8cbd7ri(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:15:09 +1000, "bikerbetty" > <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote: > > >>You know, I love (and hate) these times when I am looking for my next >>bike... > > What ?!?!? 56000kms and a dud fuel pump and you want to ditch your > bike? > > Princess !!! > > > ================= > > Onya bike > > Gerry <making rude signs at Gerry> ;-) No, petal, it's like this.... I go through this agonising time, genetrally when the bike hits 40,000kms.... Will I sell it before the kms are too high, or will I keep it? When the SV got to about 50,000kms I figured it had too many kms to have any re-sale value, so I decided to keep it forever (well, until it died, anyway).... and then the fuel pump did its swan-song thing and I thought shee-it, this is probably just the beginning. Over my life as a very poor single mum/student, I have had some god-awful experiences with unreliable cars (with small kids in the car). I am now horribly paranoid about unreliable vehicles - and even more paranoid about unreliable 2-wheeled ones, especially on the road when I am far from home - which is where I usually am! I guess, Gerry, one of the probs for me is that I do most of my riding alone, and if my bike breaks down in the middle of nowhere, that's kind of a scary thing (even for someone as big and tough as I am!!!) I suppose I have a couple of options: (1) Learn how to do running repairs on my bike - not as simple as you might think - remember, I am a tad paranoid and supremely unconfident in such areas, and (2) make sure I have a reliable bike. Personally, I prefer the second option, Princess that I clearly am ;-P Princess Betty
From: BT Humble on 14 Apr 2010 06:18 Diogenes wrote: > Failing that, find out if there's anything the owner can do to > increase the logevity of the new fuel pump. Run a gravity feed to carburettors maybe? BTH -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: BT Humble on 14 Apr 2010 06:19 alx wrote: > On Apr 14, 11:06?am, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: > > > No, but you may be being unrealistic in a consumer age where planned > > obselescence is the name of the game. > > > > Did Suzuki plan for planned obsolescence when determining warranty > terms? Based on when it failed, it sounds like they were pretty much right on the button! BTH -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: TimC on 14 Apr 2010 06:49
On 2010-04-14, bikerbetty (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: > I will spurn Gladys forever because of her miniscule (14 litre) fuel tank. I > get paranoid enough on the (17 litre) SV, and always try to fill up around > the 250km mark - I guess the huge 20 litre tank on the GS500 spoiled me a > bit! > > You know, I love (and hate) these times when I am looking for my next > bike... When you find out what you want, can you tell me what I want? Thanks. -- TimC "Here, have a lutefisk. ><>" - Lupus Yonderboy |