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From: Vito on 7 Nov 2009 04:18 "Sean_Q_" <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote in message news:hd0c68$n1s$1(a)aioe.org... | Rob Kleinschmidt wrote: | > http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/ | | Why do the classic Brit retro bikes have to be so bloated? | Electric starters.
From: pat on 7 Nov 2009 06:46 Rob Kleinschmidt wrote: >'A 'alf litre ain't enough.It don't satisfy. Orwell could've gone on to write: ".. and don't get me started on the yankee pint. S'even less than a 'alf litre. Not a natural amount." :)
From: Beav on 7 Nov 2009 07:04 "S'mee" <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:a55a9cd4-3737-4820-a344-4c19cda6e080(a)g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com... On Nov 5, 1:54 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> wrote: > http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/ >You sir are a very, very bad man. 8^) Let's not mention the bike that >is nominally coming out was designed by americans. ;^) Not that it was based on a design done in the 50's by some Brit blokes :-) -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
From: Beav on 7 Nov 2009 07:07 "BrianNZ" <brian(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote in message news:4af384d1(a)news.orcon.net.nz... > Rob Kleinschmidt wrote: >> On Nov 5, 5:02 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: >>> Rob Kleinschmidt wrote: >>>> On Nov 5, 3:19 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: >>>>> Rob Kleinschmidt wrote: >>>>>> http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/ >>>>> Of course they don't show the prices!! >>>> I think about $18K. >>> $US ? thats not bad! >> >> http://www.southbaynorton.com/ > > > Nice. They are only 'made to order' rather than a production motorcycle.? > Not a bad bike for under 30k $NZ....Ohlins, carbon fibre goodies, > brembo....and it's air cooled. real 'old school'. Apart from the Ohlins, the Brembo's and the carbon fibre goodies, I'd agree :-) -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
From: Beav on 7 Nov 2009 07:09
"Datesfat Chicks" <datesfat.chicks(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:EvCdnUvMKNEi5m7XnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > "Rob Kleinschmidt" <Rkleinsch1216128(a)aol.com> wrote in message > news:36a60ab1-c09d-4296-956e-f1ad9d48f5e2(a)t11g2000prh.googlegroups.com... >> http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/ > > Why would anyone buy one, especially the Commando SE. > > You've got a 2009 motorcycle apparently assembled from spare junkyard > parts styled to look like it was assembled in 1979 from spare junkyard > parts. Why? You really have NO idea, do you? > > And who rates power in P.S.? That is a unit I had to look up. Why? Because someone just KNEW that you didn't know what P.S. was. > > The Norton website boasts of the analog styled instruments. Why? > > Air cooled? Why? > > I'm lost. What is the allure? If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand the answer. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |