Posted by :-/ on December 18, 2007, 1:35 pm
> I currently own and ride 6 running Brits. One of them is a 1954 Velocette.
> that I have owned and ridden since 1978. It is all original and has never
> been rebuilt (the Miller electrics have never worked though, thank the lord
> for the magneto)..
When did you start believing in Jebus again?
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on December 18, 2007, 1:41 pm
> >> Can you back this assertion up with any objective data?
> > Talk to the parts manager and service manager at your
> > local Kawasaki franchise.
> >> I admit that I haven't owned a model that was only imported for a couple
> >> of years
> > Neither have I. It's still being sold in Japan:
> >http://www.kawasaki-motors.com/model/w650/index.jsp
> > -=Grumbler
> A nice little bike, to be sure. I bet it would sell well in the US.
It did not.
Posted by Thumper on December 18, 2007, 5:41 pm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >> Can you back this assertion up with any objective data?
>>
>> > Talk to the parts manager and service manager at your
>> > local Kawasaki franchise.
>>
>> >> I admit that I haven't owned a model that was only imported for a
>> >> couple
>> >> of years
>>
>> > Neither have I. It's still being sold in Japan:
>> >http://www.kawasaki-motors.com/model/w650/index.jsp
>>
>> > -=Grumbler
>>
>> A nice little bike, to be sure. I bet it would sell well in the US.
> It did not.
I didn't mean then. I meant now.
When premium gasoline, in California is approaching $4.00 a gallon, and
there doesn't appear to be any motorcycles like it, available in the US
market.
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Church of Rec.Motorcycles®.
Posted by TOG@Toil on December 19, 2007, 7:10 am
> >> >> Can you back this assertion up with any objective data?
> >> > Talk to the parts manager and service manager at your
> >> > local Kawasaki franchise.
> >> >> I admit that I haven't owned a model that was only imported for a
> >> >> couple
> >> >> of years
> >> > Neither have I. It's still being sold in Japan:
> >> >http://www.kawasaki-motors.com/model/w650/index.jsp
> >> > -=Grumbler
> >> A nice little bike, to be sure. I bet it would sell well in the US.
> > It did not.
> I didn't mean then. I meant now.
> When premium gasoline, in California is approaching $4.00 a gallon, and
> there doesn't appear to be any motorcycles like it, available in the US
> market.
Fuel in the UK is the equivalent of US$10.00/gallon, and I can assure
you hardly anybody bought it here either.
Posted by Mark Olson on December 19, 2007, 8:22 am
TOG@Toil wrote:
> Fuel in the UK is the equivalent of US$10.00/gallon, and I can assure
> you hardly anybody bought it here either.
When you quote fuel price/gallon in US$, to an audience that is
accustomed to using US gallons, they are rightly going to assume
you mean US gallons. You can certainly argue the toss that the
gallons that matter are UK ones, because that's where the price
applies.
(Source Google)
1 Imperial gallon = 1.20095042 US gallons
1 US gallon = 3.7854118 liters
1 Imperial gallon = 4.54609188 liters
Today's average fuel price in UK = 1.025 GBP / liter (someunknownwebsite)
1.02500 British pounds/liter = 2.067835 U.S. dollars/liter
1 British pound = 2.0174 U.S. dollars
1.025 GBP/liter * 2.0174 US$/GBP = 2.067835 US$/liter
2.067835 US$/liter * 3.7854118 liter/US gallon = US$ 7.82760701 / US gallon
=============================================
If you insist on mixing UK gallons and US$:
2.067835 US$/liter * 4.54609188 liters / UK gallon = US$ 9.4005679 / UK gallon
So yes, not far at all from US$10 / UK gallon.
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> that I have owned and ridden since 1978. It is all original and has never
> been rebuilt (the Miller electrics have never worked though, thank the lord
> for the magneto)..