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Electraglider_1997
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 06:10 pm: |
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http://195.224.59.217/news/archives_2000/news_deta ils.asp?id=5660 |
Florida_lime
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 06:33 pm: |
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37% is more than a blip on the radar ! |
Firstbatch
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 06:48 pm: |
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Sure would be nice to know the unit sales #'s.....Europe dwarfs the US market in total unit sales for moto's....... |
Hoon
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 07:52 pm: |
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UK bike sales are doing well in general (and have done for a while). It's partly down to the congestion charging which is being introduced to city centres (bikes go free as they don't block the roads) and partly because in October '08 the test requirements to get a motorcycle license are being made more difficult. So there's a rush of people trying to get a bike license before it becomes harder,which is the other area where the increased sales come from. (I personally don't think it'll be that much harder and it'll be a good thing 'cos people will have a better understanding of safe bike control-the changes to the test include hazard avoidance and other skills which will have to be mastered before going out on the road. Some of the commuters and scooter riders in London are in need of better training 'cos they ride like idiots sometimes.) |
Johnboy777
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 08:03 pm: |
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37%...? What does that work out to with the exchange rate here in the states? Let's see (1 to 1.96800) ... so 37% in the UK is like 72.816% here, right? Wow! . |
Bigkuri
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 08:03 pm: |
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Quote: "Some of the commuters and scooter riders in London are in need of better training 'cos they ride like idiots sometimes." Hoon, you are a master of understatement! Most of the scooter riders need locked up before they kill themselves. I wince at least 3 times each day when commuting.. Today was a EB500 (which is usully mega-experienced courier material) and a good old Aprila scooter with loud exhaust... |
Ft_bstrd
| Posted on Friday, January 18, 2008 - 08:50 pm: |
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Don't tell Rocket. We'll have to put him on death watch. |
Bearly
| Posted on Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 02:25 pm: |
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That's for sure FTbstrd |