Good news from the Credit Crunch

[MR UKI (1)]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7847430.stm

NB - Although obviously good luck to the employees in finding work.

[dizzyblonde]

Im Indoors has just cackled evily at that Uki...
but of course its not good news for thsoe working there

[Biker Biggles]

Didnt they just buy MV Agusta?Serious potential for bankruptcy there.

[dizzyblonde]

yes they did. As part of it they bought Cagiva as well, which doesn't bode well. Bad enough getting the Raptor parts as it is, without HD falling flat on its face and killing them all.

[maviczap]

Didnt they just buy MV Agusta?Serious potential for bankruptcy there.

Yep I think they did too, now that would be a shame :(

[kwak zzr]

Didnt they just buy MV Agusta?Serious potential for bankruptcy there.

they should concentrate on what MV are doing they make sweeeeeet bikes.

[maviczap]

they should concentrate on what MV are doing they make sweeeeeet bikes.

+1 on that. Give up making tractors :cheers:

[kwak zzr]

yup! bin the idea of that big air cooled v twin, i'm all for v twins but man thats rough!

[dizzyblonde]

the tractors are overpriced rust buckets anyways. Their paint is worse than Suzukis finest emusion :-) Oh and their chrome, and their nuts n bolts are made out of the most corrosive metal possible.... which is why all tractor riders only come out in summer.

[Dave20046]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7847430.stm

NB - Although obviously good luck to the employees in finding work.
Harley, benelli, mv augusta, keyway (?) and probably more. Serious job losses going on :(. Infact my cousin works for benelli, could be bad news for him and his family.
Brilliant news though eh

[Dave20046]

the tractors are overpriced rust buckets anyways. Their paint is worse than Suzukis finest emusion :-) Oh and their chrome, and their nuts n bolts are made out of the most corrosive metal possible.... which is why all tractor riders only come out in summer.




I'm actually going to buy a harley davidson to bring to the hardys meet just for you dizzy :mrgreen::smt019 (Or something equally petty)

[dizzyblonde]

I was actually being serious. My sons godfather has owned three HDs. One he paid some 18 grand for. It was a 100th anniversary limited edition soemthing or another. It was absoultely gorgeous. It spent more time in a vaccum bag than it did ont road. he did 4000 miles on it, dry roads only, and the paint started falling off. Seriously. He ended up in some war with them over it, as they refused to accept liability for it...even went higher up the chain than the local dealer.
And as for the nuts n bolts, Im Indoors ended up rebuilding the dyna lowrider( the guy had before the 100th) after he got thrown off the pillion seat in the fast lane of the M62...I was quoting his words for 'the most corrosive metal possible'.;-)

The third was a purple jobbie with a Kuryakin (sp?) hyper charger thingy on it

incidently, after the bike was rebuilt, with no back brakes, my sons godfather taught me to ride that bike. It was officially the first bike I learnt to ride. Previously I had never sat on a bike, never mind turn the damn thing on 8)

oh and he had a Buell...on that thing something happened to the rear wheel on the slip road on m62. and the belt snapped on that I seem to remember. I can't remember exactly what happened to that as it was years ago, Im Indoors does though, think he fixed that one too

[yorkie_chris]

This should be good pi$$taking material next time I see one of my mates.

[dizzyblonde]

This should be good pi$$taking material next time I see one of my mates.

BTW chris I found a pic the other week with Dylan sat on that Harley outside my house....its a sight to behold. I'll show it to you when your round next week.
Matt turned it into a matt black painted ratter of sorts, unfortunately the giant apehangers got broke when they collided with the Toyota:(

[maviczap]

the tractors are overpriced rust buckets anyways. Their paint is worse than Suzukis finest emusion :-) Oh and their chrome, and their nuts n bolts are made out of the most corrosive metal possible.... which is why all tractor riders only come out in summer.





This is why there's such an industry involved in tarting these things up, you know the progs chop my ride, pimp my hog, all that kinda stuff.

I suspect its a job creation scheme between the US Govenment and HD.

If they made em pefect in the first place, there would be no Orange County Choppers :cheers:

[Tim in Belgium]

HD = Hardly Developed
Highly Despised
Hugely Disappointing
..... etc, more examples please...

[MR UKI (1)]

Huge Drop........












in profits
share price

[dizzyblonde]

Hardly Driveable
Hardy Dangerous

[yorkie_chris]

Hotal Dhit

[maviczap]

Humungous Drivers

[SoulKiss]

Hardly Doesaton

Off the HD bit

Massy Davidson

Hardly Worthitson

[wyrdness]

the tractors are overpriced rust buckets anyways. Their paint is worse than Suzukis finest emusion :-) Oh and their chrome, and their nuts n bolts are made out of the most corrosive metal possible.... which is why all tractor riders only come out in summer.


That's total BS. Mine was ridden in all weather conditions, all year round, for 7 years. It stood outside uncovered too. The paint was fine, as was most of the chrome (apart from the rocker covers).

Their build quality is actually extremely good.

[dizzyblonde]

Huge Danger......to your pocket.

Highly Dull

Hairy Dudes ride them

[dizzyblonde]

That's total BS. Mine was ridden in all weather conditions, all year round, for 7 years. It stood outside uncovered too. The paint was fine, as was most of the chrome (apart from the rocker covers).

Their build quality is actually extremely good.

No its not read my other post. Its personal experience from my sons godfather, and hes owned three. Obviously not everybody has the same experience, just as those that don't have them with the SV