Chimay and ukrm feckwits (longish)

You're not alone.

 

<fx:bites tongue>

 

They are an aquired taste, but certainly one of the most reliable bikes
ever built. The eciloP bought them by the hundred and sold them on when
they got to 100,000 miles. Overengineered and expensive when new, but
this shows now in the numbers still running 50 years later.

The original Honda Dream was the bike that slaughtered the Britbike
industry. They were very cheap to buy and had lots of shiny stuff like
electric starters but horribly unreliable, rusted while you watched,
and had widdowmaking handling. They outsold the Britbikes purely
because they were CHEAP and Shiny. I doubt if more than a handfull
survive.

OK, the modern ones are not bad, but 50 years means that everything
has moved on. They look very pretty but they still do not have the
quality of a Beemer or a Hawg.

 

Figures, overpowered bikes are a sure sign of sexual inadequacy.

 

*boggle*

 

snip>

They outsold British bikes because they were better than them in every
way.

This last paragraph has just condemned you to being labeled an idiot
whatever else you choose to post on the subject of motorbikes.

 

Dunno what Honda Dream you're on about, but the one sold in the UK in
the 1970s was a pile of shite, with looks to match, and was only
around for a couple of years befrore being replaced by the equally
appaling Superdream.

You may, of course, be referring to the Cx7n models of the late
50s/early 60s, but they didn't slaughter anything and were very low
sales items compared with the brit stuff of the time.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10
`\\ | //'
`\|/`
`

 

Heh. I missed that, as it happens. Another one for the virtual 'ignore
the twat' file.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10
`\\ | //'
`\|/`
`

 

That's better.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
Off-Road Classifieds

'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

You want to eat SD'd testicles?

 

Maybe he just wants to watch, and provide some company.

 

You obviously never had one after the warranty ran out.
They were good for 20,000 miles at best before things started going
rather wormy.

 

See this bit you snipped?

But they didn't "slaughter the britbike industry" either.
--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10
`\\ | //'
`\|/`
`

 

They rusted out and just about everything mechanical wore out.
Easier to ask what problems they did NOT have.

If the LE could reliably do over 100,000 miles I would expect a Jap
bike to do at least half that before becoming a basket case.
There are very good reasons why none of the early Jap bikes are still
around in quantities commensurate with the number sold, in many cases
none survive.

 

Who is this idiot?
He missed out "with 10 engine rebuilds"

 

Was that one racing at Chimay with a CB200 tank?

 

Aha
*plonk*

 

We've done this before. Basically, the Brits built bikes that were
unreliable for decades.

 

Actually, the original CB72/77 were about the same price as Brit 500
when launched. Way more expensive than a Brit 250.

You doubt wrong.

So, having proved you know sweet FA, what are you going to do for an
encore?

 

About as many as I see Britbikes of the same age with original chrome.