I wonder how many EBR 1190s were actually sold here in NZ, considering how much they are priced.
Obviously you haven't seen their retail prices.Originally Posted by Edbear
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I wonder how many EBR 1190s were actually sold here in NZ, considering how much they are priced.
Obviously you haven't seen their retail prices.
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My guess is none.
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Remind me never to get you to go and collect my beef vindaloo.....beef curry from the Chinese isn't near enough
haha yea so true
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His road bikes are way way over priced man, that alone is a good start to a failure
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LOL in three words you just offended the two biggest populatons on the planet. Just as well they don't read KB?
And bluninja, you've probably got a better chance of getting a beef curry from a Chinese hash foundry?
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My feeling, without having investigated too closely, is that they were trying to compete in a market segment that was too small to start with and already over subscribed with competition.
In the USA they buy Harleys and fast Jap bikes at reasonable prices.
Everywhere else people buy Ducati and Jap bikes.
The EBRs were ugly, under-performing in the segment and overpriced for the segment, therefore unlikely to compete.
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Yeah, I know they're not cheap, but then how has he priced them? Is it at the upper level deliberately or simply that he can't produce them cheaply enough by having a high percentage US component?
Harley's US % component is quite low by comparison.
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Upper level with the view to claiming many many many USA Buyers, but as said above, they are way over the top price wise in the first place in the USA market place compared to other proven brands.
Bogeyman
It's almost a handicap.
The prices here weren't too bad. Less than a Panagale, similar to a SDR, and off the floor competitive with both.
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I recently rode the RX. It went like a raped ape! It was 31k and the SX was 28k.
Sad.
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Bogeyman
Aye, me also. Not that I was ever going to fit one, but I could easily have bought an SX.
They'd obviously gone after HP with the 1190, and it's a remarkable engine but I actually preferred the flexibility of the 1125. The SDR's 1290 is more like the 1125, writ larger.
It's also somewhat less cramped on me old knees and a little less manic in the steering.
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Shouldn't have stopped making 2 strokes. Heck maybe he should have tooled up again. That would be a Unique Selling Point. May have had to call some hits or paid out the emissions Nazis, but you know?
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