Your bike is ready memsahib

[mick56]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson_India

[ponch]

Tariffs are ridiculous as it's a cost that is passed on to the customer. The manufacturer doesn't care as they make just as much. On top of this, there are no motorcycle manufacturers in India that produce a competitive product, so why? It's just like BMWs are more expensive in Germany than the US because of taxes. It's crazy. There's no such thing as true free market.

[mick56]

Originally Posted by ponch

Tariffs are ridiculous as it's a cost that is passed on to the customer. The manufacturer doesn't care as they make just as much. On top of this, there are no motorcycle manufacturers in India that produce a competitive product, so why? It's just like BMWs are more expensive in Germany than the US because of taxes. It's crazy. There's no such thing as true free market.

I remember buying a bottle of *WHO HIT JOHN* in Australia for 1/3 of the price it cost me here where it's made

[ponch]

Originally Posted by mick56

I remember buying a bottle of *WHO HIT JOHN* in Australia for 1/3 of the price it cost me here where it's made

I don't know what Who Hit John is, but I am partial to Macallan, particularly the 18 year old stuff.

[mick56]

Originally Posted by ponch

I don't know what Who Hit John is, but I am partial to Macallan, particularly the 18 year old stuff.

Any bottle of whiskey that is emptied single handedly is known as *WHO HIT JOHN*

[ponch]

Originally Posted by mick56

Any bottle of whiskey that is emptied single handedly is known as *WHO HIT JOHN*

I don't drink Macallan like that. I don't drink like that at all really. If I want to get bombed, I'll get the cheap stuff, like Jack Daniels or Woodford Reserve or if I am really slumming, Jim Beam.

[Navigator]

I can buy Canadian whiskey and Canadian beer cheaper here in Washington state than in British Columbia. Yes, taxes.

[mick56]

Originally Posted by ponch

I don't drink Macallan like that. I don't drink like that at all really. If I want to get bombed, I'll get the cheap stuff, like Jack Daniels or Woodford Reserve or if I am really slumming, Jim Beam.

Around here once the lid is off it get's screwed up and dumped in the bin, no retreat and no surrender

[ponch]

Originally Posted by mick56

Around here once the lid is off it get's screwed up and dumped in the bin, no retreat and no surrender

Then Jim Beam it is!

[ponch]

Originally Posted by Navigator

I can buy Canadian whiskey and Canadian beer cheaper here in Washington state than in British Columbia. Yes, taxes.

Is it worth the trip?

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by mick56

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson_India

in 1964 I bought 1961 Harley Davidson Sprint 250 from my next door neighbor. I recently found out that Harley did not make this bike at all but that it was made by Aermacchi an Italian manufacturer and branded by Harley. My Indian was made by Royal Enfield. God knows who made my 53 Panhead. The only ones I know for sure are the japanese bikes I have owned.

(In 1960, Harley-Davidson consolidated the Model 165 and Hummer lines into the Super-10, introduced the Topper scooter,[42] and bought fifty percent of Aermacchi's motorcycle division.[42][43] Importation of Aermacchi's 250 cc horizontal single began the following year.[43][44][45] The bike bore Harley-Davidson badges and was marketed as the Harley-Davidson Sprint.[44][45] The engine of the Sprint was increased to 350 cc in 1969[43][46] and would remain that size until 1974, when the four-stroke Sprint was discontinued.)

[Top Cat]

A guy I worked with had a 1961 Harley Davidson Sprint 250.
He could wheelie that thing all across the parking lot.
Lost control on night and slid it into a bunch of I-beams
Poked a hole in the gas tank.

[mick56]

Originally Posted by OldSchool

in 1964 I bought 1961 Harley Davidson Sprint 250 from my next door neighbor. I recently found out that Harley did not make this bike at all but that it was made by Aermacchi an Italian manufacturer and branded by Harley. My Indian was made by Royal Enfield. God knows who made my 53 Panhead. The only ones I know for sure are the japanese bikes I have owned.

(In 1960, Harley-Davidson consolidated the Model 165 and Hummer lines into the Super-10, introduced the Topper scooter,[42] and bought fifty percent of Aermacchi's motorcycle division.[42][43] Importation of Aermacchi's 250 cc horizontal single began the following year.[43][44][45] The bike bore Harley-Davidson badges and was marketed as the Harley-Davidson Sprint.[44][45] The engine of the Sprint was increased to 350 cc in 1969[43][46] and would remain that size until 1974, when the four-stroke Sprint was discontinued.)

Not the luckiest of bloke's are you' have you checked the missus over lately

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by mick56

Not the luckiest of bloke's are you' have you checked the missus over lately

She is a Heinz 57 (her words).