Bizarre lack of bikes.....

[mistergixer]

Very close to my workplace is the UK (and i believe also European) headquarters of Kawasaki.

Every day, there's only ever a couple of bikes in their carpark - both, unsurprisingly Kawacrappies.

I suppose it's not surprising really, far more car owners than bikers in the UK statistically, but i find it a little strange that our office has more bikes outside it than a one of the 'big 4' bike manufacturers.
I would have thought that the staff would be a little passionate about bikes, and that they'd probably get them at a vastly reduced rate - or is it just that Kwackers are a load of old shite, and you have to pay people to own one??



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[N cee thirty]

they probs know the faults and wouldn't touch one with a barge pole
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[Villers]

They park 'em at the front but....... they fix 'em round the back!

Theres loads, you just can't see them!
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[Derivative]

Surprises me everywhere I go really, I've been to a few big head office type places and there's always 200+ cars and no bikes, unless they have some hidden lockup round the back somewhere, surely someone has a bike if even a piddly 125 to save money?

[ms51ves3]

[Derivative]

I can understand it at supermarkets and the like since yeah, you're off to do the week's shopping, bike won't do you much good unless you have shitloads of panniers.

But these places are in the middle of nowhere down some ace B-roads, come on now!

[rac3r]

Only bikes where I work
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[N cee thirty]

i got called Steve McQueen where i worked cus of my shit heap cg

they didn't mock the guy with the cbr tho D:
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[robbieguy2003]

It might just be the type of office, although you'd expect them to promote their core product a bit!

I suspect the UK kwaker office is sales/admin/marketing and as such has a lot of fluffy none bike people in it.

Think about guys doing full page adverts on a mac, running ad campaigns, organising bikes for magazines to review, organising jollies for journos, dealership management, parts management. Saying that, you'd still expect more than 2 bikes!

The firm i work for owns a rather large car company, and we certainly dont get them for free, however we do get a reduced rate. Problem with that though is the fact that their pretty expensive cars to start with.
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[warped one]

Hmm some rather tasty secretary in a pin stripe skirt and stockings riding to work on a 636.

Yes please

Tell you i'd pay to work there for a ride behind something like that.
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[londonbill]

[robbieguy2003]

[c-m]

Aren't Kawasaki based in Netherlands?

At least that is where all the parts come from. Three days to get a Cam shaft sensor to Austria.

If they offered a company bike, i'd work for them... wonder if they need any researchers, copywriters, PR managers, or online marketeers