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killa Won't Shut Up
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Posted: 13:29 - 17 Apr 2018 Post subject: Classic bike opportunity |
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One of my best friends works for a local classic vehicle showroom, in their events and marketing position.
They buy and sell prestige classic cars mainly but there is a small selection of classic bikes. The owners don’t know much about them, I don’t think anyone there rides them either. From what I've seen there is everything from 80’s Suzuki’s, MV’s and a Lambo bike!
There is a possibility for a position in test riding and then giving the machine a write up, for the purposes to advertise. Like a review but to give potential owners an idea of what the bike is actually like.
I’m due to meet them soon but would like to put together a proposal of what I could offer. As I write for an automotive section on a website currently, I know I have that down, although the tone would have to be, a little more reserved. Anyways, just putting this out there in case some of you have ideas on what I should include. ____________________ Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 13:54 - 17 Apr 2018 Post subject: |
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I'd probably want to put a bit about how they were regarded and what niche they filled when they first came out.
See if you can find an old copy or two of used motorcycle giude for a no-holds-barred oppinion. What made them unique/special/different.
So like if you had a GPZ900R, you'd want to mention it being the first production bike to hit 150mph out of the box, and about it looking like the one Tom cruise rides in Top Gun (although most people now think it was probably a 750R in an attempt to make him look like less of a shortarse). ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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How easy it is to get spares/owners club support and highlighting what are the non standard mods/improvements. ____________________ "intelligent inattention is preferable to unintelligent tinkering"
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 18:09 - 18 Apr 2018 Post subject: |
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Like Stinkers suggests, most people who buy Classic Bikes etc. are obviously interested in the history of the vehicle.
If you can find any 'obscure' detail of the machine's pedigree and life story or even the easy to find history it would be of some help.
I bought two BSAs a few years ago, I ha nothing to go on apart from some of the information the chap who sold me them gave me. He knew all about the bikes and had 'restored' them both himself.
I enjoyed digging up the scattered details to fill in the gaps in the bike's histories.
The older bike is a 1957 and one of a few of the very last Pre-Unit BSAs the 'younger' bike was 1964 and was one of the first to have engine and gearbox as one 'unit' (Post Pre-Unit )
There are some interesting mechanical sophistications or simplifications involved in a machine's development that could be mentioned too.
Both my BSAs have double seats as standard.
My 1957 has provision to fit a single saddle though.
Digging deeper into the history I found that there were single saddle models made but only for police and armed forces. And those bikes will be very rare. Perhaps the fact that they were a popular bike and lots were made meant they were simply junked when no longer needed. Where a Brough Superior was expensive to buy so possibly worth keeping when no longer used.
(I modificateded mine to the single saddle. To the untrained eye mine now looks similar to the Brough Superior. From not too close up though. )
You could sign up to the clubs and gain information from them.
I guess if you also gave mention of the clubs for prospective new owners in your notes the clubs probably would not feel too bad about you spreading their words. I would not have a clue on copyrighting on that front. I leave that to you. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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stevo as b4 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 20:29 - 20 Apr 2018 Post subject: |
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My take is that someone that's really into the classic bike scene already knows about and has read all about the models they are into.
I think if I was a 250LC pervert who'd always seen them around but never had one back in the day, I'd be a bit patronised by someone saying '' Way back in 1982 this bike was crazy, and a total hooligan animal, and especially if you then mention that a modern 500cc twin would kick it's arse silly and now it's a spindly fragile poorly braked mess of a bike''
I think if your going to do history of a bike then you need to make it specific to the actual machine your testing and reporting on. People love a good story and provenance. Its king in the antique world and can add alot of value and interest.
So if you said for example '' This particular bike was raced for two years in the Pro am series, then converted to a road bike and crashed three times, blown up at Santa Pod after running a 14.86 second pass, or ridden round the private estate by Lord blogs etc'' that's what people want to hear.
I've read all about the old classics I want to own, ride or restore. So the MCN tests, magazine features, performance data and reviews I've all seen already. I don't want to be told how heavy or smooth or fast say a Z1300 is now today, I just want to experience it for myself. |
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Posted: 10:09 - 21 Apr 2018 Post subject: |
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Although I would strongly referr you to my earlier post linking to an ammusing scene involving Nicholas Cage in a classic Ferrari dealers to see the OTHER sort of person who goes to a classic vehicle dealership.
I'd imagine most enthusiastic 2-stroke perfverts would obtain a bike either very much "in house" or from a vehicle auction rather than a dealers.
If I wanted a 250LC I'd be joining all the enthusiast forums I could find and keeping an eye out at the catalogue for likes of Stafford, maybe a word in the ear of some of those guys importing container loads of fucked shite from the US. A dealers is the last place I'd think of going to. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 6 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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