Another thing that's really cool about bikes..

Arfdog · Crazy Courier Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Karma :

.. is that you don't get to be victimised by the manufacturers and million pound advertising campaigns. You are left to you yourself to research and decide what you want, in contrast to cars..

Very practical, and sales are obviously drivin by reputation as opposed to forced perception.

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Whosthedaddy · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Karma :

Well there were those Kawasaki ads Laughing

Speed camera

High 5

Bit more up to date and we have this with some sound effects from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

ZX6R

Not quite sure its the best way to promote a bike, but its an ad Wink

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Got satelite or cable? You may have seen this:

BBC3
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

There was the huge Red & White Honda add during the World Cup.
All the hype in the bike press is sponsored by the bike companies as are the GP races, the chicks, the leathers and the rest of it. Do not forget the product placement in Hollywood.
They advertise their tits off and they are clever at it, you never even noticed Mr. Green

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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

In a car you can get a test ride at least, I was looking to buy an MT03 and the twattybollox Yam dealers would not let me ride one before they took my wad.
I still have the wad, they can stuff the MT03.
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Visitor Q · $25 whore Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Karma :

Americans get a healthy barrage that we pay for.
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Aikman666 · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Karma :

I agree with 1930Ariel;
There is a shit load of advertising for various bikes there. Mostly in movies or games. Just off the top of my head i can think of a few movies heavily sponsored by bike companies for this exact purpose, and after watching a few i felt compelled to try the bike i saw out. Point being is that bike companies are often alot craftier at advertising whereas the car companies take the approach of bombarding you with advertising or blanket coverage to draw customers. Something that often more annoys me than intices me.
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chris___ · Brolly Dolly Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Karma :

Gotta love those Kawasaki adds!

"Fuck you,
Kawasaki is back"

Brilliant!
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nick606 · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Karma :

i love the first two lol "great way to make firends" Thumbs Up

oh and the bbc 3 one hehehe

Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

There's plenty of advertising, just not on TV like cars. Buy a bike magazine, it's chock full of various adverts and suchlike. Every company professes to have the newest biggest, fastest most powerful bike around, with the best cool factor. If anything it's worse than the car industry, because with bikes where 10 years actually makes a rather small difference between two GSXRs in terms of power etc, 10 years between Vauxhall Astras and they're unrecognisable, because there's so much more to do to a car.

Richard Green · Crazy Courier Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Karma :

Love the clips that whoesthedaddy posted , the farmer and the tractor has to be an all time classic Laughing

NSR Mick · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Karma :

That Suzuki Ad. Laughing

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_p5JbW-KnME
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Alfredo · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Karma :

Whosethedaddy, thanks for the link to the ads.

I'm fairly new to this game and only bought my fisrt bike, a ZX6R J1 as seen in this ad, last August. However, I feel that had I watched this advert prior to my purchase I may well have opted for another machine as the message in the said advert seems to be: The Kawasaki ZX6R will make you feel billious.