[ST] M/C marque-specific duct tape

[Mike Montville <mjmontville@xxxxxxxxx>]

An amusing read, forwarded from the Speed Triple list...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Palazzolo [mailto:zolo996@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:51 PM
> Subject: [speed3] Motorcycle specific Duct tape
> 
> This universal fixit material is available in many flavors for a
> variety of applications.  Best to get the model specific type.  
> Although manufacturing costs are pretty much the same for each
> brand, about $0.10/roll, retail price varies according to marque-  
> specificity:
> 
> Yamaha, blue--always leaders in quirky innovation, their tape is at
> the leading edge of technology and design using time-tested 
> engineering.  $2.25/roll.
> 
> Suzuki, yellow--a bit chintzy and prone to undiagnosable
> performance issues, because they share development costs with 
> Kawasaki, they nevertheless make a competitive product to a price
point. $1.99/roll 
> 
> Kawasaki, green--A very verformance oriented tape forgoing any
> semblance of finesse for brute strength.  If it wasn't for the
day-> glo green color, everyone would use it.  $1.98/roll 
> 
> Honda, red--Stealing the best ideas of others, and overengineering
> to a fault, their conservative, technically superior tape is oddly
> not very exciting.  It does not exceed any of the other tapes in 
> any one performance category, yet oddly wins magazine comparisons,
> surely not due to their huge advertising budget.  Their mystique 
> means that they can charge $2.99/roll and get away with it.
> 
> Ducati, red--Outsourced to the same manufacturer as Honda's tape,
> you pay $10.95/roll because the packaging has "Ducati" plastered 
> all over it. They take pride in having invented it--Duc Tape--
> although their native manufacturing facilities eventually closed 
> after a dozen rounds of buy-outs and governemnt bail-outs.
> 
> Harley-Davidson, black or orange--Outsourced to a pacific rim
> manufactuer but designed in the good ol' US of A, patriotism bears
> a price.  $9.99 for Factory endorsed black, or $19.95 for the
> Screamin' Eagle orange upgrade.  They also sell Buell tape in blue
> or white, but they don't like to admit it.
> 
> Triumph, british racing green--This classic stuff is waterproof to
> a fault, although known to fail for no good reason.  The more 
> modern version is as boring as its Japanese rivals.  Aspiring to
> euro-status, this tape will set you back $4.99.
> 
> BMW, grey--"We make it our way and you will like it, swine!" Basic,
> boring grey color is accentuated by weighing way too much.  
> Engineering gimmicks aside, this is a stout tape that will last a 
> lifetime.  Price?  A teutonic $14.95 
> 
>



		
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