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Re: [ST] Tea bags and stuff
- Subject: Re: [ST] Tea bags and stuff
- From: "Cameron McKay" <camckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:05:09 -0700
That's not the worst way to get "T-Bagged".
Cam
'00 ST
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Smith" <ksmith955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:27 AM
Subject: [ST] Tea bags and stuff
> Andrew Bell wrote:
> Funny, I used to find tea bags hung off my handlebars.
> Got to love those HD
> people.
>
> Consider yourself to have gotten off lightly, my man.
> After all, there are far worse places to find a tea
> bag (virgin or used) secreted about the person of your
> motorcycle. Or, come to that, far worse objects to
> find on your handlebars (virgin or used, likewise).
> Need I say more?
>
> Regarding the thread about stuff in pockets - having
> seen the damage done by a mobile in an inside pocket
> (not mine, luckily)I now put everything in my tank
> bag. I used to ride with a rucksack until I heard
> about what they (or their contents) can do to you in a
> prang. The joke about the old guy who caught his
> braces (suspenders) on the wing mirror comes to mind.
> And yet they seem to be a highly touted m/c fashion
> item here in UK. Oh, yes, and tank bags are dead
> handy for carrying the remote for the company car park
> door.
>
> And that's another thing - comparative affluence. Self
> opening garages (or even garages at all!), jackets for
> $140 ... and Sprints for $8,499! That's about the
> list price in sterling!(=$11,900) Perhaps if y'all
> paid sterling equivalent prices, you might get better
> service over there? The impression I am getting from
> the list is that you guys in the US aren't getting the
> same QOS as we get in the UK. And yet you are
> generally a lot more litigious, have more advanced
> consumer protection laws and more efficient markets
> than we do. So what's that about, then? Maybe our
> guys, including, or especially Jack Lilley, do what
> they do for love and money, and US dealers do it just
> for money. Whatever, it seems a real shame that a lot
> of you aren't getting the kind of support the bikes
> deserve. Maybe something for ToA to take up?
>
> Regards
>
> Kevin (Reservoir Dawg)
> 99 ST
> London.
>
>
>
>
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