The Kawasaki site has brackets for $180 & 40L bags for $550. They don't acknowledge it, but they,re GIVI. The brackets don't look any easier to get off than the GIVI Wingracks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Gall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 7:41 PM Subject: Re: falling prices > Hey the Kawasaki has hard bags. There is one in a shop here. > > Grant Gall > Calgary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sail Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: December 19, 2002 12:32 PM > Subject: Re: falling prices > > > > I just ran NADA reports: > > > > YAMAHA > > 1994 > > > > > > Road/Street > > Model: GTS1000AF/C GTS > > Piston Displacement (CCs): 1,003 > > Stroke: 4 > > Cylinders: 4 > > Speeds: 5 > > Dry Weight: 553 > > Low Retail: $4,860 > > Average Retail: $6,390 > > High Retail: $6,905 > > > > Sail > > > > >>> Phil Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/19 7:57 AM >>> > > Well, everyone, while doing some MSF work in a dealership late yesterday, > I > > borrowed the NADA book and checked prices on our fair mounts. Yikes! > What > > happened while I was in the kitchen fixing a ham sandwich??? > > > > Last time I looked, I recall the retail value as being up around > $7500-$8500, > > depending on which year, etc. The current official value? NADA (best > source, > > by the way) says $4000 wholesale, and about $5600 retail. > > > > I guess we should be careful what we wish for. The whole time I've been > on > > this list, everyone has bemoaned the lack of alternatives in the > sport-touring > > market, and now we have them. Honda finally figured out to put factory > luggage > > (optional) on the VFR, and reworked the ST to boot. Kawasaki figured out > that > > some of us would like a 1200cc "sporty" bike but not necessarily a "sport" > bike > > (now they just need to figure out the concept of factory luggage). Yamaha > > pissed and moaned all the way to the dealership sales counter that no one > > wanted the FJR, only to find themselves doing a Harley imitation and > selling > > bikes for hard money when those bikes don't really exist. > > > > And with alternatives on the market?? No one still wants our GTSs. Sigh. > > > > This bike has held its value so well for most of a decade, I see no other > > explanation. > > > > Phil (who used to worry about the plummeting value of his retirement > portfolio)
