mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Guzzi, BMW, Harley, Triumph, MZ, all the same. Notice any omissions?
Current Triumphs use common engine/gearbox lubricant. (Except possibly for the new 2.3-litre cruiser? I don't know about that one.) >One's Rubaduki might do 160mph. But it won't do it for very long unless >you spend a hell of a lot of money on maintenance. Boy, *that* ain't true! I speak from experience here - very little maintenance ever needed on mine in 65,000 miles! >Of course, once it's over five years old you get the "Can't get hold >of those any more, Sir." routine. That will be for the oil filters, >which are unique to your model.... I haven't ever had trouble getting oil filters or other parts for my 1986 Honda VFR, which is admittedly only a 150 mph bike... >Rather like digital cameras. To veer wildly on-topic. Especially in regard to the illusory need to upgrade and stay current. It your present model does what you require, only the manufacturer's marketing department can make you "need" to buy the latest and greatest. Digital cameras are indeed very much like sport bikes in both the escalation of technology and in the need to upgrade them. There are two ways you can look at either one: You can buy it for what is *is* (the latest, greatest, highest performance) or you can buy it for what it *does* (goes fast, corners and stops well or makes sharp 6-megapixel images and works with all your lenses). If you buy it for what it *is*, it'll be obsolete in a year when the next model comes out and you'll have to upgrade again to have whatever new item is now the best. But if you buy it for what it *does* you'll be happy for a long time; as long as the product, be it motorcycle or digital camera, continues to perform as it did when you first bought it. I buy products for what they do. My 1986 Honda VFR still goes as fast and corners as well as when it was new (better, actually <g>) and requires nothing more than oil changes and new tires every so often. Given the steeper improvement slope of DSLR's I don't expect to keep my ist-D quite that long, but it still performs as well as the day I bought it and I'm not concerned that it's farther from the ever-escalating cutting edge than it was when new. Get stuff for what it *does* and be happy or get stuff for what it *is* and be a slave to the marketers of the world. Choose wisely ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
