> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/09 Thu PM 12:51:50 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: This morning's shoot > > 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 ;-)
I think you can include that in the quotes list. Any seconders? > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
