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Originally Posted by Threewheelbonnie
A good read. Thank you for posting.
As someone riding a 2017 Bullet I don't get the twin. There is nothing to differentiate it from the Guzzi V7 which having owned one I will say is just as badly made and will cost the same but is a known quantity.Bonnevilles (also had an early one) cost more, go better ,need a third of the servicing and are better made.
If it had a kick start or tubeless tyres or something it would make more sense.
The Bullet won me over compared to Chinese SR400 clones because the parts chain is clearer and established. If I wanted 100mph I think I'd buy the Triumph. In India the price difference will of course be massive.
Andy
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For sure, pricing is only slightly related to the cost of production, but you know that.
After importation etc etc, any RE bike will be about twice the price in the UK, or anywhere else in a so called 1st world country, compared with the price in India.
e.g. the Himalayan - the date of import keeps being put back - is priced at least twice the price of one in India; there is no reason why that shouldn't be the case - someone will buy them.
It's quite possible that the twin is something of a "vanity" project for the CEO - he was enthusiastic in his BBC interview.
RE may be trying to get into the retro bike thing that is going on at present (turning BMW airheads into "bobbers" and the new CCM Spitfire et al).
viz;-
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Dave
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