Subject: Time for Retro talk!
Author: Ian Adkins
Date: Jul 10, 2000, 5:31 PM
Post ID: 1701335444
Hi All,
I like the thought of custom bikes but I have to say that if I had my choice
I would take a stock bike over a custom. Unfortunately the colour choices
weren't that good in those days and there are some awesome colours out there
that would look great on a Loopframe.
One thing I would like to submit for discussion.......What do you all think
the market would be for a retro Eldo? Do you think that we could get the
tooling set up to produce the frames and assemble the machines cost
effectively? How much would it cost to produce (say) 100 machines and what
price would be the ceiling for a retro bike? What about engines? Would the
factory let us get our claws into some engines or would we have to go out
into the parts pool?
We could build them here in Canada and ship them to the states......with the
exchange rates the bike would retail for about $3,000 after all was done :-)
Ian Adkins
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