Would think that there are enough of the originals still left to fill the need.....besides, I'm not sure I want to start seeing Loopframe clones...:-)
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Otis <lo-@dotis.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 8:34 AM Subject: Re: Time for Retro talk!
At 05:31 PM 7/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
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.
I'll agree with that, the black is cool, but everyone has it, the white is cool, but not my thing, the red SUCKS, this is why i transgress on this
area.
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?
I think it would be cool, but how would we get past the EPA, braking requirements, new electrical requirements, (ie; safety and kill switches) all of these would require re-engineering, especially EPA. One way would
be
to make the parts only and the end user could assemble?
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
------------------------------------------------------------ Sounds very cool to me!!!!
I know that many think we sould preserve the loopframes as original, but just think........if they caught on as customs there would be spin-offs........clones made by other companys........I can see it now -
the
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