Ha ha ... I beg to differ!!!! That is my bike at
www.elasticbrand.com/ducati/ The story... Brought it new.. bailed rather than going under a 17.5ton truck... insurance paid out in full, as it was deemed beyond economical repair (which was a laugh, but ultimately to my advantage!)... (£4.5k for the bike + some injury monies for good measure) brought the bike back off the insurance company for... wait for it... £100...
got a Superbike front end for £300....
Made all the fairings myself (total £250 including lamps, and paint which I sprayed my self also)...
frame check and alignment £250 Total rebuild / customisation cost £900 + £100 for the insurance and lets add in £500 for good measure for bits and bob's... that's £1500 for a bike.. all MoT'd and street legal!
Take into acount that the insurance also paid me in full £4.5k which means that they are paying me £3k to ride the thing!...
so in summary the bike in question cost me ...
Nothing.. Nought.. Zero.. Nil ... Diddley squat !!!!!
Well chuffed!.. so that completely throws your theory out of the window
Maybe I was lucky? Maybe I was unlucky for broken wrists and a smashed bike?
But you definately can't judge a book by it's cover!
phillc said:
"While I'm inclined to agree with psychlist that spending stupid amounts of money may not be the answer, just because a 748/998 would be cheaper doesn't mean I necessarily want one.
For example, I think this looks great but is probably overcapitalised -
http://www.elasticbrand.com/ducati/ [Edited on 20-7-2003 by Simon_London]
[Edited on 21-7-2003 by Simon_London]