| Author | Message | ||
     Mr_grumpy |
Well it was a good riding day today, took out the TT to ride some of the col's, & in between times drop in to the HD dealers near Lausanne who, I saw on a local Buell forum, were having an open weekend. Met a couple of Swiss Bueller's, one with a 12S & one with an XT, apart from them, lot's of "Look at me!" types & acres of chrome & loud pipes. They had 4 Buells for sale, A used black Uly, 2 unregistered 1125R's, & a black '01 X1 with very low mileage & shiny PMs, but other than that bog stock. The 1125s were either side of the X1 & carrying price tags of 12,900 CHF, that's near enough 14000 dollars. I was stunned, but then I looked at the Tuber & nearly choked, got a few looks when I started laughing & got the phone out to take a shot of the ticket. Here it is.  Now I know the ole greenback isn't exactly the strongest currency in the world these days, but WTF? a 10 yr old used tuber for $14,650? & that's with a rebate!!! I asked if they'd had much interest & was told no but the season's early yet. I told the Harley guy that if he could sell it at that price to let me know & I'd supply him with as many as he wants & we'll split the difference. He gave me that look that Harley salesmen keep specially for Buell riders. I returned to my filthy unwashed TT & left, to return home the pretty way via St Cergue & Col de la Faucille. A good day. | ||
| Theshue |
for those of us that don't know with the current exchange rate from euro to usd from igoogle 14500 = 20427.60 13500 = 19018.80 | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
No that's Swiss Francs, (CHF) which is worth about a dollar & eight cents at the moment. Not Euro. Switzerland, isn't part of the EC. Means I have to clear customs in the rig every trip. | ||
| Moxnix |
Expensive? To quote Ogri, back in the day, "Great weepin' d***s!" | ||
| Crusty |
"Honest, honey; I know I promised to sell it, but nobody wants to buy it!" | ||
| Theshue |
my bad Mr. grumpy, my lack of language ability when i first read the sign i thought German, then i clicked your profile, saw France, and assumed the Euro. so it works out to ~15800 ~14600 still ridiculous | ||
| Brumbear |
You could always buy a vintage WWII French Army rifle instead. Aint never been fired and only dropped once  sorry I had to | ||
| Brumbear |
BTW isn't it 1203 CC displacement? | ||
| Xblaw |
Those are Swiss cc's. The metric value is down in Swizzerlund. | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
LOL! | ||
| Brumbear |
what the Hell is jantes chromees sounds like a dirty name | ||
| Theshue |
what the Hell is jantes chromees sounds like a dirty name Chrome rims | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
what the Hell is jantes chromees sounds like a dirty name Chrome rims Yeah, he's a gay porno actor from Quebec.  |
