[Jubbie]

My Dad tells a semi related but ture story...

He was out riding his 77' BMW R100RS in the city when a guy behind him in a brand new BMW car was flashing his lights and honking at him. Dad thought that there must be something wrong with the bike, so he pulled over to check it out. The guy in the BMW pulled over to and came up to talk to Dad.

The guy was so upset that my father had put thoes BMW badges on a Honda Goldwing. It took some time, and a level of self control, to explain to the guy that BMW makes motorcycles and had since the 1920's. He had to show the guy the BMW markings on the Speedometer and in the owners manual, before the guy would accept that his fine motor car had decended from dirty motor bikes.

The guy had a final question for dad. He asked "well are the bikes REAL EXPENSIVE?"

Some guys like to spend money on things to make them look powerful, sexy, or rich. Some guys like to spend thier money tearing down great engineering devices and figure out how to keep them working or make them work better. Some day this fourm will be full of guys tearing down 996 engines to make them better, but we will have to wait till Porsche makes the 1356 model.