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Offline Tony Two Times

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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2016, 03:49:16 pm »
..........Which coincidentally is why I mostly like old stuff - bikes, cars, furniture. Time has a nice way of sorting the historical wheat from the chaff.

The hard part is when people don't get it and you take the time to try to explain why "new" is not the same as "better" by default. But I get around that now by just ignoring it for the most part.

In reality it's just that the psychology of marketing has succeeded I guess.
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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2016, 05:24:28 pm »

Offline James Lee

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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #17 on: November 02, 2016, 05:27:14 pm »
Its happening in the RC car scene right now,Tamiya,Kyosho and team asoociated all reproducing old car kits for the guys that couldn't afford them as a kid,they sell like hot cakes but then again most people can afford to spend under $500 to relive their childhood.

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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2016, 07:49:57 pm »
I wonder if triumph Australia is that high bidder?
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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #19 on: November 02, 2016, 08:01:59 pm »
Norvil in England builds new old style Nortons. They have a three year waiting list.
Of course they should.

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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #20 on: November 03, 2016, 11:27:05 am »
The factory's, like us, wish they hadn't thrown away the patterns/molds etc for some of the old models.

If they had all the gear, I wonder how hard it would be to pump out a few brand new RM125Ts.

Offline jimson

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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2016, 05:42:21 pm »
I feel if you could freely put your hands onto a classic, it would lose the cool side of having it.I like old things, always have done. To me they just have more character. Even driving through a new area & seeing new houses it's all wrong, cars, bikes, houses even dare I say people are becoming to bla bla bla lol old school is the best school BUT you have to be realistic as well, imagine having a builder come build your house making the frames onsite with a hammer & nails lol jimson
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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2016, 08:43:50 pm »
they still make xp falcons in argentina...cant see too many people rushing to get one

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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #23 on: November 04, 2016, 12:39:57 pm »
they still make xp falcons in argentina...cant see too many people rushing to get one
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Re: Should the factories reproduce classics?
« Reply #24 on: November 04, 2016, 02:32:47 pm »
I wonder if triumph Australia is that high bidder?
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