[The_AirHawk]

Those who buy "common sense" bikes tend to hang on to 'em for awhile, and are skeptical of the latest, greatest thing. Those people are out there, and they DO buy bikes, but not a new one every 2 or 3 years - rather a new one every 7 to 10 years.........



A minority in the moto-community, to be sure.



Manufacturers build what sells, and pieces of A$$-Jewelry and Boy-Race'A bikes are what sell the most right now.

 

[The_AirHawk]

5, 5 - Do I hear Five!?



Wegotta Five!



Gonna Seven-fiddy, Seven-fiddy, Seven-fiddy



Hup!



Sold to the Gentlemen on the ZX6 for Two-Hundred Dollaz..................!!!!!!

 

[The_AirHawk]

Re: INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT report the True Cost of Gas

Say, what html are you guys using to embed a link in text, or make a hyperlink active on this bulletin board? (As above)

This one seems to defy me for some reason, I must be doing something wrong here.

Thanks!

 

[The_AirHawk]

Re: GO TO THE HONDA, KAW, SUZUKI, and YAMAHA (STAR) SITES

Yamaha FZ6, FZ1; Honda 599, 919; Suzuki Wee-Strom and Vee-Thurmond...........

 

[The_AirHawk]

Re: INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT report the True Cost of Gas

But the interstate system is a massive subsidy to the trucking industry. Rail is cheaper by far.

Perhaps you'd like to pay my Rail Bill sometime, see just *HOW* far it is cheaper, eh?

When you ship by Rail, there are OTHER costs besides the direct price to transport your heavy-goods in bulk. One of the Big, *BIG* downsides is - You are utterly at the mercy of the Railroad's Whim - you anger your freightmaster, for whatever petty reason, you don't get your grain on time.

You then idle your Mills, cooling your heels (and your employees as well) while you wait 3 days for the local freight to set a line of cars that's been "in town" for 4 days, - the whole time you're paying demurrage charges of $100/day per car...........

Yeah, it's cheaper. /sarcasm

 

[The_AirHawk]

Re: INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT report the True Cost of Gas

Not necessarily, I'm just pointing-out that there are other costs to rail besides the direct shipping-charges.

To handle more than one or two cars, you have to have your own spur - at roughly $100k per 1/4-mile of track, that is a BIG up-front cost - before you ever receive your first car (not to mention the cost of the LAND you have to obtain before you can set the track.........). With most bulk-users (such as a large feed mill) having a 4-7 mile-long spur, it adds up quickly.

If somebody has already absorbed the up-front costs - great, good for them. But how are you going to distribute from your rail-terminal to each of your locations (assuming that you're not the end-user at the terminal location)?

Heavy Trucks.

Who's going to unload the boxcars, and then warehouse your goods, then break them up and re-load them on a truck for distribution? That stuff doesn't move itself around.

Not to mention this takes TIME to process this stuff.

As much as I detest Mal~Wart, I have to admit they certainly have a handle on cross-docking operations, and Just-In-Time warehousing and distribution operations. Their biggest reason for their success is this, and this alone - let your supplier be your warehouse, and send your order of 10,000,000 left-handed widgets to you one bite at a time.