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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 18:18:00 GMT
Strange but quick question- can anyone remember way back when you were looking, poking, prodding your hearts desire in the Honda showrooms of the late 70's/early 80's- were the bikes PDI'd and essentially "live". Were the batteries connected, oil added, ready for use? Or were they just assembled out of the crate for showroom use....
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Post by stevegbr on Aug 25, 2014 18:25:29 GMT
when i bought my cb250rs brand new. i had to wait two days before i could have it. they said it had to be assembled and checked.
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Post by greybeard on Aug 25, 2014 19:11:35 GMT
From what I can remember, my SD was ready to go from the off.
HGB's of Ruislip had a whole batch of pre-registered 250's waiting for buyers because of the new 250 laws, so they were discounted to £795 all in.
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Post by davefirestorm on Aug 26, 2014 6:08:14 GMT
1977 bought new CB550F2 had to wait week after ordering to collect on August 5th,on collection instead of the blue one I'd ordered a horrible browny one was waiting for mem.Was told when it was being pdi'd after assembly mechanics mixed tanks up and put wrong tank on mine,was sorted on 1st service correct colour
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 7:17:56 GMT
Thanks for the info- safe to say then that the bikes in the showroom were just put together to display, then one from a crate usually assembled and PDI'd for the eager owner......
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Post by davefirestorm on Aug 26, 2014 7:45:15 GMT
Yes I believe that's how they did it,I remember local Honda dealer used to assemble bikes from the crates in a car park from a lock up near their shop
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Post by scania on Aug 31, 2014 21:47:34 GMT
All I know is that I recently walked into a Honda motorcycle showroom and I quickly turned around and walked out, nearly all their latest bikes look S**t !
Honda are now at the bottom of my list if I was ever getting a new bike.
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Post by davefirestorm on Sept 1, 2014 5:46:52 GMT
I found with a new Fireblade I bought not too long ago the famous Honda quality was not so good paint thin and build quality no better than competition,now my VFR's were a differnt kettle of fish they were beauts and still are if buying an old one
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