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Raleigh's New Burner
Sparky24:
what would be the chances that raleigh would do a replica working with dc & kashimax . i know it would cost , but would be nice to kick start them in making mx1000 and aero;s. this new stuff is crap , nos prices getting out of control :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain:
dwain dibbly:
i think the last thing we need is more replica stuff ::) ::)
beard1973:
Impossible... the cost of all the tooling to be remade would not be recoverable from the sale of the bikes... It was looked into at the time of the TAP07 and the costs were just not practical.
The tooling alone for a Kashimax Aero came in at £4k..... little did Raleigh know that Kashimax would be re-releasing the Aero this year.... ;D ;D as for Dia-Compe re-tooling for the MX1000/900's... would the demand justify the cost??? its not just a case of knocking out a few hundred sets.... for this kind of manufacturing to be justifiable you are talking about 1000's of pieces being retooled and remanufactured.
I know the TAP07 has taken a battering in some quarters... but the F&F's are 'quality'!!! and throw into that a set of BRAND NEW Tuffs... and all of a sudden the £250 is not that bad... Yes it has Tektro brakes.... as do dozens of other NEW bikes... MirraCo's, Haro's... etc etc...
I agree the seat, bars & Crankset were below par... but anyone wanting to use the bike seriously would instantly swap those anyway...
People have moaned about the price tag.... Do you have any idea how much the bike would have had to retail at, had Raleigh pushed for 'every' component to be remanufactured... they would have sold half a dozen bikes!!!!!
magna13:
Beard, I Love The Burners As You Must Know But I Think £250 For The Team Is Resonable But £250 For The Super Tuff And Mag, Well It Just Seems A Bit Pricey For Those 2. What Do You Think??
Zak
beard1973:
--- Quote from: magna13 on March 23, 2008, 04:35 PM ---Beard, I Love The Burners As You Must Know But I Think £250 For The Team Is Resonable But £250 For The Super Tuff And Mag, Well It Just Seems A Bit Pricey For Those 2. What Do You Think??
Zak
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Whats the difference???? PAINT!!!!
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