Comparing Bikes To Other Vehicles

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Litespeed=Porsche

    Cos I have both......... :wink:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    In that case Litespeed = Fiat Cinquecento (well, the new 500)
    Look = Volvo.
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    downfader wrote:
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    downfader wrote:
    Oh and Lambo's are flaming horrible cars. Ugly in every respect. The old Ferrari Tessarossa (the "Magnum" one), my god I hate that car too. The F430 and Enzo are sweeeeet though, even the Ariel Atom come to think of it.

    Magnum drove a 308 not a TESTAROSSA. SchoolGIRL errors DF. Im shocked mate :shock: see how shocked I am?

    :shock: Matchbox Toys lied to me! I have one in the loft I think from when I was a kid...and it was a year after Magnum finished that the testa came out. :oops:

    I have just realised how much my anorak suits me :oops:
    dmclite wrote:
    Litespeed=Porsche

    Cos I have both......... :wink:

    Ficking show off winker :x :wink:
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Orbea - SEAT?

    Casati - Maserati?
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  • guilliano
    guilliano Posts: 5,495
    Apollo = Lada?

    Falcon = Kia
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  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    De Rosa - Alfa Romeo?
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Orange = Land Rover
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    How about Raliegh = MG ? Once admired, now trying to recover a reputation.
    The older I get the faster I was
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    Stone Glider wrote:
    How about Raliegh = MG ? Once admired, now trying to recover a reputation.

    Thats all UK car firms isnt it? :lol:
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    No, British Leyland didn't even bother trying :D
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Ficking show off winker

    OOhh Stewie Griffin, you are nasty, jealous, non?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    NapoleonD do you have a new 500, they are sweet wee motors 8)
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    NapoleonD wrote:
    No, British Leyland didn't even bother trying :D

    My uncle had a Morris Marina. I even drove it around a private car park when I was about 11. :lol: It was a peice of crap, LOL, he had a fair few Basil Faulty moments with it. :lol:
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    My late brother-in-law had a Morris Marina, it had the heaviest clutch I have ever tried. I reckon that regular driving of that monster hastened his end.

    I was thinking that the MG is Chinese now, like a lot of our bikes. :?
    The older I get the faster I was
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    Stone Glider wrote:
    My late brother-in-law had a Morris Marina, it had the heaviest clutch I have ever tried. I reckon that regular driving of that monster hastened his end.

    I was thinking that the MG is Chinese now, like a lot of our bikes. :?

    Bike frames are mostly made inTaiwan arent they? I thought, although it was ruled by China that it was still classed as a different country as with Tibet..?
  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    I always used to claim that Rolls-Royce was the Jack Taylor tandem of the motor car world.

    Mind you, that was when we had a Jack Taylor and I worked for Rolls-Royce (though not the car company :) )

    Geoff
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  • rally200
    rally200 Posts: 646
    Bianchi = Alfa - you can use it as every day transport, quite fast but not a real sports car, over priced a little maybe, but what the hell, it looks pretty, I'd rather have one than a Ford.
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    rally200 wrote:
    Bianchi = Alfa - you can use it as every day transport, quite fast but not a real sports car, over priced a little maybe, but what the hell, it looks pretty, I'd rather have one than a Ford.

    Nah - in Italy Bianchi are like Raleigh. So I would say Bianchi = Fiat. I posted before that I think De Rosa = Alfa Romeo
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  • whydoesitalwaysrainonme
    whydoesitalwaysrainonme Posts: 532
    You're going to think wtf at first but i'd compare trek to ford, simply because they are a big industrial american company and they cater all the way from low end (ford fiesta) to high end (Mustang, GT).
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  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    whydoesitalwaysrainonme wrote:
    You're going to think wtf at first but i'd compare trek to ford, simply because they are a big industrial american company and they cater all the way from low end (ford fiesta) to high end (Mustang, GT).

    Agree and that should make Specialized the GM, Cannondale Chrysler and GT Jeep
    Norfolk, who nicked all the hills?

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  • whydoesitalwaysrainonme
    whydoesitalwaysrainonme Posts: 532
    I'd say dorel is the Gm, owning some really big brands (cannondale, mongoose GT Schwinn)
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  • Lysander
    Lysander Posts: 349
    What kind of car would a Condor be? They are made in Italy but are very much a British brand. Perhaps a Zagato styled Aston Martin.

    Passoni=Pagani Zonda

    De Rosa=Alfa Romeo, Not the most technically advanced but you just can't help but love them.
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    Lysander wrote:
    What kind of car would a Condor be? They are made in Italy but are very much a British brand. Perhaps a Zagato styled Aston Martin.

    Passoni=Pagani Zonda

    De Rosa=Alfa Romeo, Not the most technically advanced but you just can't help but love them.

    Condor= Ginetta?
    Norfolk, who nicked all the hills?

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  • rally200
    rally200 Posts: 646
    Chip \'oyler wrote:
    rally200 wrote:
    Bianchi = Alfa - you can use it as every day transport, quite fast but not a real sports car, over priced a little maybe, but what the hell, it looks pretty, I'd rather have one than a Ford.

    Nah - in Italy Bianchi are like Raleigh. So I would say Bianchi = Fiat. I posted before that I think De Rosa = Alfa Romeo

    Get your meaning but wouldn't that make Bianchi = Lancia - once proud badge etc, etc

    love alfa's (drove one for years) , now drive VW, & ride a Spec - the VW is without doubt a better car than my Alfa (faster, handles better, more reliable, more comfortable, safer, etc etc) but still yearn for an Alfa
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Trek and Ford is a very valid analogy, big company at all price points and good (IMO) product...

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