stu Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'll go with the last comments, grafics are a bit english/american retro..............frame looks very Greeves and for sure was deliberate, for me a big + but I don't see many 60 + Greeves fans reliving the 'good old days ' so has to be statement about Greeves. Price tag is nothing cos in euros it works out at 3730 quid............for me its half way to a good bike, just a thought.............. lets hope Triumph 'GET STUCK IN' and then we will talking real trials bikes............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swooshdave Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 62 kilos is pretty light.... just sayin. I think my Bultaco kickstarter weighs that much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffsgasgas Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Where are the girder leading forks???? I dig it! I am a bit biased since I own a previous model. --Biff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir dabs alot Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Looks like a mid '80s Fantic..... Looks very wide and bulky. The edges on the frame look like they might cut you if you fell on them in a crash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Looks like a mid '80s Fantic.....Looks very wide and bulky. The edges on the frame look like they might cut you if you fell on them in a crash? Just take the grinder to it, it will be fine, if you crash a lot! Well you know the brits are always riding and bitching about the bikes, yet none build or ride their own modern ****! There is your chance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Is it a xispa motor or a Sherco ? Or does the chinese company making the engines sell them to greeves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedronicman Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Price tag is nothing cos in euros it works out at 3730 qiud Are you nuts? at the current crap GBP/EURO exchange rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tobeee Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I've read nothing about this before last week on TC, the market doesn't need a new bike, the economy is in a flat spin so few people would contemplate the risk of buying an untested new brand, and it looks a bit rubbish. I don't believe it's a genuine production plan. Also, on those photos I couldn't see a fuel filler - that could account for a couple of kilos weight saving! Just my two pence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micm Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 In the Uk as opposed to the rest of Europe it is traditional to separate design from engineering. Greeves is not unusual in this respect. A bike like this new one is an engineers concept and may ride very well. However it does not look as if it has been examined from a general industrial design viewpoint. That could include final shape and detailing of structural members, cross bracing, graphics and the final shape and style of other items like plastics and tanks. Both the Spanish and the Italians understand this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 You can't read english nor calclate my friend............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 and I can't spell............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 and I'll give you as many 56667 EUROS A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamjayzee Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Blimey people. I'm staggered by the negative receptions new bikes seem to get here, and from the help you guys have given me I know you are good people, so I'm guessing you are trying to be helpful! As far as I'm concerned, the more manufacturers the better. With regards the dynamic capabilities of any new bike, they are far above mine so are pretty much irrelevant for the likes of me. I would ride any bike without affecting my scores much! Having Greeves on the tank may be enough to tip it for me, you never know. I'm sure Greeves (and indeed Xispa) read all our comments and sift out relavent points, but after several pages of general negativity the marketting departments are probably juggling razor blades in the executive bogs! The timing may be unfortunate, but thank God we have entrepeneurs who are prepared to have a go regardless of market conditions; if everyone plays cautious we will be in this recession for a long, long time. Let's applaud Xispa and Greeves for providing us with another offering. After all, noone is forcing us to buy them... Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Blimey people.. After all, noone is forcing us to buy them... Graham Dont like the sound of this noone character. Agree with much of what you say, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamjayzee Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Dont like the sound of this noone character. Big bloke, plays outside centre for Newcastle Falcons. Don't spill his pint and if he tells you to buy a Greeves, get yer cash out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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