TATA rumoured to buy MV

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woodbutcher · #1 Post by **woodbutcher** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:15 pm

Came across this http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/28/rumo ... mv-agusta/

Gio · #2 Post by **Gio** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:10 pm

Personally I really don't trust anything Indian (same applies to the chinks).

The only thing the Indians did right was curry.

Aladinsaneuk · #3 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:14 pm

hmmm kama sutra mate - or you that old you forgot it?

HowardQ · #4 Post by **HowardQ** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:47 pm

Looks like Harley forgot it.
Almost as strange having Harley buy them out, but they always did say opposites attract, and you can't get much more opposite than Harley and MV.

D-Rider · #5 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:51 pm

.... although they did team up with Aermacchi back in the 70s ..... so they have been known to play with the Italians before.

Oh the fun we'll have with MV riders now - referring to their bikes as Hogs and enquiring about the MV branded tasselled clothing.

#6 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:53 pm

cruel... coming from a chinese scooter boi...

D-Rider · #7 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:04 pm

Kwackerz wrote: cruel... coming from a chinese scooter boi...

PMSL

Good point, well made!

lazarus · #8 Post by **lazarus** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:51 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:hmmm kama sutra mate - or you that old you forgot it?

Though that was the rag heads not the Indians.

lazarus · #9 Post by **lazarus** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:00 pm

HowardQ wrote:Looks like Harley forgot it.
Almost as strange having Harley buy them out, but they always did say opposites attract, and you can't get much more opposite than Harley and MV.

Thats cos you're not looking at it from a business perspective! Both Harley and MV are "aspirational brands" ie names that allow you to sell bikes for more than you would ever get for them with (say) a Chinese name like Songyang. Big profit matgins. High customer loyalty. Lots of extras like clothes.

So Harley buy MV, put some serious money into production facilities. Probably also into racing. And before you know it, there is someone taking over Ducati's spot in sports bikes. In effect, thats what Texas Pacific did with Ducati. Makes a lot of sense ( or money if you want)

Aladinsaneuk · #10 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:32 am

nope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra

afaik, camel jockeys have done nothing for the world... well, unless you count sherbet but....

Nooj · #11 Post by **Nooj** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:40 pm

Fucking biggots get everywhere don't they :( This site's just gone way down in my estimation.