Should I start pulling out the quotations from people about how the gen 1 would sell so many more than the gen 2??? I feel the laughing coming on now
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Should I start pulling out the quotations from people about how the gen 1 would sell so many more than the gen 2??? I feel the laughing coming on nowMaybe you should instead ask why the gen 1 folks aren't buying. I'll start. I don't care for the way they look. I think the development process was handicapped by time constraints on the loaner bike which I understand. I also think also think a better looking and possibly better working product could have been developed if the drill option could have been explored. These comments are not a negative criticism of Ryan or MCE who I believe have been one of the most customer oriented companies I have had the pleasure of doing business with. I have the small rear bars from the earlier buy and was hoping for a product that was more to my taste. As always JMHO.
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The Gen 1 owners are busy riding, while the Gen 2 owners just look at their slower bikes and talk about how superior it is compared to the faster Gen 1 bikes..
Maybe you should instead ask why the gen 1 folks aren't buying. I'll start. I don't care for the way they look. I think the development process was handicapped by time constraints on the loaner bike which I understand. I also think also think a better looking and possibly better working product could have been developed if the drill option could have been explored. These comments are not a negative criticism of Ryan or MCE who I believe have been one of the most customer oriented companies I have had the pleasure of doing business with. I have the small rear bars from the earlier buy and was hoping for a product that was more to my taste. As always JMHO.
Maybe you should instead ask why the gen 1 folks aren't buying. I'll start. I don't care for the way they look. I think the development process was handicapped by time constraints on the loaner bike which I understand. I also think also think a better looking and possibly better working product could have been developed if the drill option could have been explored. These comments are not a negative criticism of Ryan or MCE who I believe have been one of the most customer oriented companies I have had the pleasure of doing business with.
HA!
But I ain't riding today- no way. It is 7:17pm. When I checked an hour ago, it was still 101.6F with 60% humidity. Barf!
The Gen 1 owners are busy riding, while the Gen 2 owners just look at their slower bikes and talk about how superior it is compared to the faster Gen 1 bikes..
Should I start pulling out the quotations from people about how the gen 1 would sell so many more than the gen 2??? I feel the laughing coming on now
<evil smile>
Maybe you should instead ask why the gen 1 folks aren't buying. I'll start. I don't care for the way they look. I think the development process was handicapped by time constraints on the loaner bike which I understand. I also think also think a better looking and possibly better working product could have been developed if the drill option could have been explored. These comments are not a negative criticism of Ryan or MCE who I believe have been one of the most customer oriented companies I have had the pleasure of doing business with. I have the small rear bars from the earlier buy and was hoping for a product that was more to my taste. As always JMHO.
More than anything, I think we were spoiled by all the time and interaction on the first build. Who really does that? After that experience, MC probably just wanted to get this done. It still beats the hell out of bathroom bars.......
I think the biggest reason is that most of us have some sort of protection by now. I already had the short bars on the back and have the GSG sliders in the center. I'm going to remove those and get the Canyon Cages, though.
While I certainly do not want to dispute those that stated less of a design time, but inspite of that it would have been impractical to believe that MCE would have sold 2008-2009 bars more than 2010-2012. Even if they come out with a drilled option, that would be a higher risk of not getting the return of investment on the earlier models. This is apart from the fact they had limited availability of a bike. You have to realize that they are in business for profit and have to count their beans. I think they are correct in the assumption that the later model bikes outnumber the earlier model and that a good % of earlier model bikes already have some sort of protection. Some people may not want to toss that investment - unlike Jim. So, considering the constraints, I appreciate that come up with a good design that most people like AND giving us a good discount. Needless to say, it is going to be hard to please everyone.
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Can someone provide the approximate weight of the front bars? rear bars? does the discount apply to front and rear?
thanks,
dave
Can someone provide the approximate weight of the front bars?