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Aus Savage Brochure
03/22/16 at 15:55:07
 
Attached is the original Savage brochure as issued in Australia in 1986 and 1987. What were they thinking?

Of interest is the price: 5953 AUD in 1987, compared with 7050 AUD when I bought mine 28 years later in 2015. Allowing for inflation, the 1987 price is equivalent to about 14000 AUD in 2015.
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Reply #1 - 03/22/16 at 15:59:04
 
And here is page 2. It's all about style, eg - I'm chuffed that my bike has a 'hearty disc brake that allows a gleaming view of the shiny spoked wheels'
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Reply #2 - 03/22/16 at 16:31:03
 
When I'm chuffed, I reach for
http://www.amazon.com/Anti-Monkey-Powder-Anti-Friction-Sweat-Absorber/dp/B000...

Stuff sure is expensive down there.
I daggum near tried to move there in the late seventies.
Picking and shoveling in Coober Pedy sounded exciting...
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Reply #3 - 03/22/16 at 16:41:13
 
$6000 AUS is $4500 US...
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Ludicrous Speed !... ... Huh...
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Reply #4 - 03/22/16 at 17:41:18
 
I guess the question is, how many hours of work go into making that six,,
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Reply #5 - 03/22/16 at 20:47:33
 
Yes
I've had a fair number of people from other countries tell me how lucky I am to live in the US, where everything is cheap
Then I ask them
how many hours of work does it take you to pay that higher price? and we discover the USs prices aren't all that low, after all
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Reply #6 - 03/22/16 at 23:02:15
 
justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/22/16 at 17:41:18:
I guess the question is, how many hours of work go into making that six,,


200 hrs.
(before tax)
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Reply #7 - 03/23/16 at 07:36:42
 
May I ask what kind of work that is? That would help understand the difference between the economies.  If that's a burger flipping job, I might be heading south.
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Reply #8 - 03/23/16 at 07:50:45
 
I was looking for some stuff on the Suzuki T500 Titan...and found this:





(By the way....that is the tank badge I am going to be switching my Cafe' bike over to...it was only used in 1970 & 1971).
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Reply #9 - 03/23/16 at 08:02:12
 
Of the three headlights in the picture, the one on the left appears slightly asymmetrical. Looks like it is slightly flattened across the bottom,while the other two, as I try to compensate for the limited view, appear nicely and evenly shaped.
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Reply #10 - 03/23/16 at 08:11:38
 
JOG.....I was having those same thoughts! Wink
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Reply #11 - 03/23/16 at 08:29:22
 
Nice badge... pretty sure that's a fembot... Huh
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Reply #12 - 03/23/16 at 09:54:29
 
There really is nothing quite like a nice set of headlights. Good eye for detail JOG.
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Reply #13 - 03/23/16 at 10:48:48
 
I wonder if the lady is a granny?.
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Reply #14 - 03/23/16 at 11:24:23
 
jcstokes wrote on 03/23/16 at 10:48:48:
I wonder if the lady is a granny?.


Well.....I betcha she is getting the senior citizen discount at Denny's!

That bike and lady are now 45 years older than when the photo was taken!
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