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The only real response I received was from Peter at David Silver Spares. This was all the way back in September of this year and he was the one that could not offer a cheaper price.
I had a brief email discussion with Martyn Hayes at L.P.M. and the last we spoke he was going to talk to his partner to see if they could establish anything.
This is what I wrote to them:
L.P.M and DSS
I am in the process of organizing a group buy in the SOHC4.net forums and was wondering if you would be willing to give any discoutn for having a mass order from indivuduals? The way I have orgnaized group buys on the other sites worked like this; ten people would place their individual orders by a certain date trhough the vendor and if all orders were met by the date, the vendor would release the products at the lowered price. If the number was not met there were two options, A. to allow the consumer to back out of the order or B, offer the current orders a slighlty less discount based on the number of people that are still commited to the parts.
Most consumers on the board are USA based, but we do have a global market so expect shipping to be world wide.
Perhaps free shipping would be a good catch depending on the number ordered from a continent?
Please let me know if you are interested, the number of dedicated individuals you feel are needed to offer your limited-time offer and what your overall terms would be.
Thank you,
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On a separate note:
Mike I wish you could take the bike off of my hands... I really don't want to see it go to someone who's going to blow it up(young kid) especially after I poured my heart and soul into that old girl. Especially with the header on the bike that no one can seem to figure out who makes it definitely adds a unique character and for me it was my first scoot.
Unfortunately, I have the GS now (which needs plenty of updating) and a huffer equipped mustang in the garage as well.
It erks me because I value my integrity above all else and inform anyone who looks at the bike that she will puff oil if you park the bike on the side stand. Once a guy at work tipped me off to parking it on the center stand, all be darn, not a drop burns out of the exhaust. I rode the end of the summer without a puff coming out of the exhaust and even after a four hour cruise the bike never sneezed. People ask me what I would do to it I said well I'd ride it and enjoy it..
Things I would do if I could keep it...Side cover, Honda man electrical upgrade, new brake lines just for PM (just front)..back is new. To me the old SOHC is like a good friend, may not be perfect but you can count on her when you need to; she won't let you down.
If I didn't have my mustang, I'd definitely keep the Honda. I'm sure one day I will really regret selling it, but being two years young into a marriage and having a house payment and everyone else sticking their hand into my pocket...I suppose it's about sacrifice.
On the other hand, with the people I have had come over except P_S who went the GS route as well, I guess people expect a 30 year old bike to be absolutely perfect and for the grand amount of 500 dollars. Everyone wants something for nothing and I explain to people that if you buy the cheaper bike, what do you have to invest in it so you won't become mad by constantly throwing money into it especially if someone isn't mechanically inclined.
I mean really, who polishes individual screws on a bike that they don't care for? I've had people ask why would I put so much time and money into it to sell it? Why throw a bunch of expensive OEM honda parts and replace a bunch of other parts with quality brand name parts only to sell it. My response is that my original intentions were to keep it for ever; never thought I would find my blue on blue GS1100GL shafty with low miles, well taken care of for the right price in an area I could actually test drive the bike not too far from home... A lot was against that dream.
Of course as I sit here and type this I see what looks like a small blizzard outside so I have left the bike off of craigslist for now. I figured that come this spring I will put the bike back on their and hopefully she'll go to a good home and in the process square my family debt with the GS.
