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vort28 · Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK

5 is that it. Hardly worth the diesel money for the lads and the van to come and collect.
I suppose Oily has enough spares for a few more though !!

vort28 · Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK

I have been contacted by Glen external to the forum to clarify what he did and did'nt say :-

I did not say the V Due was shi$e, but after it goes to press there is nothing you can do.
I was not asked proof read the article before it was published, as there are some glaring mistakes about numbers etc.
The article about what went wrong with Bimota was originally centred totally around the V Due (apparently the seed of Satan in some peoples eyes) until I spoke with Gary to advise him that it was only a piece of the jigsaw. As I believe it was / still is flawed business strategy.

Above is an extract that is relevant to this thread.

I retract my comment regarding said ' bag of shite ' as Glen assures me he did not say that.

I however have informed Glen I can not retract the statement about the Mantra being pig ugly. Sorry.

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oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

About the Mantra being pig ugly or the vdue being a bag of shite?

philfingers · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:46 pm Post subject:

latter!
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oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

In that case...........
If it's well sorted and reliable then it's a really good looking bike BUT.........
if it's not well sorted and reliable then it's a good looking bag 'o shite Laughing

Personally I would stick a nice Japanese 4 stroke in it Wink

Bimsb6 · Joined: 15 Oct 2011 Posts: 149 Location: Bedfordshire

vort28 · Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK

Evilchicken0 · Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London

So there's a scale in Bimotas

Bag of Shite
pants .... etc.

I'd have though the KTM990 engine would be a good power plant
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oily · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 4788 Location: worcestershire

Yes.....a very simple scale.......

Iconic

Pig ugly

bag of shite

Simples Wink

MARTIN · Joined: 09 Dec 2009 Posts: 226 Location: ABERDEEN SCOTLAND

ladies,ladies,ladies.........beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

If you want to see pig ugly or a bag o shite.......look in the mirror Laughing

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vort28 · Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK

I looked in the mirror , but all I could see was the wife ????
Still not found the bag of shite !