Why are BMWs so overpriced?

[1moreroad]

Why are BMWs so overpriced compared to higher performance Japanese bikes?

(Atypical asked me to post this here)

 

[atypical1]

 

[atadaskew]

The real question is why are they so cheap?
They do stuff like use two coats of paint compared to the Japanese one coat.

[TheGoose]

[kevin_stevens]

Why are BMWs so overpriced compared to higher performance Japanese bikes?

(Atypical asked me to post this here)

 

See, that's a great way to couch your argument - you *assume* the conclusion - that BMWs are overpriced; so there's no way to refute the position.

It's a really great technique, politicians and other assorted scum have been using it successfully for thousands of years.  (see how I turned that around?)

KeS

[atypical1]

This could turn out to be the best thread ever...

james

[1moreroad]

See, that's a great way to couch your argument - you *assume* the conclusion - that BMWs are overpriced; so there's no way to refute the position.

It's a really great technique, politicians and other assorted scum have been using it successfully for thousands of years.  (see how I turned that around?)

KeS

So says the Kwak and Duc rider who so obviously agrees with me in deed if not (yet) in word.

[rockinjc]

Kraphtzmanship.  

[UFO]

Same reason people spend $5 for a cup of fru-fru coffee.

Perception.

[atypical1]

Same reason people spend $5 for a cup of fru-fru coffee.

Perception.

Is that why you bought that pig of a VFR instead of the cheaper and better CBR?  

james

[rockinjc]

Jay Leno is not going around saying any bikes are over priced. Maybe we are all under funded.  

j

[1moreroad]

Jay Leno is not going around saying any bikes are over priced. Maybe we are all under funded.  

j

Jay Leno could probably hand out bikes from his garage and keep a good % of STNers happy (a few of them will b!tch even if they got free bikes).

[atypical1]

(a few of them will b!tch even if they got free bikes).

Truer words were never spoken...

james

[rockinjc]

Anybody got some nice red paint for this crappy ol' Vincent my buddy Jay gave me? The nerve of him, he knows I hate dark colors!

jc

[DogBoy]

Shouldn't this be in General Sport-Touring Discussion?

[atypical1]

Shouldn't this be in General Sport-Touring Discussion?

You would think that based on the last few posts in there  

james

[TheGoose]

Kraphtzmanship.  

Ja!

You owe me a new keyboard.

[Ghost Dog]

I think it's about time for another helmet laws thread.

[kevin_stevens]

So says the Kwak and Duc rider who so obviously agrees with me in deed if not (yet) in word.

I didn't say BMWs were overpriced, I said I wasn't willing to spend the money for one.  Big difference.

KeS

[DaleFranks]

Part of the reason may be that they come with heated grips, seat, ESA, etc., etc.

They aren't gicing those goodies away for free.

On the other hand, paying $1000 for a stereo "prep kit" thren another $600 for an FM radio seems...unwarranted.