What I want to know is how we got from an observation of a brand new idea in
motorcycle design (BMW-C1) to old Chinese crapped out lookalike copies. What
I saw in Korea wasn't knock off anything... It were a BMW at a BMW dealer.

Now, there is no more vanagon content in this message, so I suspect we otter
drop it.

tim (major jet lag) o'brien
sj, ca

> > Now if you want a real gutless BMW lookalike ride, find yourself a
> > Japanese  Murushu, or a Chinese Shin Chang.
> > Both copies of the pre war BMW opposing twins.
> >
>
>        Terry, I wrenched on them there Marushu's back in the late 60's
>when I
>was playing mechanic at Honda City in downtown Montreal.  Honda City
>decided
>it was in their interest to become the Canadian distributor of the Marushu.
>That didn't last long.  What a piece of crap !
>
>Peace
>
>Frank Condelli
>Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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