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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: 1 Nov 2024 18:37:34 GMT
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On Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:41:04 GMT, Scott Alfter wrote:

> In article <vg1dko$2unm0$1@dont-email.me>,
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>On 1 Nov 2024 01:35:10 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>> First off, in the US a 350cc bike is considered marginal to ride down
>>> to the Stop'n'Rob for a sixpack.
>>
>>That’s the USA for you: they love to build huge, gutless engines. They
>>should take lessons from the Italians: 100bhp/litre is typical for their
>>engines.
> 
> ...which is why they break all the time.  Fix It Again, Tony! :-P

I have some experience with Alfa-Romeos. Italian engineering is very, um, 
creative. A lot of panache. I didn't learn and later bought a Fiat Spyder. 
We had fun between its trips to the hospital. I got to really like the 
Mustang loaner and finally told them to keep the damn Spyder. At that 
point they were so sick of seeing me we worked out a deal.