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<blockquote data-quote="riptragle1953" data-source="post: 34364" data-attributes="member: 2328"><p><strong>Poor Joe.... he gave them what they asker for.</strong></p><p></p><p>My theory on Lucas motorcycle electrics places a lot of the blame on the motorcycle industry. Bert Hopwood's book "Whatever Happened</p><p>to the British Motorcycle Industry" is positively a "must read" for us British bikers of any make from the old days.</p><p>Now.... can you really see the sales agent for (say) Beezer going to the Lucas company and asking for the best dimmer switch they</p><p>can design and make? Never happened.</p><p>Instead they wanted the cheapest piece of crap that would last until the buyer of the machine got it off the sales floor.</p><p>Joe gave them exactly what they asked for: the cheapest! And, naturally HE got all the blame. Poor Ole Joe.</p><p>I love the "smoke theory" above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="riptragle1953, post: 34364, member: 2328"] [b]Poor Joe.... he gave them what they asker for.[/b] My theory on Lucas motorcycle electrics places a lot of the blame on the motorcycle industry. Bert Hopwood's book "Whatever Happened to the British Motorcycle Industry" is positively a "must read" for us British bikers of any make from the old days. Now.... can you really see the sales agent for (say) Beezer going to the Lucas company and asking for the best dimmer switch they can design and make? Never happened. Instead they wanted the cheapest piece of crap that would last until the buyer of the machine got it off the sales floor. Joe gave them exactly what they asked for: the cheapest! And, naturally HE got all the blame. Poor Ole Joe. I love the "smoke theory" above. [/QUOTE]
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