LiveWire I admit defeat.
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From: Nunya.
I admit defeat.
The price of the Livewire here in Straya will be too much I had banked on it being around 44k in our monopoly money and I was pissed but good there to buy one. It will be $49,990 AUD so yea I'm out.
It sux because when I had the shop I would buy USD's when we went above the 70 cent mark and as it rose I'd buy exponentially just before we had a correction or something and we went back to less than 70. That few thousand dollars if a kid was thinking of buying a 2nd hand Sporty or something was short I'd say hey , I'll loan you the $ just pay me back when you can , I looked at it as free money anyways.99% of the time they did and if they couldn't their folks would.I stopped buyin USD's when I sold the business so yea I'm fked.
I'm out.
It sux because when I had the shop I would buy USD's when we went above the 70 cent mark and as it rose I'd buy exponentially just before we had a correction or something and we went back to less than 70. That few thousand dollars if a kid was thinking of buying a 2nd hand Sporty or something was short I'd say hey , I'll loan you the $ just pay me back when you can , I looked at it as free money anyways.99% of the time they did and if they couldn't their folks would.I stopped buyin USD's when I sold the business so yea I'm fked.
I'm out.
Last edited by Agoober; Jul 7, 2020 at 06:33 AM.
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From: Nunya.
Life goes on right.
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Just be patient. It isn't like the LW is going anywhere soon, in fact, the lineup will expand. In the meantime keep your eyes open for a 2020 on the used market. It may be a bit dangerous to admit this but after 50 years of riding I bought my very first ever new bike in 2017, my 2018 Ultra Limited. I have a collection of bike magazines going way back that I would collect and read trying to pick out a future ride. To me the best choice in a used bike was a great choice as a new bike that someone else broke in and depreciated for me. I don't know what came over me in Dec 2017 to buy that new 2018...temporary insanity I suppose!
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From: Nunya.
Just be patient. It isn't like the LW is going anywhere soon, in fact, the lineup will expand. In the meantime keep your eyes open for a 2020 on the used market. It may be a bit dangerous to admit this but after 50 years of riding I bought my very first ever new bike in 2017, my 2018 Ultra Limited. I have a collection of bike magazines going way back that I would collect and read trying to pick out a future ride. To me the best choice in a used bike was a great choice as a new bike that someone else broke in and depreciated for me. I don't know what came over me in Dec 2017 to buy that new 2018...temporary insanity I suppose!
I might buy the Aussie made Savic as my first e-bike I know Dennis and it looks like I might end up being the test rider , I know all/most our ADR's too, so maybe semi retired being paid to ride the new Aussie performance E-bikes could be sweet. https://savicmotorcycles.com/ I fkin love the comic book robot look of this thing man , an E-bike version of Robbie the Robot sort of..
THX and cheers man.Get your *** over here we'll ride, any of you guys are welcome.
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Look into a Zero instead, more bike for less money. If I was going to buy an E-ride it'd be a Zero model of some sort, LiveWire is a lipsticked up pig by comparison.
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the zero is cheap and for 21k why would you
so for 27 -29k you could have a Harley vs some cheap Chinese bike,
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