Iwan Kemp Posted April 29, 2016 Share Fools and their money are soon parted.R200k for a bicycle, you have to be a special kind of idiot to pay that. How do you justify that expense for a bicycle, where like RocknRolla points out a motorbike that can do 200km/h+ is a similar cost. Theres far more engineering and tech in this than a bicycle. KTM Superduke.JPG Maybe Im missing something somewhere, someone please explain the R190k price tag on the bicycle. Using the KTM as an example it is actually quite easy. 1. It doesn't leak oil2. It won't cost you a FORTUNE in maintenance3. You won't have to wait for parts that you then pay through your ears for4. It doesn't ship with latent defects5. Buyers in CT won't have to ship their bikes to Bloem or Jhb to have it serviced.6. It doesn't come with a "KTM aka ATM" heritage See, easy. Lexx, DIPSLICK and Pure Savage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted April 29, 2016 Share But the pictures here are of the black aren't they? Well some at least. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThe pictures are of the Carbon 3 and 4. RossW and Lefty V 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 29, 2016 Share BeautifulGreat brand The price tag Does it make me coffee in the morning before my ride ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted April 29, 2016 Share BeautifulGreat brand The price tagDoes it make me coffee in the morning before my ride For that price it will have to do more than just make coffee. Beefy and ChUkKy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennie VR Posted April 29, 2016 Share Prices are mad. Seems like my 2015 Scalpel race will have to do till I die Brag jy nou? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennie VR Posted April 29, 2016 Share The local distributor reckons that the Scalpel-Si Carbon 3 and 4 (pictured in the article) as well as the alloy models will be their best sellers. Most likely because that will be the only models the people can afford or get a personal loan for from the bank. That Carbon 4 is an 12th of the value of my house...............That Carbon Black is 60k more than I paid for my Hilux 8 years ago! nonky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talk Wrench Posted April 29, 2016 Share No thanks I`m not sponsored I have to pay for my bike - Silverback Sesta for me. Sesta frame design seems superior at like 50% of the price of a Cannonball. Preach it Mr X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChUkKy Posted April 29, 2016 Share Using the KTM as an example it is actually quite easy. 1. It doesn't leak oil2. It won't cost you a FORTUNE in maintenance3. You won't have to wait for parts that you then pay through your ears for4. It doesn't ship with latent defects5. Buyers in CT won't have to ship their bikes to Bloem or Jhb to have it serviced.6. It doesn't come with a "KTM aka ATM" heritage See, easy.Mine has none of those 1-6 issues [emoji41] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChUkKy Posted April 29, 2016 Share The burning question is... Will this scalpel make you faster? IH8MUD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH8MUD Posted April 29, 2016 Share Wait till a guy on a steel SS go past you on your Scalpel Si Black Inc. Perhaps then some will realise they crawled up their own ass and spent R195k on a bicycle . . . RocknRolla and Beefy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPSLICK Posted April 29, 2016 Share I made the comparison in the week, super duke vs Santa Cruz roughly R120k,,, As said above,,,,,we are the only people to blame, buyers freez for a few months, I don't care what LBS or distributor, manufacturer steps up to the plate to justify prices you are talking through the wrong hole. How the vaaaark can you start justifying prices compared to motor bikes, super duke Ktm not an entry level bike. We will be raped until EVERYONE as a collective tells them to find a batch of pineapples we not getting raped anymore If you tell me the cost is "within line" I got news for you,,,,,you getting shafted on the costings,,,,or you doing the shafting both ways bikes actual costs and "acceptable" margins are nowhere near what we paying,,,,,,or there is option 2 every motor bike is getting sold at a loss Please don't come with the poor Rand issue,,motor bikes and cars are subjected to the same problem Pieterlab1, Lexx, Mopkop and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted April 29, 2016 Share The burning question is... Will this scalpel make you faster? Sure will .. "I think therefore I am" Although you should probably get some very expensive audiophile-grade speaker cables at the same time, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amasendeinja Posted April 29, 2016 Share That is lovely, just lovely, but....bevrug my liggies met 'n PYNappel but that is eyewateringly expensive. DIPSLICK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleatsnCleavage Posted April 29, 2016 Share Can you imagine the price of servicing it? If no-one bought the bike they would have to lower the price. Some over paid Sanft on exec will be riding it on the Spruit soon. Lexx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Panda Posted April 29, 2016 Share http://www.silverbacklab.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/SBC-CONCEPT-1.0-OPT-2-1150x655.png Lexx and Talk Wrench 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted April 29, 2016 Share no no the black edition....translates to KakEnBetaal...team is below that....and then there is another one with a slightly different black paint scheme but its a totally different bike than the black edition.So what you want to say is, that the Scalpel 3 isn't black enough so its cheaper and not as "Good" as the Totally Black "Gupta Black" one. Wonder if the Gupta's have shares in Canondale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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