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True story: I met a former top German mountain bike racer, Mike Kluge, in Cape Town 10 years ago. I think he won the World Cup overall title in the mid-90s. He started or became a co-owner of Focus bikes while still racing. Somehow, through some or other German law, he was able to get paid royalties by Ford to use the Focus name when they launched their Focus model.

 

Since it was a decade ago, I don't recall the finer details, but I just remember thinking how fortuitous ? and clever ? the guy was. He got a percentage of all Ford Focus sales in Germany and I recall him saying that it was big bucks, even though he was suspicious that Ford wasn't giving him the real sales figures!

 

 

 

 

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True story: I met a former top German mountain bike racer' date=' Mike Kluge, in Cape Town 10 years ago. I think he won the World Cup overall title in the mid-90s. He started or became a co-owner of Focus bikes while still racing. Somehow, through some or other German law, he was able to get paid royalties by Ford to use the Focus name when they launched their Focus model.

 

Since it was a decade ago, I don't recall the finer details, but I just remember thinking how fortuitous ? and clever ? the guy was. He got a percentage of all Ford Focus sales in Germany and I recall him saying that it was big bucks, even though he was suspicious that Ford wasn't giving him the real sales figures!

 

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lucky bastard Smile

 

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True story: I met a former top German mountain bike racer' date=' Mike Kluge, in Cape Town 10 years ago. I think he won the World Cup overall title in the mid-90s. He started or became a co-owner of Focus bikes while still racing. Somehow, through some or other German law, he was able to get paid royalties by Ford to use the Focus name when they launched their Focus model.Since it was a decade ago, I don't recall the finer details, but I just remember thinking how fortuitous ? and clever ? the guy was. He got a percentage of all Ford Focus sales in Germany and I recall him saying that it was big bucks, even though he was suspicious that Ford wasn't giving him the real sales figures![/quote']lucky bastard Smile

 

 

 

how do you know they weren't married when he was conceived?

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True story: I met a former top German mountain bike racer' date=' Mike Kluge, in Cape Town 10 years ago. I think he won the World Cup overall title in the mid-90s. He started or became a co-owner of Focus bikes while still racing. Somehow, through some or other German law, he was able to get paid royalties by Ford to use the Focus name when they launched their Focus model.Since it was a decade ago, I don't recall the finer details, but I just remember thinking how fortuitous ? and clever ? the guy was. He got a percentage of all Ford Focus sales in Germany and I recall him saying that it was big bucks, even though he was suspicious that Ford wasn't giving him the real sales figures![/quote']lucky bastard Smile

 

 

 

how do you know they weren't married when he was conceived?

 

please go and be wise and bored somewhere else! Wink

 

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