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Old 05-21-2007, 02:16 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Found this article today...

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If you like tales of old school people....
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Old 05-21-2007, 03:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 05-21-2007, 03:22 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Neat read- thanks Jason.
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Old 05-21-2007, 05:24 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 05-21-2007, 06:13 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Maybe it's just me, but it seems to be an odd comparison. One example is guys who lived and loved motorcycles enough to only live in their shop and help other people work on their bikes, had tons of know how, and didn't act like they had money even if they did. On the other hand the apartments are for people who have tons of money, and want to show it off in their expensive home with the glass motorcycle showcase. Not only do these people not work on their own bikes, there is a dealership on the ground level to do the work (in some ways the same people from the early part of the story poked fun at). I doubt that the apartments would smile on some of the things that happened at the garages. Or I could be completely off base, and the people from the first part of the story may be the people who opened the condos.
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Old 05-21-2007, 06:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Or I could be completely off base, and the people from the first part of the story may be the people who opened the condos.
You are probably off base. Way off.
The condos are in Tokyo and if you`d ever been there and knew how cramped conditions are there, it would make a lot more sense to you. The comparison is between people who love bikes and have them in their living space, both 30 years ago and today.

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I understand that it's a cramped living space. I was thinking more along the lines of the condos sounding very materialistic with a corporate edge to it, with the motorcycle dealership being downstairs and all vs. the guys who were in it purely for the love of motorcycles.
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Old 05-22-2007, 01:18 AM   #8 (permalink)
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That is a fabulous idea, although, what if you have 3 bikes? There appears only room for one.

Welshrob! I have a real estate idea for the Gold Coast and for Inner Sydney, got a minute?

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