[jobirobi]

I just got back home from a lovely trip to Spain and Portugal, and boy was it great to see some bikes you just don't see in the States. I've always been a sucker for modern bikes with retro looks (imagine that) so a few models in particular kept catching my eye.

Can any of our European membership tell me a little about Mash? I'd never heard of their brand before, but it's almost like when they set their target market they just read my mind. Are they all looks, or do they make a good, reliable product as well? If I was of a mind to own a second motorcycle, something smaller than my SCR for off-highway use, I've long considered the SR400 to be what I imagine I'd most likely go for, but these Mash bikes would be right up there if they had a mind to sell them in the US.

Attached: vacation photos :nerd:

 

[SCRBen]

Can any of our European membership tell me a little about Mash? I'd never heard of their brand before, but it's almost like when they set their target market they just read my mind. Are they all looks, or do they make a good, reliable product as well? If I was of a mind to own a second motorcycle, something smaller than my SCR for off-highway use, I've long considered the SR400 to be what I imagine I'd most likely go for, but these Mash bikes would be right up there if they had a mind to sell them in the US.

Attached: vacation photos :nerd:

Can’t say I’ve seen any about myself, just in magazines. I always assumed them to be more a learner bike, and potentially cheap Chinese knock-offs, but quite happy to be put straight?
Ben

 

[flatrack]

That Skymax looks an awful lot like a CT70

 

[jobirobi]

That Skymax looks an awful lot like a CT70

I think it's an intentional clone. I found them for sale on Alibaba :laugh:

 

[jobirobi]

Can’t say I’ve seen any about myself, just in magazines. I always assumed them to be more a learner bike, and potentially cheap Chinese knock-offs, but quite happy to be put straight?
Ben

The 'net says it's a French company, and they're built in China.

 

[SCRBen]

The 'net says it's a French company, and they're built in China.

Aah, half-right then (50% better than usual!)
Ben

 

[flatrack]

Aah, half-right then (50% better than usual!)
Ben

So you're right 25% of the time?

 

[SCRBen]

So you're right 25% of the time?

Yeah, probably! LOL
Ben

 

[jobirobi]

So you're right 1/3 of the time?

:nerd:

 

[flatrack]

Depends on who you ask

 

[SCRBen]

This reminds me of that old maths conundrum, which supposedly stumps smarter people than me all the time:

If a baseball and a bat cost $1.10 together, and the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?

Answer tomorrow (no Googling!!)
Ben

 

[Krixtoph]

This reminds me of that old maths conundrum, which supposedly stumps smarter people than me all the time:

If a baseball and a bat cost $1.10 together, and the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?

Answer tomorrow (no Googling!!)
Ben

Depends on how you read the question: "the bat costs $1.00, (add comma) more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?"

Then it's easy, 10 cents. I'm just being a smart-ass and probably wrong. Looking forward to the real answer.

 

[flatrack]

Depends on how you read the question: "the bat costs $1.00, (add comma) more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?"

Then it's easy, 10 cents. I'm just being a smart-ass and probably wrong. Looking forward to the real answer.

But that would make the bat only 90 cents more than the ball...

 

[Schu]

But that would make the bat only 90 cents more than the ball...

Halve that ball......

 

[flatrack]

50% off sale?

 

[SCRBen]

@flatrack and @Schu coming at the head of the class here. Me and @Kristoph are sat in the corner with ‘D’ hats on (as I said the same, originally! )

Here you go:

Although $1.00 + $0.10 does equal $1.10, if you take $1.00 – $0.10 you get $0.90, but the problem requires that the bat costs $1 more than the ball.

So, the ball must cost $0.05, and the bat must cost $1.05 since $1.05 + $0.05 = $1.10

Ben

 

[Schu]

@flatrack and @Schu coming at the head of the class here.

Ben

@flatrack turned the light on for me with his response. He had the answer.

 

[flatrack]

I Googled it..

 

[SCRBen]

I Googled it..

Heh heh......there’s always one. >
Ben

 

[marekboy]

Mash is a french company but the bikes are made in China. It's cheap and poor quality. Many problems with electricity and, if the bike stays outside ( not in a garage) during winter, it rusts very quickly. But the look is very attractive! I wouldn't buy one! Royal Enfield is more reliable.