Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:13:17 +0100 - Message No. 4321
From: Peter

Subject: Re: G or ED type of @


Sounds like the guy sucks anyway, I would not want to purchase a bike from
someone like that.

be very careful before spending your money.
If necessary call the Qatar main importer.

Pete (UK)


Phoebus Katsanos wrote:

> ALEKSANDAR HAJMAN wrote:
> >
> > Hello there,
> >
> > I am trying to bring one @ for me here in Qatar.
> > Local dealer is ofering to me @ but in specifications is mentioned that it
> > is ED type.
> > >From catalogue given to me in Germany it says G type.
> > And nobody is mentioning RD 007 or something like this.
> > Can somebody explain to me what is meaning and differents between this G
> > and ED types.
> >
> > As well thay do not want to give more than three monath warranty. Can
> > somebody check with local dealer in your countries is it possibile that
> > Honda doo this.
> >
> > Here in Qatar is still  hot wether,  30 C or more, but winters are very
> > nice and i hope to have my @ on time.
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> >
> > Aleksandar Hajman
>
> I am not sure about the type, it could have to do with different country
> laws, such as always having the lights on (Japan), bigger mud guards on
> the rear wheel (Germany and Austria) etc.
> Some details about different models you can find here:
> http://www.netfiles.gr/users/sakis/htmlfiles/data/specseu.html
>
> But as far as the guarantee is concerned, I think that it is a world
> wide guarantee, and as long as this guy is an official dealer he can't
> make guarantee policy. I Honda says this bike has officially a one (or
> is it two?) years guarantee, he has got to comply. For example, I know a
> guy who bought his Honda in Italy, did the first service in Germany, and
> then came to Greece, and if he had any problems (which he didn't of
> course) he wouldn't have any problem from the greek dealer.
>
> If this isn't the case, find the official dealer, and get the bike from
> there.
> If he is the official dealer and still refuses to give you the guarantee
> maybe you should threaten him to contact Honda Europe, or Honda Japan
> and if he still refuses do so.
>
> Good luck.
>
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