RE: About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-22 Thread Henry S. Winokur
> Kevin H. whose bike was already 3 years old when he bought it new from Or Henry W., whose bike was 5 years old brand new when bought from Yamaha in October of 98

RE: About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-21 Thread Loss, Joe
>>Maintenance on safety items must be minimal and reasonable. Such things might >>work for some warranty items when it's questionable, but for ABS to fail >>without the warning light coming on is not must a maintenance issue. NHTSA >>has forced many recalls on issues similar to this where maint

George and the moto-cop (was Re: About the MCN letter & ABS)

1999-12-21 Thread BENSON
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, George Paramithas wrote: > I was once > stopped by a cop and given a ticket for not wearing my seat beltI have an > inherent antipathy to such measures but that's another story. Any way, with a > pompous attitude his words to me were "I am trying to save your life" So I

Re: About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-21 Thread RangerJay
In a message dated 12/21/99 3:45:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >No conditions, no compromises, no >give and take right? Even if they do repair once what happens the next >time? You see, this is my entire point. By the time the NHTSA takes notice and makes as much as a phone call to Yamaha, t

RE: About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-21 Thread Ryan Trent M
Message- From: George Paramithas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 5:42 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: About the MCN letter & ABS > Yamaha lawyer: "Uh, no. We'll repair the ABS units voluntarily." > NHTSA lawyer: "Than

Re: About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-21 Thread George Paramithas
> Yamaha lawyer: "Uh, no. We'll repair the ABS units voluntarily." > NHTSA lawyer: "Thank you, have a nice day." Would you like a cappuccino while we are working on your brakes Yamaha asks. If this is not simplistic I don't know what is. No conditions, no compromises, no give and take right? Even

Re: About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-20 Thread RangerJay
In a message dated 12/20/99 12:52:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I am afraid I smell lawyers waiting for this issue. In the corporate world, there are not enough of us to interest a lawyer. Not even close. This is small, tiny, little stuff compared to a car recall or even the Buell recall.

RE: About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-20 Thread Loss, Joe
e- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 11:27 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: About the MCN letter & ABS Guys and Gals of GTS: After giving the issue some thought over the weekend, I'm going to bow out of writing the letter to

Re: About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-20 Thread Monkyon2wl
In a message dated 12/20/99 12:54:52 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Kurt, as Gil wrote, Yamaha is behaving in exactly the manner which we should > expect them to act. That is, if they brush us off, perhaps we'll go away. > I think you are being unfair to expect them to

RE: About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-20 Thread Henry S. Winokur
> After giving the issue some thought over the weekend, I'm going > to bow out of > writing the letter to MCN. Jay has composed an excellent template which > anyone could feel happy with attaching their name to, so look it over. I > will be glad to proof, should you want my input. > > I just don

About the MCN letter & ABS

1999-12-20 Thread Monkyon2wl
Guys and Gals of GTS: After giving the issue some thought over the weekend, I'm going to bow out of writing the letter to MCN. Jay has composed an excellent template which anyone could feel happy with attaching their name to, so look it over. I will be glad to proof, should you want my input