A Duck Purchase at Simi Honda

[Ross and Alice]

We just pulled the trigger on the new for '06 Honda 90 Quad.

We bought it at Simi Valley Honda Motorcycles and it was a snap.

We Ducked in, then quickly ducked out with a fast transaction.

Alice had spent the last 12 hours graveyard shift taking care of a cancer patient, a young LAPD officer. Alice was exausted when she walked into Simi Honda/ATK.

He has the most brutal type of cancer for both the patient, loved ones , and the hospital staff. It sux the life outta everyone,, just brutal.

The treatment intense, and he's not expected to survive. His wife has crawled up in bed with him,,, it's so sad.

Alice being so spent and beat - the duck in / duck out service at Simi Honda was really appreciated.

The quad was comb'd and polished and ready & loaded on the truck and she "ducked" out.

The price was right too.

The Honda 90 is a nice quad with electric start, lots of pep, great ride and handling,, 4 stroke. They sell them as fast as they can uncrate them.

I'd wager in 30 years it'll still be putting around the dunes.

Everyone in our riding group found found out about the cheapie China quads the hard way.

Ya get what ya pay for. China quality is where British quality was in 1949.

The Brits drink their beer warm because their refrigerators are made by Lucas.

When we bought our Zuki 50 last month at Berts, we arrived at 11:30 Am and didn't make it out until dark, on a cash sale, quad sitting on the showroom floor, price agreed on before we arrived. Not worth the $100 we saved, and ya have to add in the long drive too.

I try to show brand loyalty to Honda too:

Back in the mid 1960's, the Euro riders showed up to a motorcross race in Simi Valley.

They kicked our butts deluxe.

Lapping us, annihating us, elbo-ing us and all kinds of other cheap shots too.

An arrogant obnoxious bunch of Euro riders/teams if anyone remembers.

We didn't know what hit us.

They had better suspentions, riding skills, more experience,, better performance engine tricks, and dirty tricks too.

Then Honda sponsored American Marty Smith and we creamed the Euros here and over there in every race he rode in.

It really pissed off the arrogant Euros. They hated Americans even worse back then,, nothings changed, and we still usually beat them in MX.