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Corse1
31st October 2010, 19:29
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=328528384&open_homes=&region=&district=

I don't believe this bike is worth 3 times the price of a decent second had one:gob:
cowboyz
31st October 2010, 19:40
it is if someone pays that much for it.
trailblazer
31st October 2010, 19:59
I personally don't think it is worth that but it is a classic so is worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
Brian d marge
31st October 2010, 21:46
a fool and their money ......

Stephen
shrub
1st November 2010, 15:52
personally I can't see why, i owned one back in the early 80s and while it was a lot of fun it was a bloody heavy pig and my mate's XR500 walked all over it.
breakaway
1st November 2010, 17:35
Nothing surprising. Lots of suckers are willing to pay for the 'character' of the bike vs. outright features / comfort / power spec.
Stylo
1st November 2010, 18:09
personally I can't see why, i owned one back in the early 80s and while it was a lot of fun it was a bloody heavy pig and my mate's XR500 walked all over it.

Have to agree , I bought one new in '79 when I was in my late teens loved it and enjoyed the sound and the torquey motor then but , it was a very heavy bike , and underpowered compared to my mates who had two strokes, any 250 would run rings around it., let alone the open class bikes. Paid around $2900 from memory in Auck and that was off the showroom floor. The XR500 was always a better Bike. Still , It was a great wheelie machine the TT500 , the XR500 was just as good and it had a tad more power ...both Bikes were very heavy at around 140kg and only around 30-35Hp crank .

$14K ? Too much but good luck to him

That's probably what a zero hour bike MIGHT be worth . At a stretch ..........

10 Cents
MsKABC
2nd November 2010, 11:52
I'm sure the resident authority on bike value, Crazy Steve, will be along shortly to tell us exactly what it IS worth...
Stylo
2nd November 2010, 19:03
I'm sure the resident authority on bike value, Crazy Steve, will be along shortly to tell us exactly what it IS worth...

I'm sure he knows more than the rest of us too....bring it on ' Crazy Steve " , we're all waiting mate and, thanks MsK
miloking
3rd November 2010, 10:06
I'm sure the resident authority on bike value, Crazy Steve, will be along shortly to tell us exactly what it IS worth...

Better than that 60hp ducati from year 1 BC for $160,000