Optimistic sellers

[Crasherfromwayback]

I'm a huge fan of 2 Strokes, but surely this is taking the piss a bit........

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1420277840.htm

Don't think that'll fetch that here in NZ.

[F5 Dave]

But it might from Australia. A mates one, erm, might have appeared in this very thread, cough, achieved right about that money. Think was Australia buyer. Beautiful bike to work on. Makes road bikes like a travesty to motorcycling so pure the implementation.

Was offered a go but the stars didn't align at the right time.

[jasonu]

$1800 gets you er um fuck all.
https://bend.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1976-kawasaki-kz400/6324626552.html

[Crasherfromwayback]

But it might from Australia. A mates one, erm, might have appeared in this very thread, cough, achieved right about that money. Think was Australia buyer. Beautiful bike to work on. Makes road bikes like a travesty to motorcycling so pure the implementation.

Was offered a go but the stars didn't align at the right time.

Steve's RS? Had dealings with the buyer here. Funny (actually makes me cry funny), I sold my 92 RS250 here for $6500.00 back when no cunt wanted one. Love to have it back for that money...

[malcy25]

Steve's RS? Had dealings with the buyer here. Funny (actually makes me cry funny), I sold my 92 RS250 here for $6500.00 back when no cunt wanted one. Love to have it back for that money...

I bought an '88 TZ250U in 2004 for $1800.......was a bit of a tip, but was all there!

the 4DP 250 is probably about the right price on a worldwide scale, though NZ's probably don't see the value based upon need, but a lot of 250's went up big time in price when the Classic TT created a 250 class again.

A good spec TZ350F/G or pre beam frame TZ250H-L in the UK / Europe is that sort of money, and here to. TZ750's, well $70k is the entry point for a good one (whether early or late 35,000 gbp is common min price). Buy a cheap one and you will end up at that figure quickly to have a good one at the end. Build one and I reckon you will be 50% on top these days.....I bought a complete bike (which was $48k landed) was being raced. I then tossed chunks away and started from scratch for a full rebuild and stopped counting at $70k at which point I was mostly done, but still spending some. The fact I had to buy new cases was $10k of pain, but thankful that I could otherwise it would have been a very nice useless garage queen.

With all of them, Finding the right buyer is always key. many people won't see the value in these bikes, but there are plenty who do. Bit like Hardleys really. I don't, but many do.

[Crasherfromwayback]

With all of them, Finding the right buyer is always key. many people won't see the value in these bikes, but there are plenty who do. Bit like Hardleys really. I don't, but many do.

Yep. The truth right there. Bit like my SR. Worth fuck all to most people.

[Intruder VS]

Best part of this one is reading the Q&A, wonder if he's starting to think he got ripped when he purchased it as apparently the mods were done by someone else

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1429098225.htm

[Intruder VS]

$1800 gets you er um fuck all.
https://bend.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1976-kawasaki-kz400/6324626552.html

Give me 200 more and you can have my Cafe KZ complete and on the road to!

[AllanB]

Best part of this one is reading the Q&A, wonder if he's starting to think he got ripped when he purchased it as apparently the mods were done by someone else

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1429098225.htm

$6k is a piss take. And if he was charged $7.5k for the mods I'm quitting my job and starting a bike building shop.

I remember the midnight specials - pretty cool in the day. Sadly that's a average example before the modifications.

Tempted to start asking him questions ....

Like - why replace the forks, were they bent?

There is no advantage to the replacement forks on that bike, why not USD them? Thus the originals were probably bent ...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Just when you thought you'd seen it all!

Incredible feedback rating too.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1430060745.htm

[malcy25]

Just when you thought you'd seen it all!

Incredible feedback rating too.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1430060745.htm

$5000 overhaul with new tyres. Given probably to/from the café, wot wore out?! Or were they organically grown tyres.....

[malcy25]

Yep. The truth right there. Bit like my SR. Worth fuck all to most people.


mmmmmmmm, green porn!

[OddDuck]

Just when you thought you'd seen it all!

Incredible feedback rating too.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1430060745.htm

I'll bet it goes almost as well as a stripper girlfriend!

A distinct shortage of places to hide your meth stash though :)

[jellywrestler]

Just when you thought you'd seen it all!

Incredible feedback rating too.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1430060745.htm

question section....
when you're next off the Meth can you take some decent photos please?

[AllanB]

I'll bet it goes almost as well as a stripper girlfriend!

A distinct shortage of places to hide your meth stash though :)

$5k overhaul with tyres. I think the meth may have been stashed in the tyres.

[F5 Dave]

Steve's RS? Had dealings with the buyer here. Funny (actually makes me cry funny), I sold my 92 RS250 here for $6500.00 back when no cunt wanted one. Love to have it back for that money...

Erm 4DP TZ.

[AllanB]

Check out these two.

The first is a pretty tidy example and priced well

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1428198833.htm

This one however .......

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/cruiser/auction-1427523557.htm

[AllanB]

A clean old girl. Super low kms!

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1420765010.htm

Given Crosby wants $44k for this $14 for the mostly original one is probably good.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1389830952.htm

[pritch]

This one however .......

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/cruiser/auction-1427523557.htm

There's seven people got that watch listed though. Which goes to show something, but I'm not sure what?





Given Crosby wants $44k for this $14 for the mostly original one is probably good.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...1389830952.htm



I'd rather buy the new retro version get Dr Robert to do the suspension both ends and save mega bucks. That's one for the careless rich.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Erm 4DP TZ.

Oh yep. Sorry, thought you may've just been referring to 250 gp bikes in gen. As cool as TZ's are, I def think the build qual of RS's is that lil bit better/nicer. Fucking Honda.

[Crasherfromwayback]

A clean old girl. Super low kms!

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1420765010.htm

Given Crosby wants $44k for this $14 for the mostly original one is probably good.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1389830952.htm

Yeah that's a nice old girl. Isn't it against TM rules to advertise a bike that doesn't even exist?

[jasonu]

. Isn't it against TM rules to advertise a bike that doesn't even exist?

But some people advertise reliable Harleys...:msn-wink:

[F5 Dave]

Oh yep. Sorry, thought you may've just been referring to 250 gp bikes in gen. As cool as TZ's are, I def think the build qual of RS's is that lil bit better/nicer. Fucking Honda.
Never played with RS250, only 125s. My last just drove up the driveway a couple of hours back. Bit sad. Obviously been a while since I took the 125 motor out of it.

[Mike.Gayner]

This person is confused.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1428710492.htm

[Mike.Gayner]

Want to pay more than the new price for a 2.5 year old bike? Here's your chance.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1427104388.htm

[F5 Dave]

What sort of turkey buys a bike and puts through one tank of gas before returning it to the shop to sell losing squat loads in the process? I mean aforementioned SR 400s aside.

[Laava]

What sort of turkey buys a bike and puts through one tank of gas before returning it to the shop to sell losing squat loads in the process? I mean aforementioned SR 400s aside.

That would be closer to two tanks and as many as three trailer rides home!

[F5 Dave]

This person is confused.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1428710492.htm
I was wondering if there was any way I could pay you more for your 13year old bike?

[AllanB]

What sort of turkey buys a bike and puts through one tank of gas before returning it to the shop to sell losing squat loads in the process? I mean aforementioned SR 400s aside.

And spend coin on the exhaust and sparkles (grips, levers ...)

All types of reasons I guess. Lost their job, won lotto and purchased a R1 or something, realized they were not cool enough for a Ducati :bleh:

[AllanB]

I was wondering if there was any way I could pay you more for your 13year old bike?

Fucks sake. A TM search shows that would be $9995 in a dealer, so less private.

Brand new high spec 2016 model for the same price ..... https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1395880623.htm

[Drew]

Fucks sake. A TM search shows that would be $9995 in a dealer, so less private.

Brand new high spec 2016 model for the same price ..... https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1395880623.htm

I've never met anyone that's ridden the current model, who could wrap their head around how fucking fast and grunty it is.
The early one was fun, but nothing overly special.

[Addo007]

I saw this when it was first listed, remember thinking it was well priced at the 8-10k mark somewhere. My guess is it's sold and he's saving fees.



This person is confused.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1428710492.htm

[F5 Dave]

So how do you actually save fees? They take your money at the start, unless it's an auction.

Ahh it is. Hold on its down to 10k now. Which is strong money but not berko like it was.

[Mike.Gayner]

He wanted $23k when I posted that link yesterday. $10k is a bit overpriced, but he might get lucky.

[AllanB]

He wanted $23k when I posted that link yesterday. $10k is a bit overpriced, but he might get lucky.

You can get one off a dealer with similar or less kms for the same - and probably haggle the dealer as well given they will want it off the floor.

[AllanB]

He wanted $23k when I posted that link yesterday. $10k is a bit overpriced, but he might get lucky.

You can get one off a dealer with similar or less kms for the same - and probably haggle the dealer as well given they will want it off the floor.


I might advertise my Ducati at more than I paid for it - heck they don't make my model anymore so it must be exotically collectible now :2thumbsup maybe I should recover the seat in brown leather first.

[F5 Dave]

Nah, be fashion forward. Baby Blue is the new Brown. You read it here first.


If it takes off, how do I collect my royalties?:mellow:

[F5 Dave]

You won't see many of these around sez he

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1430820691.htm

Yeah because the all got commuted to a dreary death and noone thought to save one. Except him. And now he wants. . . well twice what it's worth surely.

[HenryDorsetCase]

You won't see many of these around sez he

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1430820691.htm

Yeah because the all got commuted to a dreary death and noone thought to save one. Except him. And now he wants. . . well twice what it's worth surely.

I bought a GSX400S in 1981 (the fruity one with 4 valve heads and TSCC) for $3000.

[jellywrestler]

You won't see many of these around sez he

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1430820691.htm

Yeah because the all got commuted to a dreary death and noone thought to save one. Except him. And now he wants. . . well twice what it's worth surely.

you seem to be out of touch with things These were very popular in their day, like army indians and bsa bantams, people want two types of toys later in life in terms of bikes, the one they always dreamed about or the one that served them well and they maybe have unfinished business on.
also being a lightweight it's should be a popular choice with old fellas who would struggle with a big bike. apart from the pipes it's original paint and a S model with fairing so ticks a lot of boxes too for a lot, i think the price is about what it's worth

[F5 Dave]

Those 2 examples you quoted were distinctly unpopular for many years. Try selling a Morrie Grinder or an Austin Land crab in the 80s.

They are only popular again due to age. I don't doubt that the GS will be as desirable in say 30 years but for now I don't fancy his chances. It's not a DT175 or an X7. Game changers have more desirability for the sad old men reliving their youth the way they wanted to (we meet on Thursdays). You know where I live, stake out my letterbox and you'll see what magazines I subscribe to. But please don't pinch em, I've lost a few in the post. I've never seen a GS450 restore.

Buy those last remaining GPz 305s and XZ400/550s now but return on investment will be circa 2047 when we can't get petrol anyway so reliability will be a mute point.

[James Deuce]

...mute point.

"Moot" point. Stop drinking at work.

[Voltaire]

Those 2 examples you quoted were distinctly unpopular for many years. Try selling a Morrie Grinder or an Austin Land crab in the 80s.

They are only popular again due to age. I don't doubt that the GS will be as desirable in say 30 years but for now I don't fancy his chances. It's not a DT175 or an X7. Game changers have more desirability for the sad old men reliving their youth the way they wanted to (we meet on Thursdays). You know where I live, stake out my letterbox and you'll see what magazines I subscribe to. But please don't pinch em, I've lost a few in the post. I've never seen a GS450 restore.

Buy those last remaining GPz 305s and XZ400/550s now but return on investment will be circa 2047 when we can't get petrol anyway so reliability will be a mute point.

It was the first bike I saw with a dash mounted gear indicator, these things impressed Honda SL 125 owners. Does Thursday nights include Steinlager Blue?:innocent:

[jasonu]

Stop drinking at work.

That's the main reason he goes to work...

[Runty]

It was the first bike I saw with a dash mounted gear indicator, these things impressed Honda SL 125 owners. Does Thursday nights include Steinlager Blue?:innocent:I had a SL125 - but even then - nothing about a GS450 impressed me [emoji3]

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[F5 Dave]

"Moot" point. Stop drinking at work.
To my shame. Didn't look right, but thought if it were mute it was silent and in between bites of filled bready product it seemed for a short while to make sense.

[F5 Dave]

It was the first bike I saw with a dash mounted gear indicator, these things impressed Honda SL 125 owners. Does Thursday nights include Steinlager Blue?:innocent:
My GS550 had a gear indicator. I too was impressed.
And certainly not!

[Laava]

GT380 had a gear indicator in the clocks.

[AllanB]

My 2015 bike does not have a gear indicator :(

A air temp reading though - because on a motorcycle you can't wind down the window to check the outside temperature.

[F5 Dave]

An oddball orphan with a billion kms on its last oversize, good luck finding new parts..https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1386719440.htm

And you'd get a mid 2000s GasGas250 that would annihilate it for 2k less. Maybe 3k.

What are people thinking?

[jellywrestler]

but return on investment

see there's the difference, i own bikes that i'm interested in, yes some maybe rare and worth some coin but only when i no longer have them which is not what i plan for when i buy them, you seem to see things from a monetary point of view.
You base your knowledge on magazines, i'm rolling my sleeves up and playing with this shit
as for bantams being not wanted, they have always been sought after in some way or another, cause people made memories of them.

[jellywrestler]

It was the first bike I saw with a dash mounted gear indicator,

i've got about ten new old stock ones, do you want one for old times sake?

[pritch]

as for bantams being not wanted, they have always been sought after in some way or another, cause people made memories of them.

There was an old dude rode a Bantam when I was a kid, on his way home from work he would turn the gas off as he went past our house and his bike would stop running as he arrived home. He had it well worked out.

Present day, there is a 1%er up about where the old dude used to live, he owns Harleys now but his first bikes were BSAs and he currently has one as a restoration project. Past conversations suggest he would jump at the chance to buy a Bantam.

I can see the appeal even if I don't want one.

[F5 Dave]

The last line was a joke of course suggesting we all off and buy some dreary bikes of the 80s

But OK let's talk about your bikes, from memory one would have to say they were largely game changers. Astute buys at the right time if one did only consider them investments. But I don't remember any CB400Ns or suchlike.

Anyway now finally the small people are finally, mostly asleep after some protracted protest, I must go set the valves on an 80s GSXR400 I want out of the garage and back to its owner.

I'm still hankering for an RD400. Largely credited as the First mass production bike with mags. But I'd prefer the G which was the last air -cooled of run. Maybe more a game ender?

[AllanB]

I'd buy a Bantam. I even checked TM after reading the post.

[ellipsis]

...I very much wanted one when I was a kid, or something with a Villiers motor...:wait:

[F5 Dave]

I wanted a KZ400 then a TR1. But I got better.

[jellywrestler]

Largely credited as the First mass production bike with mags.

why does everyone think the japs started making motorcycles and inventing everything? this is from 1936, but further back google militaire from the teens

[T.W.R]

why does everyone think the japs started making motorcycles and inventing everything? this is from 1936, but further back google militaire from the teens

Don't mention the great grand daddy of all motorcycles :msn-wink:

[jellywrestler]

Don't mention the great grand daddy of all motorcycles :msn-wink:

you mean the harley's?

[F5 Dave]

Husqvanas are older.

[flashg]

Husqvanas are older.Beta are old as wellhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171003/27b3f3929ce34ba111bf4c99017535e6.jpg

[F5 Dave]

And I said largely credited and mass produced on purpose.

[flashg]

Just a bit slow getting the engine

[F5 Dave]

Yamaha started in 1887 but pianos or even bicycles aren't motorbikes.

[T.W.R]

you mean the harley's?

Almost :laugh: Daimler


And I said largely credited and mass produced on purpose.

KTM, Kreidler, & Fantic were all producing mag wheeled bikes when Yamaha decided to :msn-wink:

[jellywrestler]

Almost :laugh: Daimler



a pisstake of course, even indian are older than harleys but like Dave thinks the only bikes in the world are a lot of other people think the only bikes in the world are charleys...

[T.W.R]

a pisstake of course, even indian are older than harleys but like Dave thinks the only bikes in the world are a lot of other people think the only bikes in the world are charleys...

Yeah I know ;)

But the Militaire was pretty close to the Daimler as in they were wooden spoke wheels not actually cast mags, though the Militaire was a composite wheel, cast hub, wooden spokes & steel rim
Think the Bohmerland was the first true mass produced for the time mag wheeled motorcycle but earlier than the pic you posted stemming back to the very early 20s.

[babysteps]

Bahahahahahahahahhaaaaa!

https://preview.trademe.co.nz/marketplace/trade-me-motors/motorbikes/parts-for-sale/complete-engines/1431112521

[F5 Dave]

As I said, Largely credited. Who is pushing up prices of old bikes? The 1\2 dozen rivet counters? Or the multitude of chaps who remember the chap up the road on the latest Z900 and want one now.

How many people would be currently searching Fantic in NuZealund? And of them how many aren't searching for a twin shock trials iron?

Anyhoo let's get back to the thread.

[Ocean1]

How many people would be currently searching Fantic in NuZealund? And of them how many aren't searching for a twin shock trials iron?

I had a standing tm search for exactly that for years, the last of 'em were damned fine trail bikes.

[EJK]

Thoughts? I think it's a bargain but you guys may think otherwise.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1432795066.htm

I may be "a bit" biased..

[Schematica]

Thoughts? I think it's a bargain but you guys may think otherwise.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1432795066.htm

I may be "a bit" biased..

Bit too rich for my blood, but still someone will snap it up at that price. Mind you if I had the money there is an H2 on there for 34,500

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1411750824.htm

[James Deuce]

Thoughts? I think it's a bargain but you guys may think otherwise.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1432795066.htm

I may be "a bit" biased..
Get it. Now.

[AllanB]

Thoughts? I think it's a bargain but you guys may think otherwise.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1432795066.htm

I may be "a bit" biased..

How much are they new? Avon City Suzuki will sell you a brand new GSXR1000 for that price.

[F5 Dave]

I had a standing tm search for exactly that for years, the last of 'em were damned fine trail bikes.
Again. My point. You were searching for trials bike. Not what he was talking about.
I once inexpertly rolled a K-Roo down a bank. Decided I needed a trials bike in my life after that but ended up with a Beta instead.

[James Deuce]

How much are they new? Avon City Suzuki will sell you a brand new GSXR1000 for that price.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahaha

And it will still be a Suzuki tomorrow morning.

[EJK]

How much are they new? Avon City Suzuki will sell you a brand new GSXR1000 for that price.

Around $40k brand new if I remember correctly. Very desired bike. At that price I won't be surprised if someone is already refinancing mortgage/ sucking bank manager's dick to buy it tomorrow.

[babysteps]

You ***NEED*** that HP4 EJ

[GrayWolf]

a pisstake of course, even indian are older than harleys but like Dave thinks the only bikes in the world are a lot of other people think the only bikes in the world are charleys...

so are Husqvarna and Enfield ... and both have been in continuous production.

[roogazza]

Thoughts? I think it's a bargain but you guys may think otherwise.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1432795066.htm

I may be "a bit" biased..

Nice, I can have anything,but in reality my present Steed is way,way better than me as it is !:msn-wink:
I think a new HP4 is around 35-40 ?

[MarlinHemi]

I am sick of this thing
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1421704885.htm
originally listed for $900 a year or 2 ago the price went up and up as he saw Much nicer ones go for higher prices....

[ellipsis]

...I reckon...I'll tell him when I see him next...

[neels]

Is a FJ1100 worth that?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=1435590851&tm=email&et=45&mt=F9EBD93A-36D0-423B-BB16-006FB3C425E7

Original 11,700k's according to the Q&A, carjam would suggest otherwise....

332840

I can think of a lot more fun to spend $5k on....

[F5 Dave]

They were very sought after about 10 years ago as a touring bike. Well the 1200 esp. But yeah nah.

[AllanB]

Is a FJ1100 worth that?

Original 11,700k's according to the Q&A, carjam would suggest otherwise....
.


No it's not - weird headers too - they don't look like they were made for that bike.


Carjam can be very shit. I had a motorcycle I purchased new some years back with a weird carjam km history - load of shit.

[EJK]

Another winner from Facebook market. I don't think he means Confederate Wraith B120.

[F5 Dave]

Spyda will come down on me like a load of bricklayers, but B120s are meagre commuters. Bearing in mind that I have a T125. They traded hands for beers when someone wanted to get to school or work for no money.

How anyone would think they are worth putting time into let alone think they could make something cool from it.
Not worth even a 1/2 dozen of Foster's now.

[jasonu]

Not worth even a 1/2 dozen of Foster's now.

So you are they are worth less than nothing.

[HenryDorsetCase]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/vinyl/lps-33-rpm/rock/auction-1435432217.htm


not a bike, but come on. $150? around 45 MILLION copies of this album have been sold.

[EJK]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/vinyl/lps-33-rpm/rock/auction-1435432217.htm


not a bike, but come on. $150? around 45 MILLION copies of this album have been sold.

Does he not know he can download the whole discography for free? :lol:

[pritch]

You can probably buy that album new. I agonise sometimes when buying music now. First preference is vinyl, but if I get it from iTunes I can burn a CD to play in the car, put it in my iPod/iPad or whatever.

On the strength of that I think I'll wind up the turntable.

[Voltaire]

Memories of sitting in the bean bag with headphones attached to the Thorn 3 in 1.:niceone:....then punk came along and all that Prog Rock stuff was history.

[Paulo]

really ????
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/dirt-bikes/auction-1386771647.htm

I got a perfectly good TL 125 with spare frame and spare motor dropped off at my door for $500 and I thought i'
d paid a bit much

[neels]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/vinyl/lps-33-rpm/rock/auction-1435432217.htm


not a bike, but come on. $150? around 45 MILLION copies of this album have been sold.
Sweet, got a copy at home I don't particularly need....

Would be happy to undercut his price by $5, and then pop down to the warehouse and buy another one for $30

[HenryDorsetCase]

You can probably buy that album new. I agonise sometimes when buying music now. First preference is vinyl, but if I get it from iTunes I can burn a CD to play in the car, put it in my iPod/iPad or whatever.

On the strength of that I think I'll wind up the turntable.

you definitely can. I was trawling thru JB Hi Fi and it is there (with most of the classic Floyd catalogue).

What surprised me was the Sex Pistols "Spunk" album, pressed on vinyl and on sale for $25

[Mike.Gayner]

Hey good news, if this listing is any guide my Speed Triple has appreciated in value!

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1436069192.htm

[pritch]

From what I’ve read, for an album to be worth anything it needs to be rare. Of course. A very low number, a rare cover, whatever.

There was a Beatles album issued with a cover that was deemed bad taste so was reissued with a different cover. The original release has some value.


There may be something special about that Pink Floyd album but...

[HenryDorsetCase]

From what I’ve read, for an album to be worth anything it needs to be rare. Of course. A very low number, a rare cover, whatever.

There was a Beatles album issued with a cover that was deemed bad taste so was reissued with a different cover. The original release has some value.


There may be something special about that Pink Floyd album but...

you never knew you needed this site in your life, until now.

https://www.discogs.com/search/


The album you're talking about is the Beatles "Yesterday and Today" original cover: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-beatles-bloody-banned-butcher-cover-20160620


Oh, another example you might have heard of: the original pressings of Diamond Dogs by Saint David featured the hybrid dog/Bowie character "anatomically correct" http://riffraf.typepad.com/riffraf/2011/09/controversial-album-covers-david-bowies-diamond-dogs.html

I recently bought a 1971 copy of this album because it had the zip and the cover was mostly intact. The album inside was present but fucked .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLZPqWVisvY but who doesnt have Sticky Fingers anyway.

Then theres the even more esoteric world of bootlegs and "new" pressings. I am excited for the upcoming Bowie Glass Spider tour boots.

[F5 Dave]

Talking of the beetles, and we almost were, talentless skiffle band that they were, I was posting somewhere, shit ihope it was here, anyhoo I was in the packnslave when the played pawl mchacknys Silly love songs. I thought I was going to have to injure myself it just kept going on & on. Fuckn dreadful. I was thinking about that chap who put Jon Lemon out of our misery and thinking of shaking him screaming YOU LEFT ONE BEHIND!!!

I remember importing UK pressings of Stranglers albums in the belief they were better quality. Maybe only because mine were worn and you struggled to get No more Heroes or x.cert

[Laava]

Right then, more bike than toy I guess but $12k?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/other/auction-1431283775.htm

[AllanB]

Right then, more bike than toy I guess but $12k?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/other/auction-1431283775.htm

DREAMING

105 ks top speed. 20 kms range.

[Laava]

This must be the new model of Boattail!
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/other/auction-919108680.htm

[neels]

you never knew you needed this site in your life, until now.

https://www.discogs.com/search/
Why did you have to do that

Anyway, much like this thread it proves that just because it's old, it doesn't mean it's worth anything. :lol:

Could probably get groceries for a month on a couple of picture sleeve singles gathering dust in the cupboard though.....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Talking of the beetles, and we almost were, talentless skiffle band that they were, I was posting somewhere, shit ihope it was here, anyhoo I was in the packnslave when the played pawl mchacknys Silly love songs. I thought I was going to have to injure myself it just kept going on & on. Fuckn dreadful. I was thinking about that chap who put Jon Lemon out of our misery and thinking of shaking him screaming YOU LEFT ONE BEHIND!!!

I remember importing UK pressings of Stranglers albums in the belief they were better quality. Maybe only because mine were worn and you struggled to get No more Heroes or x.cert

When I "went digital" in the early 90's and sold off the bulk of my record collection* those were two I regretted selling. I have vinyl copies of both again and the Live X Cert is a UK import. It plays well but I can hardly hear over the middle age hearing degeneration and tinnitus in any event.

Nice trollage about the beatles by the way. I'll just leave this here: one of my Mum's favourites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE_JaJE-vbw



*fucking stupid decision that. I did keep 200 or so which form the bulk of my "new" record collection

[HenryDorsetCase]

Why did you have to do that

Anyway, much like this thread it proves that just because it's old, it doesn't mean it's worth anything. :lol:

Could probably get groceries for a month on a couple of picture sleeve singles gathering dust in the cupboard though.....

what are they? just curious

[HenryDorsetCase]

DREAMING

105 ks top speed. 20 kms range.

Theres a guy with a pushbike electric conversion who got some phenomenal speed out of it: like 80kph. He put the setup into one of those cargo bikes and happily strops around town with his kids in the front..... CB1100R guy just wasnt trying hard enough.

[ellipsis]

You can probably buy that album new. I agonise sometimes when buying music now. First preference is vinyl, but if I get it from iTunes I can burn a CD to play in the car, put it in my iPod/iPad or whatever.

On the strength of that I think I'll wind up the turntable.


...it was pretty simple back in the vinyl days...buy a new record every week, an LP cost about 2 or 3 bucks then, and hope like fuck nobody with ham fists or too drunk played them while you were not around to protect them...I thought I was high tech back then when I backed them up on tape, hahaha...I still have 80% of my original vinyl and so much on tape that I reckon a cubic meter of space in my shed is taken up with them...I have a pressing of Jimi Hendrix from the era that has been out of it's sleeve about four times in it's lifespan, and some other shit from then that have not had a stylus waved near them more than a few times...I have a fairly big collection of seventies LPs of Kiwi bands on vinyl, I wasn't into a lot of it, so they could be in very good nick too...I only bought them to support the local industry...maybe it's time to pursue the money option?...

[Voltaire]

Sgt Peppers and Abbey road picture discs unplayed in packet bought about 1980 from the States and a fold out round cover Ogdens Nut Gone Flake paid a days apprentice wages for it in the early 80's. My Jay Car turntable lasted about 2 hours before it clapped out...the replacement not much longer.
There was a good doc on Prime on Sgt Peppers....clever productions but not as durable as Revolver, the best Beatles album.

Would that electric Honda have no rego costs being electric?

[HenryDorsetCase]

...it was pretty simple back in the vinyl days...buy a new record every week, an LP cost about 2 or 3 bucks then, and hope like fuck nobody with ham fists or too drunk played them while you were not around to protect them...I thought I was high tech back then when I backed them up on tape, hahaha...I still have 80% of my original vinyl and so much on tape that I reckon a cubic meter of space in my shed is taken up with them...I have a pressing of Jimi Hendrix from the era that has been out of it's sleeve about four times in it's lifespan, and some other shit from then that have not had a stylus waved near them more than a few times...I have a fairly big collection of seventies LPs of Kiwi bands on vinyl, I wasn't into a lot of it, so they could be in very good nick too...I only bought them to support the local industry...maybe it's time to pursue the money option?...

some of that Kiwi stuff IS worth money. At least so I am told. Things like Dragon and so forth. And that terrible band that Don McGlashan and co did the cover of? Back to Nature or something? Probably worth some money. Trawl on tardme and maybe take them to Penny Lane (but if you do, email Real Groovy in Auckland with photos and a list and ask them too - Penny Lane are good, but because they are literally the only game in town in Chur chur they have no competition in buy price and their sell prices are fucking out there.

always tard me too. useful for asking prices confirmation.

Also: don't wait too long: your audience for this stuff is the audience for your old motorbikes i.e. you. There has been a well documented slide in the value of Elvis memorabilia recently, basically caused by the fact that his fans are dying/moving into rest homes/getting dementia, and so not spending the big bux on collectables any more.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Sgt Peppers and Abbey road picture discs unplayed in packet bought about 1980 from the States and a fold out round cover Ogdens Nut Gone Flake paid a days apprentice wages for it in the early 80's. My Jay Car turntable lasted about 2 hours before it clapped out...the replacement not much longer.
There was a good doc on Prime on Sgt Peppers....clever productions but not as durable as Revolver, the best Beatles album.

Would that electric Honda have no rego costs being electric?

Good points: condition and maybe rarity. Bad points: all reissues. Check out discogs.

as for the Honder - my understanding is that if it is more than 300W (which it would need to be because I bet that thing weighs north of 200kg) then it is a motorcycle. As to which category - not sure.

[neels]

what are they? just curiousA Jim Steinman demo single, actually came free with a pretty average album, and early h&c before they were mainstream radio playable. Only really bought them because I had a thing for buying picture sleeve singles of stuff I vaguely liked when they turned up second hand at Echo records

[HenryDorsetCase]

A Jim Steinman demo single, actually came free with a pretty average album, and early h&c before they were mainstream radio playable. Only really bought them because I had a thing for buying picture sleeve singles of stuff I vaguely liked when they turned up second hand at Echo records

I'm working at home this morning and currently playing Stranglers Live X cert quite loud. I feel like a wog.

[ellipsis]

...still off topic, but I think I have the Ogdens Nut Gone Flake album you talk of, in very good condition. I wore my first one out, much like I wore out my first Machine Head and Dark Side Of The Moon albums...I and another person , a motorcycle racer, still slip into Stanley's story and recite a few lines now and again, to be looked at sideways by anyone listening...

[Voltaire]

...still off topic, but I think I have the Ogdens Nut Gone Flake album you talk of, in very good condition. I wore my first one out, much like I wore out my first Machine Head and Dark Side Of The Moon albums...I and another person , a motorcycle racer, still slip into Stanley's story and recite a few lines now and again, to be looked at sideways by anyone listening...

You must be sitting cumfibold on your botty then....:lol:, I have the re issue of the CD in the tobacco tin.

and to keep on topic.

Fecking 18K as is where is.....lazy fecker get a WOF and Rego on it and fix the starter.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1421166064.htm

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/plusw/646422185.jpg

[Crasherfromwayback]

I'm working at home this morning and currently playing Stranglers Live X cert quite loud. I feel like a wog.

They're here again in Jan or Feb. Saw them last time they were here, they were fucking great.

[HenryDorsetCase]

They're here again in Jan or Feb. Saw them last time they were here, they were fucking great.

I've avoided them since Hugh Cornwell left and they went all poppy - that "Golden Brown" song - ecccccchhhh.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I've avoided them since Hugh Cornwell left and they went all poppy - that "Golden Brown" song - ecccccchhhh.

I think you should go seem them live.

[Voltaire]

I've avoided them since Hugh Cornwell left and they went all poppy - that "Golden Brown" song - ecccccchhhh.

And Peaches is not poppy?...not being able to afford a Morris Minor and all...

[HenryDorsetCase]

I think you should go seem them live.

If they bother coming to the 03, I will. The last live show I saw was the Kills. :(

[F5 Dave]

Must dig out x cert but I play records infrequently as there are small people who live in my house that shouldn't be allowed near the player. Yet to put in the stylus after last one broken

[HenryDorsetCase]

And Peaches is not poppy?...not being able to afford a Morris Minor and all...

Its before Hugh got arseholed, and it has that frisson of underage boinking

[Crasherfromwayback]

If they bother coming to the 03, I will. The last live show I saw was the Kills. :(

I've just got back from seeing Peter Hook in Auckland. They were fucking AWESOME!

[HenryDorsetCase]

I've just got back from seeing Peter Hook in Auckland. They were fucking AWESOME!

Oh yeah I love that song "Cover of the Rolling Stone" too!

[AllanB]

Fecking 18K as is where is.....lazy fecker get a WOF and Rego on it and fix the starter.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1421166064.htm




Agree 100% - adverts like this just imply the bike is not up to a WOF.

Are they not friggen cool though - still look good after all these years.

[sidecar bob]

What's the consensus on this?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1435843679
I had a punt, but I've purchased something else now so I'm over it. & if instincts serve me the reserve is around 17k.

[F5 Dave]

Aww but it's got one of those shitty snoozookie engines hasn't it? Surely no one likes those?


:scratch:

[Grumph]

What's the consensus on this?
I had a punt, but I've purchased something else now so I'm over it. & if instincts serve me the reserve is around 17k.

Well, I'm not a fan of that generation of GSXR engine anyway....and the SB6 I was shown some years back at Wgtn M/C struck me as ugly, seen in the metal.

Might even have been the same one.

[Navy Boy]

If memory serves these have to have the engine removed as and when you want to change the chain and sprockets owing to the frame design. Seems a bit excessive to me...

[neels]

Yeah, sure, why not pay more than an unmolested one in good nick would cost you, and then have the pleasure of putting it together as well....

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=1440116167&tm=email&et=45&mt=F9EBD93A-36D0-423B-BB16-006FB3C425E7

[F5 Dave]

It's still an obsolete trail bike. Not a competition bike. It will severely devalue if it is used, and there is no other reason for having it. A 400 for same price will be superior in every way


https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1440681297.htm

[jellywrestler]

What's the consensus on this?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1435843679
I had a punt, but I've purchased something else now so I'm over it. & if instincts serve me the reserve is around 17k.

love my sb3, it is such a work of art from within the period it was made, of course later on the japs caught up so they weren't head and shoulders above the donor bike the engine came out of in terms of finish.
The first owner of my bike had this and a 1939 chev as his two forms of transport, this was a bit fierce so they fitted gsx1100 carbs to it, suzuki nz had 23 spare sets at their warehouse at the time...

[F5 Dave]

This looks new.
But it was still just a GS550 with a pointy tank and odd seat.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1435861127.htm

[F5 Dave]

I remember staring at the first GS Bimini(predictive text version) at. Erm. Think it was at MotoRecycle basin reserve and thinking it was amazing.

[F5 Dave]

I spent 14k into this and I want it all back.

At least he rode it a bit before selling it

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1440085681.htm

[jellywrestler]

This looks new.
But it was still just a GS550 with a pointy tank and odd seat.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1435861127.htm

1982 model there, here's one for sidecarbob

[HenryDorsetCase]

One of the very first motorcycle magazines I bought with my own money has a Bimota KB2 on the cover. Its an early 1981 or 1982 Cycle World.

Still gives me the horn. I'd buy one.

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/bimota/bimota_kb2.htm

[Drew]

Rode around central Otago on a Bimota in Janruary. Fuck I g horrid.

[F5 Dave]

Never ridden one of this model but looks like a good one.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1419517377.htm
7k? Yeah nah

[Drew]

Never ridden one of this model but looks like a good one.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1419517377.htm
7k? Yeah nah
Prolly get $5,500 for that, mibbee more. They're good bikes and have a following

[F5 Dave]

Yeah idda thought 5k. Those ones weren't without issues and it's pre-century

[James Deuce]

Never ridden one of this model but looks like a good one.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1419517377.htm
7k? Yeah nah
It's not "Concourse" if it doesn't have the original fucking muffler, is it? Plus all the other coating/painting bullshit means it's just a bike. Don't use words you don't understand. Fucking sob-story peddling, con-artist, lying sack of pond-dwelling trademe "trader".

WTF is partial brake fluid replacement? I ran out and didn't bother getting more? I pissed in it because it's the right colour?

What did it clean the "neutral sensor" with? A fucking hammer?

[sidecar bob]

Rode around central Otago on a Bimota in Janruary. Fuck I g horrid.

Well I'm chuffed I pulled the pin on the Bimota & bought a classic BMW car instead, as a severance present to myself from the business.

[jellywrestler]

It's not "Concourse"

a concourse is a piece of concrete

[jellywrestler]

Rode around central Otago on a Bimota in Janruary. Fuck I g horrid.

what was so wrong with it, i think they're better at making bikes than you?

[James Deuce]

a concourse is a piece of concrete
Excellent. I knew someone would get it.
Concours d'Elegance.

[AllanB]

It's not "Concourse" if it doesn't have the original fucking muffler, is it? Plus all the other coating/painting bullshit means it's just a bike. Don't use words you don't understand. Fucking sob-story peddling, con-artist, lying sack of pond-dwelling trademe "trader".

WTF is partial brake fluid replacement? I ran out and didn't bother getting more? I pissed in it because it's the right colour?

What did it clean the "neutral sensor" with? A fucking hammer?

I really enjoyed that rant.

Chances are he got it for zip. Amazingly low kms if valid though.

[Drew]

what was so wrong with it, i think they're better at making bikes than you?

That doesn't mean they're better than everyone though, does it.

[F5 Dave]

But obviously, from what bikes you day are cool on this thread; well that's got to be a shining endorsement. I'll be knocking on Roger's door tomorrow demanding to buy his BB1.:motu:

[pritch]

Prolly get $5,500 for that, mibbee more. They're good bikes and have a following

Yep! That's a game changing model, first of the Fireblades?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yep! That's a game changing model, first of the Fireblades?

second I think? the 93 was the 919 then this was the first of the 954's? edit: doh no this is the last-ish of the 929s my bad

[HenryDorsetCase]

It's not "Concourse" if it doesn't have the original fucking muffler, is it? Plus all the other coating/painting bullshit means it's just a bike. Don't use words you don't understand. Fucking sob-story peddling, con-artist, lying sack of pond-dwelling trademe "trader".

WTF is partial brake fluid replacement? I ran out and didn't bother getting more? I pissed in it because it's the right colour?

What did it clean the "neutral sensor" with? A fucking hammer?

they get water in them and corrode. easy enough to replace.

Superficially that bike looks pretty good. He does say in the blurb it comes wiht the stock piple (which you would want).

Given its from the UK you would want to give it the fright of its life over next winter in terms of stripdown and inspection. If you want to ride it you would at least need to rebuild the calipers/master cylinders and replace the brake lines (20 years old rubber ones? Yeah nah). I'd want to look at the steering head bearings and strip and grease the rear linkage. plus a set of tyres.

I've seen them going for between 4 and 6 depending on condition - I reckon $5.5 to $6k would buy this but you'd have to spend some money. The really hard to get bits (fairing, tank) are all present and correct though.

My favourite paintscheme on these is the first one (white/blue/orange) or that "urban tiger" one - there was one on tardme recently in that scheme.

I love these by the way. A mate bought one brand spankers in 1994 and I had just finished Uni, didnt have a bike and he rolls round home on it and says - take it for a thrash. Fuck yeah I did.

[James Deuce]

Yep! That's a game changing model, first of the Fireblades?
It's a fox eye and it's yellow and purple. It's the second facelift of the first Fireblade. It's hideous.

[AllanB]

It's a fox eye and it's yellow and purple. It's the second facelift of the first Fireblade. It's hideous.

Speaking of Hideous - the brand new GSXR1000 body and graphics - WTF, hello 1997. Still the hardcore fans will love it, and by all accounts it's a ripper of a bike.

Edited to reference the blue ones.

[Drew]

Speaking of Hideous - the brand new GSXR1000 body and graphics - WTF, hello 1997. Still the hardcore fans will love it, and by all accounts it's a ripper of a bike.

I think the black R model with red graphics looks fantastic...except for the blue anodized forks.

[AllanB]

I think the black R model with red graphics looks fantastic...except for the blue anodized forks.

I may have to edit my comment - just swung by my local Suzuki dealer for chain oil and they have a red one in the shop. None of the silly graphics like the blue ones. Looked fine :-)

Apparently the blue is selling the best. There you go - what do I know!

[SVboy]

I may have to edit my comment - just swung by my local Suzuki dealer for chain oil and they have a red one in the shop. None of the silly graphics like the blue ones. Looked fine :-)

Apparently the blue is selling the best. There you go - what do I know!

Hyosung red! And I adore GSXR's ! Should be classic blue/blue/ white.....

[AllanB]

Hyosung red! And I adore GSXR's ! Should be classic blue/blue/ white.....

Shit-the-bed it is Hyosung red!

Should have done the blue one like the original 86 750.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Should have done the blue one like the original 86 750.

Nah. Like my 86 1100.

332924

[HenryDorsetCase]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1441929802.htm

LOL that W650 is for sale again. I asked a question. (two in fact)



Dear seller with -1 feedback. Please know that this is not worth $15k. Its not worth $13k either. I would think the absolute maximum you would get for this is around $7500 to $8000. Here's what you need to do to achieve that: 1. take some decent photos (no one is interested in the crack addled tattooed bint we want to see the motorcycle you are supposedly selling). 2. Explain why this garage queen needed $5k spent on it, and what it was spent on.

and

Also, tyres are wear items. And those arent spectacular sportbike rubber. If you are selling a bike a buyer EXPECTS that it will be roadworthy and tyres are the biggest part of that.



wonder if numb nuts will respond?

[jasonu]

Nah. Like my 86 1100.

332924

I just got a stiffy.

[neels]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1441929802.htm

LOL that W650 is for sale again. I asked a question. (two in fact)
Have tardme changed how things work? The questions are visible even though they don't appear to have been answered, previously the unanswered questions only showed up after the auction had closed.

I notice that the skanky thing is carrying a petrol container, the best thing action going forward would be to empty it over the remains of what used to be a presentable motorcycle, and flick a match.

[AllanB]

Nah. Like my 86 1100.

332924

You sir have hit the nail on the head. Seriously horny, looks 'sporty' and pisses all over the 'drop-pie' graphics they splattered over the current blue one.

[AllanB]

(no one is interested in the crack addled tattooed bint we want to see the motorcycle you are supposedly selling).

I don't know HDC, I think the bint may be on the right track with a can of petrol - she may plan to ride it to the beach and start a W650 bonfire. Then run around the fire topless chanting binty type mutterings while waving a large piece of phallic shaped driftwood.

PS - I quite like the term 'Bint' I may use it at work tomorrow.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I don't know HDC, I think the bint may be on the right track with a can of petrol - she may plan to ride it to the beach and start a W650 bonfire. Then run around the fire topless chanting binty type mutterings while waving a large piece of phallic shaped driftwood.

PS - I quite like the term 'Bint' I may use it at work tomorrow.

Bint is from me granddad. Its WW2 era at least.

Have you noticed that the silly crackwhore has sunglasses on AND the helmet has a dark visor. AND that fuel can (if it has fuel in it) is ready to pour and she has it behind her back. Enquiring minds want to know what the fuck is going on.

[HenryDorsetCase]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1442051949.htm

fucking tardme just keeps on giving. My question for this punter (at least has +1 feedbacks)

So, keyword "ninja"..... thats your day job right?

[F5 Dave]

Erm. . . I thought that was a weedy guy rather than a crack addled hint.

[AllanB]

Erm. . . I thought that was a weedy guy rather than a crack addled hint.

My money is on a Bint.

Tats - all girly - no self respecting male coke addict would flower himself that much. A rose with a 'mum' inscription yes - but that many?

The smile and piercing point to a Bint.

The top - only Auckland Drop-Pie parades see men wearing something like that.



Also - something is really wrong with me when I am enlarging TM images of peoples crotch areas to see if it is a he or she ....... stupid jean fold did not help me.

[AllanB]

AND that fuel can (if it has fuel in it) is ready to pour and she has it behind her back. Enquiring minds want to know what the fuck is going on.

Probably some dumb-arse Hipster thing at the moment - fill a fuel can with vodka and orange.

Or vage lube. 3.75 litres appears a bit excessive though, even to my mind.

You pick.

[pritch]

Bint is from me granddad. Its WW2 era at least.


Very commonly used by soldiers who had served in North Africa. Also "shufti", as in have a look (rhymes with book) and "Special for you Kiwi". They were added to the language, there would be others.

[KezzaCFC]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=1443334729&tm=email&et=45&mt=1B390B4B-D1BE-4FAF-9886-A53CFDF46930

You even get a complimentary warning

[Crasherfromwayback]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=1443334729&tm=email&et=45&mt=1B390B4B-D1BE-4FAF-9886-A53CFDF46930

You even get a complimentary warning

He'll fucking shit himself when he pulls the pin on his new thou then.

"WARNNING this bike is very fast 0-100 real quick. "

[Mike.Gayner]

The seller is delusional - it has stone chips from going too fast?

[ellipsis]

The seller is delusional - it has stone chips from going too fast?


...there are a lot of small asteroids in the cold, hard, vacuum of space, where a lot of these children go riding...

[Voltaire]

When a 1950 Vespa is not a 1950 Vespa....


https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1436959579

[GSW]

My god that is one ugly, malnutritioned, strangely dressed guy :no:


https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1441929802.htm

LOL that W650 is for sale again. I asked a question. (two in fact)

wonder if numb nuts will respond?

[riffer]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=1443334729&tm=email&et=45&mt=1B390B4B-D1BE-4FAF-9886-A53CFDF46930

You even get a complimentary warning


Piss had to be taken...

[kazadi]

My god that is one ugly, malnutritioned, strangely dressed guy :no:

................

[T.W.R]

$8k start price :lol:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1445210174.htm

[Drew]

$8k start price :lol:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1445210174.htm
I kinda want it. But not 8k

[T.W.R]

I kinda want it. But not 8k

It's just a CBX650E in police spec so nothing really special apart from being a fairly reliable jack of all trades bike. The $8k start price means the reserve is somewhere north of $8.5k :pinch:

[F5 Dave]

Last time I saw a 650 was on an adventure trail ride being beaten to death. Hilarious for the first 20 minutes I'm sure. Maybe he should have found some Christmas tree lights and undercut this sucker by 1/2. And still be laughing if a fool bought it

[AllanB]

It's just a CBX650E in police spec so nothing really special apart from being a fairly reliable jack of all trades bike. The $8k start price means the reserve is somewhere north of $8.5k :pinch:

The ex-police bikes are collectible. They don't come up often and I've seen them fetch good coin.

Really don't know the value of this one.

And it amazes me that you can but one, lights and all, get some hi-viz and a white helmet and cruise around the roads.

[HenryDorsetCase]

The ex-police bikes are collectible. They don't come up often and I've seen them fetch good coin.

Really don't know the value of this one.

And it amazes me that you can but one, lights and all, get some hi-viz and a white helmet and cruise around the roads.

it would be almost tempting to wear this hi viz vest because LOLZ

[T.W.R]

The ex-police bikes are collectible. They don't come up often and I've seen them fetch good coin.

Really don't know the value of this one.

And it amazes me that you can but one, lights and all, get some hi-viz and a white helmet and cruise around the roads.

Early ex police bikes are of interest to a few but that CBX isn't that old and not that special, they weren't common here but overseas in Asian countries prolific as.....Japan & Hong Kong etc they were the spec bike.
The age of that one puts it smack bang in the middle of when the XJ750 Secas were the main stay & the R80 beemers were coming in so it's a bit of an orphan. One that would be interesting to see where it ended up was the GSX1100 that was resident at the Riccarton Station when they shared the old State Insurance building on Division St, used to be a laugh seeing that lined up with a couple of XJs & a CB550 in the car park.

[Crasherfromwayback]

it would be almost tempting to wear this hi viz vest because LOLZ

Fuckwits that wear those need bumming with a butternut squash.

[jellywrestler]

It's just a CBX650E in police spec so nothing really special apart from being a fairly reliable jack of all trades bike. The $8k start price means the reserve is somewhere north of $8.5k :pinch:

actually they are as rare as fuck, as they were condemed by the police for ill handling and speed wobbles once they were loaded up and literally taken off the road and sold off, brought the price off normal CBX650's down to about $2k at the time as they were tarred with the same brush.
as always oddities often become more valuable.
on top of this hayden is a mate of mine and specialises in cop bikes and has an amazing attention to detail as to what is what on them, they're not my cup of tea but great to see someone preserving them

[AllanB]

Fuckwits that wear those need bumming with a butternut squash.

I had to Google to get some perspective on your distaste of the vest. I'm a visual person and I now have a understanding of your position. Safe to say I won't be seen wearing one .....

[babysteps]

I had to Google to get some perspective on your distaste of the vest. I'm a visual person and I now have a understanding of your position. Safe to say I won't be seen wearing one .....

Dont be shy honey, you've taken bigger at singles night at the gay bar :-P

[T.W.R]

actually they are as rare as fuck, as they were condemed by the police for ill handling and speed wobbles once they were loaded up and literally taken off the road and sold off, brought the price off normal CBX650's down to about $2k at the time as they were tarred with the same brush.
as always oddities often become more valuable.
on top of this hayden is a mate of mine and specialises in cop bikes and has an amazing attention to detail as to what is what on them, they're not my cup of tea but great to see someone preserving them

The majority of the CBXs in that body style came into the country in the grey import boom but as police spec they were Asian market so yeah not so common here but in japan etc there's a few ;)
Who's Hayden? thats a fella Paisley from Lagmhor just out of Tinwald

[jellywrestler]

The majority of the CBXs in that body style came into the country in the grey import boom but as police spec they were Asian market so yeah not so common here but in japan etc there's a few ;)
Who's Hayden? thats a fella Paisley from Lagmhor just out of Tinwald

hayden lives in ashvegas, the cbx's were the new thing with their fancy hydraulic valves etc, but the wobbly police bikes saw them plummet to leper status quickly

[HenryDorsetCase]

Fuckwits that wear those need bumming with a butternut squash.

dont knock it till you've tried it! the flared base means it doesnt go all the way in....

[HenryDorsetCase]

actually they are as rare as fuck, as they were condemed by the police for ill handling and speed wobbles once they were loaded up and literally taken off the road and sold off, brought the price off normal CBX650's down to about $2k at the time as they were tarred with the same brush.


Wasn't there another cop bike that had the same issue - perhaps earlier? The story we heard was that Lester Pester (which I believe was his actual name) who was the local cop had been a bike cop somewhere and he had given chase to someone, and his bike developed a death wobble which chucked him up the road. the offender (likely doing 82-85kph at the time) absconded.

Lester became the head of the Christchurch City Council parking enforcement division later.... early 90's I guess.

[GrayWolf]

I had to Google to get some perspective on your distaste of the vest. I'm a visual person and I now have a understanding of your position. Safe to say I won't be seen wearing one .....

Just to clarify, are you talking of not wearing the vest, or, not wearing the butternut pumpkin? :pinch:

[Mreza]

Fuckwits that wear those need bumming with a butternut squash.

Rare but maybe to much for this one

[T.W.R]

hayden lives in ashvegas

I know the one you're talking about, he sells a few bikes regularly on TM, GKP is a different trader :yes:


Wasn't there another cop bike that had the same issue - perhaps earlier?

During the 60s the Triumph Saints weren't popular due to being completely unreliable. The ChCh MOT's favourite vehicle of choice at the same time was a Mini Cooper :yes: They even used to have unofficial carpark races in it at the old Manchester St parking building :shifty:

[pritch]

It seems just slightly odd that some bikes we deride, mostly rightly I believe, have a significant number of people watchlisting them. Currently 30 odd hopefuls have that cop bike watchlisted.

[F5 Dave]

A market of retired Mr Plod wanting to relive a misspent past?

[jasonu]

https://bend.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1983-xr350r-75-xl250-hybrid/6357057538.html

I wouldn't give 1000 cents for this one.

[HenryDorsetCase]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1452993958.htm

really?

do they have, like, collector value or something?

[Crasherfromwayback]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1452993958.htm

really?

do they have, like, collector value or something?

Someone prob swallowed some wanker salesman's blurb about them being collectible, and worth millions down the track. Whilst as a new one, it will eventually be worth ok money, that's all it'll be. Unless you find someone thicker than the owner. There are certain HD models worth serious coin now, but doubt that'll ever be one. The very first Fatboy with the five yellow rings on it would be worth more than that if you had a good one now. A brand new one would be moon beams. A brand new Sturgis would be serious money too.

[Pound]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1453393988.htm

Ladies & gentlemen, I think we have a winner........

[Ifsn8u]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1453393988.htm

Ladies & gentlemen, I think we have a winner........


Oh deary me. WTF is he smokn?

[AllanB]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1453393988.htm

Ladies & gentlemen, I think we have a winner........

Been dropped I reckon. I'm struggling to see $8k of extras, full exhaust - $3 maybe, top triple clamp $500, various levers and lines $1,000.

And it is ugly as shit on ya pillow.

Dreamer.

[pzkpfw]

Says the rego has lapsed, but also that it's a 2016, and this being 2017, it would have had to come with an oddly short first license period that he never replaced even once. I'd guess the write-off idea is accurate.

(And it'll need a chain guard for the WOF.)

[FJRider]

Says the rego has lapsed, but also that it's a 2016, and this being 2017, it would have had to come with an oddly short first license period that he never replaced even once. I'd guess the write-off idea is accurate.

(And it'll need a chain guard for the WOF.)

Could have been sold between Jan-Oct 2016 with 12 months rego.

[F5 Dave]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1452993958.htm

really?

do they have, like, collector value or something?

Fuk that's one ugly piece of shit. Bulldozer it into a hole would be the best thing for it. Shitstain.
[Edit]
Sorry I've had a couple of drinks and maybe I haven't made myself clear.
I do not like this bike.
I think the quality is low.
Aesthetically it looks like what I smeared on the toilet paper.
I would give you no money for this fuking abortion. American shit.

[babysteps]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-1453393988.htm

Ladies & gentlemen, I think we have a winner........

Hi Mark,

The auction for "Suzuki gsxr750 2016", which is on your watchlist, has been withdrawn by Trade Me customer support as it breached our terms and conditions.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.

Regards,

Trade Me Support

[AllanB]

Fuk that's one ugly piece of shit. Bulldozer it into a hole would be the best thing for it. Shitstain.
[Edit]
Sorry I've had a couple of drinks and maybe I haven't made myself clear.
I do not like this bike.
I think the quality is low.
Aesthetically it looks like what I smeared on the toilet paper.
I would give you no money for this fuking abortion. American shit.



Not a Harley man then? :innocent:

[AllanB]

Hi Mark,

The auction for "Suzuki gsxr750 2016", which is on your watchlist, has been withdrawn by Trade Me customer support as it breached our terms and conditions.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.

Regards,

Trade Me Support


Interesting. stolen?

[Berries]

Interesting. stolen?
Well, first off it wasn't a 2016 GSXR750, even if you squinted really hard. I have one of those and if anyone wants it for $15,000 I will deliver it on Saturday.

The X was missing, but had been replaced with many big names like Ohlins and Yoshimura. Main problem appeared to be that it looked like it had recently rear ended a bus and for some unknown reason had a toaster stuck on the front of it.

[jellywrestler]

Not a Harley man then? :innocent:

he's not even a man yet

[Pound]

Interesting. stolen?


And the very next day he has his account closed............

https://www.trademe.co.nz/MyTradeMe/ProfileLookup.aspx?searchtype=SELLER&search_string=19631010

[F5 Dave]

he's not even a man yet

Yes but I hold great hopes for medical science.

[jasonu]

Yes but I hold great hopes for medical science.

Not when hardley owners are involved. Boys that never grew up and posers. They suck, end of story.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Not when hardley owners are involved. Boys that never grew up and posers. They suck, end of story.

so, if I buy one next year?

[AllanB]

so, if I buy one next year?

Depends on how many HD logos are on your riding gear. It's directly proportional to the wank factor.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Depends on how many HD logos are on your riding gear. It's directly proportional to the wank factor.

Hard to see me parting ways with my Triumph leather jacket. I never thought I would own a brown leather jacket, let alone one that looks like a Belstaff Trialmaster, but honestly it is the best jacket I have ever owned. I have a bunch of others but this is the one I automatically reach for.

A lot of the HD branded jackets I have seen have been very average leather, and some have no armour whatever in them. Yours for like $900. Yeah nah.

[AllanB]

Hard to see me parting ways with my Triumph leather jacket.

See that shows a impedance and style that is sadly missing from the over 50's HD crowd. Wear that jacket on the HD.

I'd own a HD - after I'd modified it.

[Voltaire]

Hard to see me parting ways with my Triumph leather jacket. I never thought I would own a brown leather jacket, let alone one that looks like a Belstaff Trialmaster, but honestly it is the best jacket I have ever owned. I have a bunch of others but this is the one I automatically reach for.

A lot of the HD branded jackets I have seen have been very average leather, and some have no armour whatever in them. Yours for like $900. Yeah nah.

I really like my ( BLACK) Triumph jacket looks like its straight out of " The Mild One"

My second fave is a Ducati jacket which is fun to ride on the Vespa with, I don't think Vespa do a leather jacket???

You can keep your wanky Steve McQueen ( would not been seen dead in) brown Balstaffs :bleh: , have you got a David

Beckham poster in your shed?
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/features/bikes/-/media/import/4268_images/Steve20McQueen202

Harleys...meh not worth the tassle.:rolleyes:

[F5 Dave]

so, if I buy one next year?
Slow to learn after the SR400 experience?:lol:

[HenryDorsetCase]

Slow to learn after the SR400 experience?:lol:

Harsh. But fair. :(

Ima test ride one tomorrow as it happens. Street Bob.

[AllanB]

Harsh. But fair. :(

Ima test ride one tomorrow as it happens. Street Bob.

2018 one with the new engine?

[HenryDorsetCase]

2018 one with the new engine?

yep. Everytime I go in there they're like "take it for a spin". I have to take my car for a warrant tomorrow so why not?

[husaberg]

Harsh. But fair. :(

Ima test ride one tomorrow as it happens. Street Bob.

KTM duke .......
or a Husky Nuda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjUi-86o40
just saying

[F5 Dave]

Download a protractor angle app onto you phone and place it on the forks. 27deg is super lazy and will make a bike a bit ponderous. some dirt biased stuff get away with it). Aim towards 23ish. [Googles StreetBlob picture] Oh. Right.

[HenryDorsetCase]

KTM duke .......
or a Husky Nuda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjUi-86o40
just saying

Even if I wanted one of those (I dont) I am trying to get away from sky high seat heights for a road bike. I am keeping my Street Triple R.

The current shortlist is : Street Bob, Harley Sportster 72 (if I can find one) Triumph Street Twin, Triumph T120, maybe a Kawasaki Z900RS if they look OK in the flesh not just in pictures.

No ADV bikes, no sportsbikes, no hyper fast nakeds (workmate has just bought a Ducati Monser 1200R which I will get to ride in due course)

[Crasherfromwayback]

Even if I wanted one of those (I dont) I am trying to get away from sky high seat heights for a road bike. I am keeping my Street Triple R.

The current shortlist is : Street Bob, Harley Sportster 72 (if I can find one) Triumph Street Twin, Triumph T120, maybe a Kawasaki Z900RS if they look OK in the flesh not just in pictures.

No ADV bikes, no sportsbikes, no hyper fast nakeds (workmate has just bought a Ducati Monser 1200R which I will get to ride in due course)

Main prob with the 72, is tiny fuel tank (and they look like poos with a bigger tank fitted), and shit suspension front and rear. New Street Bob (now it's a softail) would be a way better bet.

[Banditbandit]

Harley Sportster 72 (if I can find one)

I rode one of Rolling Thunder's '72s ... in 1972 it would have been my dream bike

It put me off Harley's permenantly. (Maybe I'll look at something else at some time in the future - but right now any plans I might have had for a Harley have gone .. )


Main prob with the 72, is tiny fuel tank (and they look like poos with a bigger tank fitted), and shit suspension front and rear. New Street Bob (now it's a softail) would be a way better bet.


Yeah - the shit suspension was part of the issue ... a sweeping right corner at 100 klicks chucked the Harley all over the road - my big Bandit on the same corner took it at 135 klicks without moving ...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah - the shit suspension was part of the issue ... a sweeping right corner at 100 klicks chucked the Harley all over the road - my big Bandit on the same corner took it at 135 klicks without moving ...

Yep. Tiny amount of travel, that's not well dampened either. Def only for pottering around on. Even then, no good for a bigger person.

[Honest Andy]

Even if I wanted one of those (I dont) I am trying to get away from sky high seat heights for a road bike. I am keeping my Street Triple R.

The current shortlist is : Street Bob, Harley Sportster 72 (if I can find one) Triumph Street Twin, Triumph T120, maybe a Kawasaki Z900RS if they look OK in the flesh not just in pictures.

No ADV bikes, no sportsbikes, no hyper fast nakeds (workmate has just bought a Ducati Monser 1200R which I will get to ride in due course)

Want low seat height? Slightly classic? Reminiscent handling? Reasonable possibility of having to learn how to fix it?
Look no further! ;)
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1454245765

And probably priced only slightly high :niceone:

[Crasherfromwayback]

These guys should know better.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-Kawasaki-KX/152757448574?hash=item23910daf7e:g:XX8AAOSwLlpZrih K&vxp=mtr

[Paulo]

KTM duke .......
or a Husky Nuda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjUi-86o40
just saying


I like your thinking, took a nuda for a test ride , loads of fun even though I'm a midget.

[jasonu]

so, if I buy one next year?

You'll be off my Christmas card list.

[HenryDorsetCase]

You'll be off my Christmas card list.
Awwwww man, your Christmas card is the highlight of my year. :(

[HenryDorsetCase]

Want low seat height? Slightly classic? Reminiscent handling? Reasonable possibility of having to learn how to fix it?
Look no further! ;)
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1454245765

And probably priced only slightly high :niceone:

I really like them and would own one if my shed was bigger.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I really like them and would own one if my shed was bigger.

You sick fuck.

[AllanB]

You sick fuck.

I want it. If the girl wasn't at University ..........

That's one thing Labour did not offer - a free motorcycle.

[AllanB]

I really like them and would own one if my shed was bigger.

So where's the HD ride report - or are you busy getting a skull tattoo on your shoulder?

[HenryDorsetCase]

So where's the HD ride report - or are you busy getting a skull tattoo on your shoulder?

Yeah nah. I can't have a skull it would clash with the unicorn and rainbow on the other shoulder.

As for the ride report, well. I liked the bike. I did my same test ride that I ride any bike so over the hill via the Sign of the Kiwi, out to the Wheatsheaf, over Gebbies then back to to town. You get a bit of everything plus stunning scenery. Especially today. It was beautiul. And warm but not too hot. Actually the perfect day to be out riding.

The bike is a 2018 Harley Davidson Street Bob. I think its model designation is FXLSTFBBQWTF. something like that. 107 cubic inch which I worked out as 1900 cc. Six speed. single disc and high-ish handlebars. Complete redesign for 2018 vs last years model: the motor is bigger, now a dry sump, and is 4V with water cooled heads. The frame is new (lighter and stiffer) and the rear suspension is new. The old soft tails had shocks under the motors - this has something akin to a Yamaha DT400 monoshock (or, you know, a Vincent).

I have ridden 3 Harleys in my life. This one, a Street 500 which is our shop bike, and a Sportster Nightster a few years ago.

You'd think, if you had been carrying the prejudices against the brand that I have been carrying for many years, that the bikes would be utter shit. They aren't. They also have some features that you would think "Why the fuck don't all manufacturers do this?" Like the remote key fob thingy, and self cancelling indicators. You wouldnt buy a car without that shit but for a bike its all about a key, still.

Anyway, crank it up (hear the blip, flip the switch, hit the button) and its super quiet. there is a bit of burble but "everybody changes the pipes" - I hate obnoxiously loud bikes unless they are in MotoGP so I dont mind that. Get on it and the ergos are immediately right for me - I have the physical characteristics of a hobbit so short legs, long body, huge penis and hairy feet (ask your Mum). I can flat foot the thing. I have a nice leg reach to the pegs - I thought it would be too long initially but its fine. The handlebar position is not what I am used to but surprisingly OK up till around 110kph - seat is fine. It has a way better display than the one on my street triple. The thing has no gauges and the display is built into the clamp that holds the bars. It is way easier to read than the digital display on my street triple and has a rev counter too. Which is good. Plus a fuel range to empty which is a useful thing. Its hilarious reading the rev counter - 2300 rpm at 100kph in top.

That road over the hill is toight loik a toiger but the thing goes where you point it, and holds a line well. Ground clearance not as compromised as I expected.... I dragged a lot more hardware on the ground on the Street 500 than the Street Bob. I obviously wasnt thrashing it because it had only done 200km from brand new but it pulled out to pass any amount quickly enough in a "real world" speed from 60 to 110 kph. Nice light and neutral steering - sure its long, and in a sweeper you need some pressure on the inside bar, but a lot of that is to do with sensible tyre sizes particularly in the rear.

Niggles? I didnt think the front brake was that good and I didnt like the lever - I'd look for some reach adjustable levers for it and maybe some sintered pads. Its also too quiet.

The one thing I would spend money on? The front fork. Probably set up for someone heavier than me but it had far too much compression damping so it would kind of crash over bumps a bit. I wonder if it isnt a cartridge or bending washer fork but a fixed orifice type design. I am sure it is nothing that Rob Taylor couldnt fix. The rear was excellent. It only blew through its travel on an EQ pothole once.

I really rated it. I intend to take the Triumph Bobber (similar money) out over the same circuit in the next week or so.

TL;DR: functions like a proper motorcycle. Looks cool even in stock form. Some great features. I could live with one as a road bike.

And get this: $23000 ride away (with 12 mo rego included). That is an absolute bargain especially given there is a complete redesign and major improvements over the outgoing model. In fact it must be cannibalising sales from Sportsters something chronic because a sportster is ~$21k. In the US the steps are like $11kUS for a Sportster and a Street Bob is 25 % more but here the gap is 10%.

[husaberg]

Even if I wanted one of those (I dont) I am trying to get away from sky high seat heights for a road bike. I am keeping my Street Triple R.

The current shortlist is : Street Bob, Harley Sportster 72 (if I can find one) Triumph Street Twin, Triumph T120, maybe a Kawasaki Z900RS if they look OK in the flesh not just in pictures.

No ADV bikes, no sportsbikes, no hyper fast nakeds (workmate has just bought a Ducati Monser 1200R which I will get to ride in due course)
I posted the nuda for it Harley like sound without the midlife crisis connotations (they have a 45 crank.)
The mid size Duke from what you said you wanted the Sr400 for, seems to me to be a lot closer to the original brief governor.

[Crasherfromwayback]

the motor is bigger, now a dry sump,

.

They've always been dry sump Old Bean. Glad you enjoyed it. As mentioned before, dropping the Dyna chassis, and making them all Softails, made perfect sense, and I always asked HD boffins why they hadn't done it ages ago.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Good job the fairings are in reasonably good condition then!

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-1455854641.htm

[F5 Dave]

Turbo is stripped ready for rebuild;
But was found to be totally fuked and I can't get parts or find another. I was so passed off I beat the bike all over with a lump hammer. Felt bad about it so sprayed it black. Anyway my drug dealer says I owe him $1700 or he's going to break my legs so . . .

Edit: I love this thread. Thank you to all.

[Honest Andy]

[QUOTE=F5 Dave;1131069948]Turbo is stripped ready for rebuild;
But was found to be totally fuked and I can't get parts or find another. I was so passed off I beat the bike all over with a lump hammer. Felt bad about it so sprayed it black. Anyway my drug dealer says I owe him $1700 or he's going to break my legs so . . .

I think you're being a bit harsh, I mean, somebody has spent a bit of time on it, pulling all the good bits off and putting the tyre on backwards...

[HenryDorsetCase]

They've always been dry sump Old Bean. Glad you enjoyed it. As mentioned before, dropping the Dyna chassis, and making them all Softails, made perfect sense, and I always asked HD boffins why they hadn't done it ages ago.

Doh. the new ones are wet sump so the space previously taken up by the oil tank is used for electrical bits. but yeah. cool bike.

Ima take a Scout bobber out as well as the other stuff.

[FJRider]

But was found to be totally fuked and I can't get parts or find another. I was so passed off I beat the bike all over with a lump hammer. Felt bad about it so sprayed it black.


Actually ... the fairing and fiberglass bits cover almost everything but the seat. I have an old XJ750 (fuel injected standard) and it has the exact same "fairing". And looks exactly the same with all the bits removed. Fucking ugly ... not that it was that pretty to start with.

[AllanB]

Ima take a Scout bobber out as well as the other stuff.

This I like. I'm a fan of the Scout. Be interesting in the comparison with the HD make sure you take the 'big' engine Scout (I don't know if NZ gets the small one).

[Crasherfromwayback]

Doh. the new ones are wet sump so the space previously taken up by the oil tank is used for electrical bits. but yeah. cool bike.



nAH, THEY'LL STILL BE DRY SUMP MY FRIEND. tHEY'VE PROB JUST PUT THE OIL TANK ON THE SOFTAILS WHERE IT IS/WAS ON THE dYNA'S AND THE flh ENGINES, INSTEAD OF UNDER THE SEAT WHERE THEY USED TO BE. Cunting caps lock button!

[GrayWolf]

Actually ... the fairing and fiberglass bits cover almost everything but the seat. I have an old XJ750 (fuel injected standard) and it has the exact same "fairing". And looks exactly the same with all the bits removed. Fucking ugly ... not that it was that pretty to start with.

have a soft spot for the old FJ and XJ series.. For some reason we only got {UK} the 650 turbo with the fairing, would have had a serious look at a fairinged 750 injection had they been around.

young guy at work has just put my old FJ1200 back on the road, done a good job with it too. Those old FJ/XJ lumps were well sorted/designed motors.