Optimistic sellers

[dangerous]

it was more a did at dangerous and CX's

WELL... just for you MATE, the shit ya do on wet days...

[Kickaha]

The Morgan guzzi engine was pretty amazing.

Yeah it is, last time I was there years ago he was building a vintage looking bike with a v twin Kohler or similar

[husaberg]

Yeah it is, last time I was there years ago he was building a vintage looking bike with a v twin Kohler or similar


That's finished cafe racer styled in a BMW "Featherbed" frame.
funny enough I always wanted to do something similar with one of their flat twins :laugh:
https://smallenginesforless.com/wp-content/uploads/63_2-600x450.jpghttps://www.wfmachines.com/attachments/dscf0296-jpghttps://smallenginesforless.com/wp-content/uploads/63_3-600x450.jpghttps://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRkKsHEtw8N1lYNOT6T_MuSfbg3rDuXs BjKHQ&s

https://www.wfmachines.com/attachments/dscf0296-jpg

WELL... just for you MATE, the shit ya do on wet days...
That could work with a swingarm out of a R80 75 k100 flipped.

[F5 Dave]

CX would look good if you put a normal VTwin in there.

[F5 Dave]

I had a loner NV400 when my cbx had crank issues. It did everything a *onda does so I have a soft spot for it

Certainly not exciting, though.

[Laava]

It's bike bingo time again.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/honda/listing/5396276881

Silly seat, pipe wrap. Shitty model. Generally in a state of fucked. Passes wof easily it sez. . . But obviously can't.

Serious offers only.
Seriously?

It's a $300 bike. - Pay me $300 and I'll come around to set it on fire in your driveway if there's nothing close that could catch fire.
You'll have to provide matches and fuel mind.
This one is better but still laughable!
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/other/kawasaki/listing/5405577280

[F5 Dave]

Nice find. With 1/2 doz pictures and it's still hard to see what it looks like.
Will be a KZ440, a mate had one.

The , um, seat? Is the best bit:wacko:

[Laava]

Surprised Profit Tamaki hasn't snapped these up!:laugh::laugh::laugh:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4209000849330359/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_general&referral_story_type=general&tracking=%7B%22qid%22%3A%22-8706212065028693760%22%2C%22mf_story_key%22%3A%224 389881610068644992%22%2C%22top_level_post_id%22%3A %224389881610068644992%22%2C%22commerce_rank_obj%2 2%3A%22%7B%5C%22target_id%5C%22%3A4389881610068644 992%2C%5C%22target_type%5C%22%3A6%2C%5C%22primary_ position%5C%22%3A28%2C%5C%22ranking_signature%5C%2 2%3A7630725967740005230%2C%5C%22commerce_channel%5 C%22%3A501%2C%5C%22value%5C%22%3A0.000130606697087 46%2C%5C%22upsell_type%5C%22%3A116%2C%5C%22candida te_retrieval_source_map%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22250009305 96173615%5C%22%3A3003%2C%5C%229873399472789207%5C% 22%3A3099%7D%2C%5C%22grouping_info%5C%22%3Anull%7D %22%2C%22lightning_feed_qid%22%3A%22-8706236872722846129%22%2C%22lightning_feed_ranking _signature%22%3A%227630725967740005230%22%7D

[HenryDorsetCase]

Surprised Profit Tamaki hasn't snapped these up!:laugh::laugh::laugh:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4209000849330359/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_general&referral_story_type=general&tracking=%7B%22qid%22%3A%22-8706212065028693760%22%2C%22mf_story_key%22%3A%224 389881610068644992%22%2C%22top_level_post_id%22%3A %224389881610068644992%22%2C%22commerce_rank_obj%2 2%3A%22%7B%5C%22target_id%5C%22%3A4389881610068644 992%2C%5C%22target_type%5C%22%3A6%2C%5C%22primary_ position%5C%22%3A28%2C%5C%22ranking_signature%5C%2 2%3A7630725967740005230%2C%5C%22commerce_channel%5 C%22%3A501%2C%5C%22value%5C%22%3A0.000130606697087 46%2C%5C%22upsell_type%5C%22%3A116%2C%5C%22candida te_retrieval_source_map%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22250009305 96173615%5C%22%3A3003%2C%5C%229873399472789207%5C% 22%3A3099%7D%2C%5C%22grouping_info%5C%22%3Anull%7D %22%2C%22lightning_feed_qid%22%3A%22-8706236872722846129%22%2C%22lightning_feed_ranking _signature%22%3A%227630725967740005230%22%7D

Here's one for the sensible people. "I hate religious fuckwittery" was taken apparently

[Laava]

Here's one for the sensible people. "I hate religious fuckwittery" was taken apparently
But that implies you believe in god?
He loves you, you know!
Here's one that is available…

[Kickaha]

But that implies you believe in god?


Which God ?

[Laava]

Witch god?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Which God ?

aLL OF tHEM!

I like the Roman ones (Dionysus, Aphrodite being particular faves) and also the one that is an elephant (Ganesh) but also Shiva the destroyer (because \m/ ) and Kali with the many arms. Some of the Norse ones are cool too.

They're all equally imaginary so may as well indulge the smorgasbord.

[Laava]

I must say I do approve of Terry Pratchetts gods, they just seems so believable…

[jellywrestler]

aLL OF tHEM!

I like the Roman ones (Dionysus, Aphrodite being particular faves) and also the one that is an elephant (Ganesh) but also Shiva the destroyer (because \m/ ) and Kali with the many arms. Some of the Norse ones are cool too.

They're all equally imaginary so may as well indulge the smorgasbord.

i've had a few chicks yell oh my god when they've had an orgasm, never one of the other ones so there must be only one real one

[HenryDorsetCase]

i've had a few chicks yell oh my god when they've had an orgasm, never one of the other ones so there must be only one real one

well all righty then.

[F5 Dave]

Pictures or it never happened. Actually no.

[Channeling Cunk] jesus was a carpenter which is ironic as the first thing you say when you hit your thumb with a hammer. . .

[F5 Dave]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/harley-davidson/listing/5421609968

As says in comments; $3200 seems a bit steep fir an old Harley :lol:

Why would you pay that much when they all look the same but with varying reliability and cost?

[dangerous]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/harley-davidson/listing/5421609968

As says in comments; $3200 seems a bit steep fir an old Harley :lol:

Why would you pay that much when they all look the same but with varying reliability and cost?

FUCK ME... look at the oil stain under it on the tar seal... its bout 3200 diameter...
actually I was going to ask a question it was going to be .


i've had a few chicks yell oh my god when they've had an orgasm
thats weird... cos I yelled that in the shower this morning...

[husaberg]

i've had a few chicks yell oh my god when they've had an orgasm

Golly, your house must have really thin walls if you can hear that from a few rooms away?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/harley-davidson/listing/5421609968

As says in comments; $3200 seems a bit steep fir an old Harley :lol:

Why would you pay that much when they all look the same but with varying reliability and cost?
That hardly is nearly 3x the price of a RGS1000 Lavada on TM atm
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/laverda/listing/5413231386

FFS i would say this 3 1/2 morini would be a better all around bike and you would have 20k to spare and it makes better potato sounds.https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/moto-morini/listing/5312354644

If you were buying the hardly as an investent these would be better even if it past peak $$$
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/norton/listing/5408462790

[F5 Dave]

Well I've just been looking in the Classic section.
Have you noticed how much activity there is currently?
I'm seeing some weird stuff come up for sale, but also the volume.

It's like people are feeling the pinch and divesting some collections. And or they realise the world over the collapse is occurring as people Age Out and just in general so lots gets dumped on the market at once which slows it further as they struggle to find people with spare cash who want something on the edge of their experience.

And there will be those that steadfast refuse to accept their 'investment ' is worth less now. Simply supply and demand.

Nice RD I don't have space for. . .

[husaberg]

Well I've just been looking in the Classic section.
Have you noticed how much activity there is currently?
I'm seeing some weird stuff come up for sale, but also the volume.

It's like people are feeling the pinch and divesting some collections. And or they realise the world over the collapse is occurring as people Age Out and just in general so lots gets dumped on the market at once which slows it further as they struggle to find people with spare cash who want something on the edge of their experience.

And there will be those that steadfast refuse to accept their 'investment ' is worth less now. Simply supply and demand.

Nice RD I don't have space for. . .

its that age where those are dying off or getting too old to enjoy are divesting or their partner is....
Stuff that is on the rise now are not whats on sale. Or maybe marriage break us when the kids leave home?
Mid 90s to 2000s on the rise. 60-70s on the decline. Special stuff will always be special but the common stuff that had an artificial high price loses out big when the market moves.

Or maybe its the chemtrails or covid vaccine nanobots

[F5 Dave]

Oh they're delicious, have them on my (organic) cornflakes.

[pritch]

Or maybe its the chemtrails or covid vaccine nanobots

Or maybe, like me, the mere thought of a kick start makes them want to sit down and rest for a while.

[husaberg]

Or maybe, like me, the mere thought of a kick start makes them want to sit down and rest for a while.

Sounds like a diversion from big farpharmapedic
whch is the farmers and the drug companies and "big orthopaedic "

[neels]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8gd_8PywHo

[neels]

Is this the value of one of these things now, or just another optimist?

It's been a while since I've looked at anything in this demographic, but I can understand there's probably a rarity factor due to most of them having been chucked down the road by an over enthusiastic learner overestimating their talent.

https://www.facebook.com/share/16pBVDZwjo/

356451

[F5 Dave]

For a poxy import 250? That falls into the category of Fuck Off:nya:

Also looks pretty manky, probably aliexpress fairings with badly done tank paint surely?

[pete376403]

Is this the value of one of these things now, or just another optimist?

It's been a while since I've looked at anything in this demographic, but I can understand there's probably a rarity factor due to most of them having been chucked down the road by an over enthusiastic learner overestimating their talent.

If you're going to attempt a Lucky Strike replica it should at least be some sort of Suzuki

[jellywrestler]

If you're going to attempt a Lucky Strike replica it should at least be some sort of Suzuki

Wash your mouth out Kiwi Richard Scott rode for lucky strike on a yamaha so more appropriate than suzuki here....

[jellywrestler]

Is this the value of one of these things now, or just another optimist?



Could have told his wife it was an investment, or told her he'd sell it but want for 100years at this price so safe there, or been shaken when he was a baby, all are possible

[pete376403]

Wash your mouth out Kiwi Richard Scott rode for lucky strike on a yamaha so more appropriate than suzuki here....

Son had a Lucky Strike RGV (a real one not aftermarket decals) so quite appropriate

[jellywrestler]

Son had a Lucky Strike RGV (a real one not aftermarket decals) so quite appropriate

fair call.and Kevin Sshwantz was a pretty high profile rider, as was egbert streur.

[HenryDorsetCase]

fair call.and Kevin Sshwantz was a pretty high profile rider, as was egbert streur.

Egbert who?

[pritch]

Egbert who?

Indeed. I had to look him up. Multiple world champion sidecar driver apparently. Who knew?

[F5 Dave]

Great. They can plaster his sponsorship (Mom, Dad, Gary's Tyres) over a Watsonion and people will call it an ESR.

[jellywrestler]

Egbert who?

Streuer, sorry spelled it wrong

[Kickaha]

IMultiple world champion sidecar driver apparently. Who knew?

I did, you ignorant peasants

[HenryDorsetCase]

I did, you ignorant peasants

I beg forgiveness, Your Grace

[jato]

yip and his swinger was Gerard de Haas from memory - hard doers too as most of them are. some of those European circuits... spa ,sulzberg etc

[pritch]

Eric Oliver I recall although he was before my time. His passenger was Dennis Jenkinson who became a famous Motorsport scribe. Florian Camathias I remember was winning lots on his BMW. Later Chris Vincent was winning some on his BSA. Then I lost touch. Come to think of it though sidecars are not even part of the programme now. Maybe it was them who lost touch.

[husaberg]

Eric Oliver I recall although he was before my time. His passenger was Dennis Jenkinson who became a famous Motorsport scribe. Florian Camathias I remember was winning lots on his BMW. Later Chris Vincent was winning some on his BSA. Then I lost touch. Come to think of it though sidecars are not even part of the programme now. Maybe it was them who lost touch.
Chris V was more than pretty decent on a solo as well, Colin Seeley, i think one in a pommy championship or at least placed. (he won a pommy championship )
Rolf Biland and Rudi Kurth and Dane "Catwoman" not sure if they were married.
Helmat Fath
That exhausts my recollection of sidecars other than nodrog Tina and Tracey Scrivy plus sidecar Bob and Kendoll.
Plus, some old panda from Rangiora.

Oh Darren Dixon as well. He rode GP in solo and Sidecars.

[jellywrestler]

That exhausts my recollection of sidecars other than nodrog Tina and Tracey Scrivy plus sidecar Bob and Kendoll.
Plus, some old panda from Rangiora.



so my 3 new zealand championships don't even feature, i'm heartbroken.

[husaberg]

so my 3 new zealand championships don't even feature, i'm heartbroken.

I think its your features that are the issue, compared to Tracey and Tina and kendoll anyway i am sure you are prettier than Gordon or maybe Scrivy... :)

[Kickaha]

Oh Darren Dixon as well. He rode GP in solo and Sidecars.

2 x World Sidecar Champion


anyway i am sure you are prettier than Gordon or maybe Scrivy... :)

He isn't

[roogazza]

Eric Oliver I recall although he was before my time. His passenger was Dennis Jenkinson who became a famous Motorsport scribe. Florian Camathias I remember was winning lots on his BMW. Later Chris Vincent was winning some on his BSA. Then I lost touch. Come to think of it though sidecars are not even part of the programme now. Maybe it was them who lost touch.

Haven't heard the name Dennis Jenkinson for many moons !!!

I was a Stirling Moss fan as a young fella , he was my hero !!!!:yes:

[husaberg]

I missed Owen Greenwood

and it seems locall legend (but according to Warwick at least ) not a looker spyda

https://www.dannatavintage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Owen-Greenwood-3_031102230_31963.jpg
https://www.dannatavintage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Owen-Greenwood-1.jpg

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrR9jyWzMtNPv7Y9OuT9Kn4FD0dS9o507NpH7iL6f5H 8F4cMlEZy-59WQz1vB-yB6HFrESKeDhKVPM0sy74z9AXcLuARgNwpdOuePBTALfQY0mzu pcx92H5A-n7r8OMjK1ddtf0uMs7ti/s400/Greenwood+Mini+special.png

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His success led to new rules like where the wheels were placed and how many there were plus not having a steering wheel....<iframe width="511" height="383" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZpeCfkniFz0" title="Car Or Side Car Aka New Type Motorbike (1965)" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>



One of Rudi Kurths check out the chains
Plus The homemade yamaha triple
https://live.staticflickr.com/3250/2966768999_9e0de503e3_z.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/3208/2966834403_b35b3e2e9f_z.jpg

plus his transporter based on a Citeron the catvan
http://www.classic-motorrad.de/cm2002/kurth/pictures/kurth-catvan.jpg
http://www.classic-motorrad.de/cm2002/kurth/pictures/kurth-3.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQRXy5saj6R-k-mRCUNRP5WC3Oc2UnXKsshWw&s
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b8/ce/0c/b8ce0ca76b441f0a84a621407fc59d58.jpg

[F5 Dave]

Well here's a tryer.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/yamaha/listing/5436611728

Now the colour looks good, but pictures are pretty low res so could just be a rattle can job. Mis-matching of tyres, front guard erm brake line a bit close?

But the summary is that you would be pretty disappointed spending $5k and finding out how sad a poor old 80s 250 single goes.

[SaferRides]

If anyone wants an R6 in original condition... One owner, 170,000 km.

Sent from my SM-S938B using Tapatalk
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250725/da7fd29cde06da2788311b8e07f92f95.jpg

[F5 Dave]

RGV behind it please.

[pritch]

RGV behind it please.

My reaction too.

[SaferRides]

RGV behind it please.LoL, I tried to keep it out of the photo! There's a few other race bikes on display - Cyclespot in Auckland.

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[HenryDorsetCase]

Remember the mothership in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND?

Wonder what happened to it?

Wonder no more.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/cruiser/harley-davidson/listing/5212960756

I just hope all them blue lights are on poles that can be controlled from the cock pit. Though with a typical Hoggley Doggley output of 50 hp from 1600cc if you had all the lights going at once there would be no spare ergs for forward propulsion.....

Anyway, if anyone wants to buy this for me, please dont.

[Laava]

It is really only missing a nodding dog and one of those good luck paw waving cats.
oh and some large crackling flames. Organic ones.

[F5 Dave]

Dee Dee Doo Doo Daaàh.

[F5 Dave]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/suzuki/listing/5467025889

This is kinda cool.
But it's still a non running 370 for 7k:shit:

[F5 Dave]

Ya what?:weird:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/yamaha/listing/5442376865

[jellywrestler]

Ya what?:weird:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/yamaha/listing/5442376865

don't ya just love the effort some people put into selling stuff, at least they mentioned the rego status, for a change

[husaberg]

Ya what?:weird:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/yamaha/listing/5442376865

Oil pressure light or level light?
They just had a sight glass didint they?

[dangerous]

Ya what?:weird:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/yamaha/listing/5442376865

its that sensor Dave the one next to the flux capacitor... ohh and the red light will go out if you take ya foot of the brake peddle...DOH

[F5 Dave]

Oil pressure light or level light?
They just had a sight glass didint they?

I'd say "who knows?" But I'll upgrade that to " who cares?"

And yes if you want $2.5k for a $300 bike at least another to drag it outside, run an oily rag over it and a few pictures in the sun to make it seem more attractive than " why dont you get rid of that bloody bike? You never ride it. "

She's not wrong. You've turned into a miserable old prick mister.

[F5 Dave]

Hey look! A clown's comedy bike. You could ride this in parades and that sort of thing.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/harley-davidson/listing/5442087265

And again. Yes it is an effort to drag it outside, heck even trailer it to a cafe or a beach or something to sell the lie of being perceived as cool if you were to own this.

Otherwise it looks like what it is. A garage filler albertross that you have lost interest in riding, probably because it's like being kicked in the arse endlessly on a smooth road.

[F5 Dave]

There was a thing for these as people wondered what to do with crashed ones or when the uber expensive ABS died on queue.

Um. . . Where's the rest of it.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/bmw/listing/5441716139

Needs a full rewire, if I get time. . . Well clearly you've lost interest.

And how will it run with no airbox and a filter hanging off the side? Do you have to rechip those? and who has tge sw to interface with those old FI units?

Needs of course an LVV for framework and brakes (sans ABS as std might be a real issue.

How much??!!?

[F5 Dave]

Ok last one for tonight.

Made for one year only he sez. But I know they had updates to try to stop them exploding I assumed it was the next year?
Had a crazy system of solid crankpin on middle cylinder then changed to oversized rod eye. I've seen them but can't recall.
Says cylinders were replated. . . Hmm. Memory has me holding a barrel and being flabbergasted that it was iron
Maybe that was just the head. It bolted on and there was a ally water jacket over the top of it.

Very rare as they were an unreliable engine with VT250 running gear competing with RG250s.

Racing pedigree. Make me larf!

Used to see rows of them outside Sawyercommin from the school bus. Buy a VF and get a free MVX we used to joke.
Of course the VF was almost as bad for reliability.

How much?!?¿

[husaberg]

Ok last one for tonight.

Made for one year only he sez. But I know they had updates to try to stop them exploding I assumed it was the next year?
Had a crazy system of solid crankpin on middle cylinder then changed to oversized rod eye. I've seen them but can't recall.
Says cylinders were replated. . . Hmm. Memory has me holding a barrel and being flabbergasted that it was iron
Maybe that was just the head. It bolted on and there was a ally water jacket over the top of it.

Very rare as they were an unreliable engine with VT250 running gear competing with RG250s.

Racing pedigree. Make me larf!


Used to see rows of them outside Sawyercommin from the school bus. Buy a VF and get a free MVX we used to joke.
Of course the VF was almost as bad for reliability.

How much?!?¿
A link would help i counldn't find it under mxv mvx250 or honda 250?

[jellywrestler]

Oil pressure light or level light?
They just had a sight glass didint they?

two stroke tank maybe of that era had a light on them, remember this is the company whose YDS2 premix pump was driven off the gearbox, and the clutch at the end of the crank, pull up in gear at an intersection, blip the throttle for the chicks and ya oil pump is stopped, seizure is fairly quick to follow

[husaberg]

two stroke tank maybe of that era had a light on them, remember this is the company whose YDS2 premix pump was driven off the gearbox, and the clutch at the end of the crank, pull up in gear at an intersection, blip the throttle for the chicks and ya oil pump is stopped, seizure is fairly quick to follow

I have a YDS3. :) i am familiar with the idiosyncratic layout, i assume it was inherited from the Adler design they borrowed.
I think the bigest issue wa the clutch went from 10000 to 7000 rpm during gearshifts or even worse on the racing variant they used to snap of the end of the crank.
That's a Lot of momentum or is it Ke?

Dave can chip in but i think the oil pump on the Stinger/wolf only works when in gear . the tacho drives off this and it stops when you pull the clutch in the T250 /T500 was probably the same?
...I found a rusted oil tank off a two toke the other day shaped like a large hip flask with a rear wheel shaped groove cut out in the back it was steel no idea what its from. Stinger Dave?

[Kickaha]

Hmm. Memory has me holding a barrel and being flabbergasted that it was iron
Maybe that was just the head.

Your memory is correct, it was the barrel, I picked a MVX250 up down here for White Trash and remember thinking how shit that was

[F5 Dave]

A link would help i counldn't find it under mxv mvx250 or honda 250?
Sorry in hurry as food on table.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/honda/listing/5466995448

[HenryDorsetCase]

Sorry in hurry as food on table.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/honda/listing/5466995448

If you wanted one, that's the one to buy.

IF you wanted one.

I think I nearly bought a bike from that guy late last year early this year. Decided not to in the end

[F5 Dave]

You could park it next to your XZ400 and 550.

Or your Hesketh :innocent:

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yeah but nah. I am kicking myself - there was a GPz550 unitrack came up on tardme a few months ago - it looked very good but not over-restored so you were not keen to ride it. I dithered and then didnt buy it. Guy wanted $6500 asking from memory. It was in Palmy North or somewhere. Anyway I may have spent a couple of hours trawling expired listings seeing if I could find a phone number for the guy.

[husaberg]

Yeah but nah. I am kicking myself - there was a GPz550 unitrack came up on tardme a few months ago - it looked very good but not over-restored so you were not keen to ride it. I dithered and then didnt buy it. Guy wanted $6500 asking from memory. It was in Palmy North or somewhere. Anyway I may have spent a couple of hours trawling expired listings seeing if I could find a phone number for the guy.

You shoud be flagellating yourself for buying husqvarna vellipin 701 instead of a far pretttier 701 supermono .You should be able to look at the mantleplace if you want to.
I always loved the looks of the early 80's GPZ's they got that boxy look just right.

[F5 Dave]

Well I thought I'd play "what can you buy that's better than a gpz550 for 6.5k?"

First listing with my price range search. Also in palmy, also a kawi middle weight.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/kawasaki/listing/5421524652

And save a grand into the bargain.
Hmm turned into a short game.

[jato]

new gears in the MVX at 1500km ... there is a flaw in the lube system on those - i know it affects top gear at least . a guy i know has sorted that shortcoming - if anyone buys it let us know and i'll find out what the fix is

[F5 Dave]

You want older? Well another kawi middle weight . But in chch.
And much cooler :cool:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/kawasaki/listing/5457157877

[F5 Dave]

new gears in the MVX at 1500km ... there is a flaw in the lube system on those - i know it affects top gear at least . a guy i know has sorted that shortcoming - if anyone buys it let us know and i'll find out what the fix is
Actually I have seen bits of one more recently , at your place near 3 years back. Forgot that.

My initial memory was Murray Scott MB50 stalwart had some bits he was going to graft on. He worked at the local breaker mid 80s so there was a supply of them fairly shortly.

[jato]

Good memory Dave! it was something to do with oil not getting back to the gearbox level from the clutch casing - waiting for a phonecall atm

[husaberg]

new gears in the MVX at 1500km ... there is a flaw in the lube system on those - i know it affects top gear at least . a guy i know has sorted that shortcoming - if anyone buys it let us know and i'll find out what the fix is

The gear ratio are the same as a VT. (And CBR250rr) I always assumed the box was the same is it?

[jato]

the problem is to do with the positioning and size of the oil holes between the gear and clutch casings making the running level low in the gear case so 6th gear and one or two others don't get much oil. I took the one that was in for crank work here for a blast around Tapawera a few months back - quite a rocket and real good handling too. we changed the ultra heavy center rod/piston for a normal one and fiddled the balance factors a bit and used CR 80? pistons

[HenryDorsetCase]

You shoud be flagellating yourself for buying husqvarna vellipin 701

Even worse I bought a 401......

and my favourite GPz is the swoopy one. One of my favourite bikes ever was an 83 GPz750. Did a lot of miles on it fanging round Wellington in the mid to late 80's (left in early 1988)

[pritch]

There was a thing for these as people wondered what to do with crashed ones or when the uber expensive ABS died on queue.

Um. . . Where's the rest of it.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/bmw/listing/5441716139

Needs a full rewire, if I get time. . . Well clearly you've lost interest.

And how will it run with no airbox and a filter hanging off the side? Do you have to rechip those? and who has tge sw to interface with those old FI units?

Needs of course an LVV for framework and brakes (sans ABS as std might be a real issue.

How much??!!?

LOL takes me back to when I owned one. Great bike at the time but that time has passed.

[F5 Dave]

I rode a mates 100RS and it was quite useful well my CBX550 was the comparison or his GS1000 that I borrowed when the cbx did its crank.
Then a mates 16V bmw K. It was awful. Very germanic. Maybe my comparison had improved 🤔

[rastuscat]

Even worse I bought a 401......

and my favourite GPz is the swoopy one. One of my favourite bikes ever was an 83 GPz750. Did a lot of miles on it fanging round Wellington in the mid to late 80's (left in early 1988)

I had a 1981 GPz 550 H2 when I was in the navy in 1982. Reg was 74LBR, no idea why I remember that. Someone needed it more than me, it got pinched.

I still cruise through TM from time to time, to see if I can relive my youth. None seem to exist any more, or at least, none get sold.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I had a 1981 GPz 550 H2 when I was in the navy in 1982. Reg was 74LBR, no idea why I remember that. Someone needed it more than me, it got pinched.

I still cruise through TM from time to time, to see if I can relive my youth. None seem to exist any more, or at least, none get sold.

I'm only nostalgic for stuff I didnt have back in the day. So GPz550, GPz900. but not GPz750 (unless turbo.......) - I knew a guy who had one but he didnt let ANYBODY ride it.

[husaberg]

Even worse I bought a 401......

and my favourite GPz is the swoopy one. One of my favourite bikes ever was an 83 GPz750. Did a lot of miles on it fanging round Wellington in the mid to late 80's (left in early 1988)
oh dear is it at least much faster than the SR was?

I'm only nostalgic for stuff I didnt have back in the day. So GPz550, GPz900. but not GPz750 (unless turbo.......) - I knew a guy who had one but he didnt let ANYBODY ride it.

This issue of Cycle world, but like a 80s pin up model now vs, then, maybe nostalgia and what you thought the ride would be back then is likely better than the reality of riding the real thing now

https://magazine.cycleworld.com/issue/19830601#!&pid=40

You are correct though it is more swoopy than i recall.
kind of pistol grip tank merging with side covers with a bit of Star Wars Imperial stormtrooper/ Katana in the headlight.
still pretty now likely a handful in the twisties carrying 60kg more weight now than it should.

[HenryDorsetCase]

oh dear is it at least much faster than the SR was?

surprisingly so. lighter and more power (relatively). Mission statement/use case is "shingle roads to cafes <50km from my house" i.e. on Banks Peninsula. Tiny single lane shingle roads with hamlets where you can enjoy hog butchering, banjo music and interfamilial relations....





This issue of Cycle world, but like a 80s pin up model now vs, then, maybe nostalgia and what you thought the ride would be back then is likely better than the reality of riding the real thing now
https://magazine.cycleworld.com/issue/19830601#!&pid=40

You are correct though it is more swoopy than i recall.
kind of pistol grip tank merging with side covers with a bit of Star Wars Imperial stormtrooper/ Katana in the headlight.
still pretty now likely a handful in the twisties carrying 60kg more weight now than it should.

yes. and yes. I still love CB740's but every time I ride or work on one I realise how far we've come. Even that 1993 Ducati Monster I had was waaaaaay better.

[F5 Dave]

A mate had a GPz305. It was worlds better than his XS250.
Until it wasn't. And again. And again it ate it's own cams.

He bought an RZ350K which was much better but pretty wayward (ropey example). He then bought a new RD350FU (faired RZ350 ypvs). That was much much better.
So i bought it. Several fun years of tuning and wheelies. And an FZ400 rear wheel that was same pattern and was wider and slotted right in with only a reasonable amount of machining.

Where was i?

[jellywrestler]

kind of pistol grip tank merging with side covers with a bit of Star Wars Imperial stormtrooper/ Katana in the headlight.


nah these looked sweet, the Katanas always did, and still look like a recently fucked bum.

[husaberg]

nah these looked sweet, the Katanas always did, and still look like a recently fucked bum.

Well I read on a conspiracy website that bumfucking is a prerequisite for Katana ownership....

surprisingly so. lighter and more power (relatively). Mission statement/use case is "shingle roads to cafes <50km from my house" i.e. on Banks Peninsula. Tiny single lane shingle roads with hamlets where you can enjoy hog butchering, banjo music and interfamilial relations....
That's every town with 200knm from where i live.....
Still feel you should have gone supermono. Did you try one?

yes. and yes. I still love CB740's but every time I ride or work on one I realise how far we've come. Even that 1993 Ducati Monster I had was waaaaaay better.


Monsters are cool, i just wish they styled a version in 851 style, but if they did that it would have stolen sales from the 900ss i guess..
I always loved how Ducati used so many of the same parts to create very different bikes.pretty sure it was part of the brief Galluzzi had.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M6VJ-BS6mY&t=85s

A mate had a GPz305. It was worlds better than his XS250.
Until it wasn't. And again. And again it ate it's own cams.

He bought an RZ350K which was much better but pretty wayward (ropey example). He then bought a new RD350FU (faired RZ350 ypvs). That was much much better.
So i bought it. Several fun years of tuning and wheelies. And an FZ400 rear wheel that was same pattern and was wider and slotted right in with only a reasonable amount of machining.

Where was i?
I forgot about the 305 they had a 250 the same year as the Vt250 came out 82/83 its was ever so slightly faster 173 on a downhill (Bathurst?) i think in a wheels road test.