Optimistic sellers

[Banditbandit]

If you like a bike that is over weight, under powered, has shit brakes and handles like a bag of soggy arseholes then yes it is a good bike.

"You must spread some rep around ..."

[HenryDorsetCase]

If you like a bike that is over weight, under powered, has shit brakes and handles like a bag of soggy arseholes then yes it is a good bike.

If you have a lot of money and one of those you could end up with a cool bike:

http://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-virago-920

[F5 Dave]

Nah it'll be fine. Long as he keeps turning left...

Funny, most customs leave me cold. That thing has a weird appeal, like it's looking back to the board track racers of old. If that's a Brooks saddle that worth half his asking price right there.

I've already made that joke. Right. Handbags at ten paces bitch.

[F5 Dave]

If you like a bike that is over weight, under powered, has shit brakes and handles like a bag of soggy arseholes then yes it is a good bike.

You missed out meagre reliability. Despite being based on two SR500s they didn't seem to like big mileages. As a teen I aspired to one. Japanese Ducati I figured. Turns out they were shit.
And the Yamaha copy was also crap.

I also had a mullet back then so no real taste to talk of.
Fortunately I grew out of both deviancies.

[pritch]

I've already made that joke. Right. Handbags at ten paces bitch.

Ah yes, I didn't see your post at the time and it's not that I don't read your posts.

[swarfie]

If you have a lot of money and one of those you could end up with a cool bike:

http://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-virago-920

WTF is it with these Yanks that they've got to fit these things with a huge front tyre? That things gunna handle like a bucket of puss

[jasonu]

WTF is it with these Yanks that they've got to fit these things with a huge front tyre? That things gunna handle like a bucket of puss

I doubt that would be a consideration to someone who might buy one. But don't worry, in a couple more years and the Kiwi 'taste' will catch up and you'll be seeing fat front tyres everywhere...
Not really my cup o' tea but not too shabby for what it is.

[James Deuce]

WTF is it with these Yanks that they've got to fit these things with a huge front tyre? That things gunna handle like a bucket of puss

At least the profile is normal and not square like those zig-zag tread Firestones.

[Grumph]

You missed out meagre reliability. Despite being based on two SR500s they didn't seem to like big mileages. As a teen I aspired to one. Japanese Ducati I figured. Turns out they were shit.
And the Yamaha copy was also crap.

I also had a mullet back then so no real taste to talk of.
Fortunately I grew out of both deviancies.

But kept others....

Actually the TR1 motor has the right bones to be turned into a good'un. Just needs some re-engineering - like a Ducati.
But I've now sold the motor I had here so it's moot anyway.

[Night Falcon]

Yeah...nah.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=1183616593

if old means classic I'm a classic....lol classic

[Oscar]

So let's take a vaguely collectible old japper, rip off a whole bunch of bits, replace some those with cheap shit...and come up with a (to be fair) quite presentable cafe thingo.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...1184350439.htm

On the plus side, no pipe wrap is evident, but twelve and a half grand?!
And that's just the start, it hasn't hit reserve.
Let's be analytical - it's a 2k shitter with a grand worth of parts and a whole lot of labour put into it.


As for the guy that commented "What a stunning job", jeebus man, it's got a fucking great hole in the middle of it!!

[pritch]

So let's take a vaguely collectible old japper,

I think CB500s are a bit better than "vaguely" collectible. I read an article (in BIKE?) a year or two back that recommended them as a top buy if you could get one.

[neels]

So let's take a vaguely collectible old japper, rip off a whole bunch of bits, replace some those with cheap shit...and come up with a (to be fair) quite presentable cafe thingo.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...1184350439.htm

I have now completed 880klms since firing her up for the first time and she is running like a dream

Judging by the rear tyre with the stripe still around it, not gone around any left hand corners in that 880km, even my chicken strips aren't that wide and I'm a giant nana.

Sounds like similar bullshit to when I bought a XJ550 unfinished project a few years back, was told it was running fine, but strangely the misrouted clutch cable sitting against the exhaust header hadn't melted...

[Oscar]

I think CB500s are a bit better than "vaguely" collectible. I read an article (in BIKE?) a year or two back that recommended them as a top buy if you could get one.

If you can't find a CB750/CB400/CB350 or CB500K0/K1/K2 - then yeah, a top buy!

[Autech]

So let's take a vaguely collectible old japper, rip off a whole bunch of bits, replace some those with cheap shit...and come up with a (to be fair) quite presentable cafe thingo.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...1184350439.htm

On the plus side, no pipe wrap is evident, but twelve and a half grand?!
And that's just the start, it hasn't hit reserve.
Let's be analytical - it's a 2k shitter with a grand worth of parts and a whole lot of labour put into it.


As for the guy that commented "What a stunning job", jeebus man, it's got a fucking great hole in the middle of it!!

So he spends 18months building it then doesn't even go out and enjoy the fruits of his (free) labour.

Knob. Nice job though looks the business if that is your jam


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