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  1. #11536
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    What'd I miss?

    This bad boy is not $10k - at least with that pipe.

    Good buying at six I reckon, spend say $2500 on some pipes and probably need to get the carbs synced/some tuning, so it would owe you $8500 to $9, and be worth $7500.

    This guy has seen the CB400F's that have sold north of ten k and has decided to be quids in. Yeah Nah.

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...ca06541affadc3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    They could make a fucking bangin' 500 with a couple WR250 top halves.
    Yes indeed it would go Bang. Even faster.
    Don't you look at my accountant.
    He's the only one I've got.

  3. #11538
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Yes indeed it would go Bang. Even faster.
    Nah, the road going WR

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    Well the WR250 is a newly rereleased 2 Stroke, but I assumed you meant the R. But the top halves would still have to be connected to the Pus that is the rest of the XZ.
    Don't you look at my accountant.
    He's the only one I've got.

  5. #11540
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Maybe Yamaha will have another stab at the XZ400?
    stabbing it to death would be betterer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dadpole View Post
    Most former owners would rather have a stab at the people who designed it.
    I think the design team did that to themselves.

    The guy who designed the heads was brilliant - so no-one would talk to him.
    Crank/rods/cases - he got stuck in the middle in all the arguments.
    The "engine stylist" was so far off the planet, I doubt if any of them met him. But they'd have all hated him.
    The guy who specified and designed the electrics ultimately had to take the blame for failure - and quite right too.

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    . . . and the backwards forks, boxy styling etc, well that was just collateral damage.
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  8. #11543
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    I never hated the way the XZ looked. Just the reliability.

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    Yeah, meant the WR250R. I'm told theyre more like a single slug from an R1. Couple those on a 90° V bottom end and you've got a good motor.

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    How bout an SV650 bottom end. That'd cope fine. Although it doesn't seem worth the effort . . .
    The XZ rode like a slug too. I had to be very diplomatic when a friend bought herself a new one and insisted I ride it.
    Don't you look at my accountant.
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    This ticks the right boxes for this thread! Mention of, cafe racer, pipe wrap, brown douche seat and the seller is too friggen lazy to even put the front wheel back on for his auction!
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...78100e7efa41bb
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    I dont mind this bike, but it is not selling at this price...
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...5dfbe59c9863f6
    Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laava View Post
    This ticks the right boxes for this thread! Mention of, cafe racer, pipe wrap, brown douche seat and the seller is too friggen lazy to even put the front wheel back on for his auction!
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...78100e7efa41bb
    imagine how many waikato cans have been consumed in that cool shed....

  14. #11549
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    I had to be very diplomatic when a friend bought herself a new one and insisted I ride it.
    you had friends?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laava View Post
    I dont mind this bike, but it is not selling at this price...
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...5dfbe59c9863f6
    Looks like a Steam Punker has had a go at it.
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