Optimistic sellers

[ellipsis]

I too would like a look round a Messerschmitt

I had the pleasure of working with a man, many years ago, who turned up to work in one of those, changed his shoes, good pants, shirt and tie, folded them, put them in the back seat, put his work pants, his work shirt and grey dust jacket on, had a cup of tea or two and then went to work...he was 76 and our Yorkshireman bricklayer...a true artist...

...he talked with great mirth about his wartime exploits as a DUKW driver, the Invasion and him and his whole crew being about 18 hours behind the war always, because everytime the amphibious piece of shit got wet it broke and took a day to fix...he decided he would drive a kraut machine after the war ...he reckoned their shit never broke, specially when you wished they would ...

[jellywrestler]

I guess I would like a gawk around a Messerschmidt. 15min poke around would likely sate my curiosity. I'm also kinda curious to try a GT550 triple which would undoubtedly be a worse motorcycle than the R65. But I couldn't justify the $8k to own one just for a bit of a giggle.

i wanted one of those then drove one two years ago. Lethal things, no power and didn't help being pretty much invisible in traffic on a road in chch with heavy trucks was actually frightening.

[F5 Dave]

That's a shame. Always thought the appropriate venue would be semi rural and in no hurry

[ellipsis]

That's a shame. Always thought the appropriate venue would be semi rural and in no hurry

...have goats and sheep...will travel...

[OddDuck]

I don't care if you've over-capitalised this old chuffer, but that just represents bad value for money.
Gawd I don't remember those shocks looking so dorky. One of the lasses from racing had one as a run around.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...c7486545e7-002


"Spends most of her days in the house, where it should be "
It's a motorcycle fool, not your Filipino bride you seek to subjugate.

Check out the Q&A, I don't think I've ever seen one so openly hostile.

$17-ish K gets you quite a lot of brand-new two wheeled fun, why not buy an Enfield 650 and fit duallies for about 3/5ths the price and just go nuts?*

* if that's your thing of course

[F5 Dave]

First ride on GS was over Haywards past golf course I was beaming. But had aftermarket shocks, fork springs, headset and CBR brakes on adaptor plates.

Only thing that spoils that bike eventually was riding with others on a mission. Didn't like past 7/10ths.

Nothing 20 years of chassis development wouldn't fix I figured.
Bought an RF900 after that. From a chick up Haywards. Kieren or something. Think she said she had bought the engine or something off you? (Spyda) Cant remember but you came up in the conversation.

Never gelled with that bike despite many kms and continuously evolving it.

[F5 Dave]

Check out the Q&A, I don't think I've ever seen one so openly hostile.

$17-ish K gets you quite a lot of brand-new two wheeled fun, why not buy an Enfield 650 and fit duallies for about 3/5ths the price and just go nuts?*

* if that's your thing of course

Ok. Actually I don't think I will. In a bit of a love all humanity buzz at the moment. No point coming down from reality. Maybe when sober.

[ellipsis]

Ok. In a bit of a love all humanity buzz at the moment.

...that passes...generally, real quick...

...reality is always there when we wake up ...

[jellywrestler]

First ride on GS was over Haywards past golf course I was beaming. But had aftermarket shocks, fork springs, headset and CBR brakes on adaptor plates.

Only thing that spoils that bike eventually was riding with others on a mission. Didn't like past 7/10ths.

Nothing 20 years of chassis development wouldn't fix I figured.
Bought an RF900 after that. From a chick up Haywards. Kieren or something. Think she said she had bought the engine or something off you? (Spyda) Cant remember but you came up in the conversation.

Never gelled with that bike despite many kms and continuously evolving it.

my spare engine went into a road racing sidecar in gisborne, left the freight depot in palmy monday, they grafted it to the bike as it was a repower and were testing at taupo on the thursday.

[onearmedbandit]

So this is what I don't understand . Why aren't people chewing their arm off to buy this sort of thing at highly inflated prices? First year model. Ok not in favoured Blue/White, but still everything is there and NZ new. They always seem to be offered at this sort of money. Yet any dick with GB500 thinks that is worth more despite being a cynical parts bin special.


https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...6447ae2d5e-003

I'd buy that if I had the coin spare right now but I'm committed to a project bike. BTW it's not a NZ new model.

Funny about 'chewing their arm off', I'd buy one of these because it's the exact model I lost my arm on.

[HenryDorsetCase]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...db1981c465-003

Now only TWENTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. Last time I clocked this I think it was $22k.

bargain!

SOrry - I really should stop looking at it but it comes up in my tardme feed and its more outlandish every day.

[layton]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...db1981c465-003

Now only TWENTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. Last time I clocked this I think it was $22k.

bargain!

SOrry - I really should stop looking at it but it comes up in my tardme feed and its more outlandish every day.

That thing has been there since the beginning of time, and apparently it's worth more each time its relisted? Should really post a link to this thread I think it has featured multiple times.

The description really makes them sound like an intelligent human

[James Deuce]

That thing has been there since the beginning of time, and apparently it's worth more each time its relisted? Should really post a link to this thread I think it has featured multiple times.

The description really makes them sound like an intelligent human

Only has it listed cos the missus is sick of it lying around. "It's worth heaps, you'll see."

[malcy25]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...db1981c465-003

Now only TWENTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. Last time I clocked this I think it was $22k.

bargain!

SOrry - I really should stop looking at it but it comes up in my tardme feed and its more outlandish every day.

I thought it was Trademe's version of groundhog day!

Either that are some programmer has hard coded it in somewhere in the system and now left. No one can find it...their own personal joke

[caspernz]

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...db1981c465-003

Now only TWENTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. Last time I clocked this I think it was $22k.

bargain!

SOrry - I really should stop looking at it but it comes up in my tardme feed and its more outlandish every day.

That's epic!

Did these come out originally in this garish purple?