Optimistic sellers

[OddDuck]

"This bike is in great condition and looks GANGSTER "


Ok I don't know what that really means, but I'm pretty sure it's not this

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...e8d5e6486c-002


And 5k? 70 thousand ks - Piss right off.

I think it does look fully gangster, provided it's John Woo filming Chow Yuen-Fat somewhere in Taipei in the 80's and the whole soundtrack is done in synth, and he's riding that bike at night with sunglasses on through a neon lit Asian cityscape to a drug meet with a damn bad guy called Big Boss and his crew of psychotic henchpersons, while his best mate who also happens to be a cop is closing in along with the SWAT team, and the whole thing is a gigantic everybody fucks everybody doublecross. *

The bike is simply in the wrong place and time, anyone trying that in Napier is just going to look silly.

* Yeah I might have gone through a bit of a John Woo phase but I don't regret it.

[F5 Dave]

Is that the one where the dude has to cut his finger off?

[F5 Dave]

Have we done this one? 11k xl250

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...0c23718096-003

[F5 Dave]

So as you might guess I'm not a fan of these old chuffy things, but JayZeeUz KeeRyst why would you pay this much for something so ugly your old man might think was a tad too sensible.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...d30c54e67f-004

[jellywrestler]

So as you might guess I'm not a fan of these old chuffy things, but JayZeeUz KeeRyst why would you pay this much for something so ugly your old man might think was a tad too sensible.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...d30c54e67f-004

classic bike club rides?

[F5 Dave]

Lord above. In between bouts of insomnia I had a dream about meeting someone passionately evolving a CBX a bit like the one advertised but for some reason it was a 650 and I had to try find him a 750 engine.
Oh for my sins.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I didnt realise that they came in shaft drive flavour. Still dont want one. Unless its a turbo

[F5 Dave]

These are great bikes.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...b9c3dee74f-002

And about the same price as I bought my 07 300 for 10 years ago.
Good luck mate.

[F5 Dave]

This just looks a bit shit. Hes tried to lay it on heavy marketing to a fashionable market but it really doesn't stand out as innovative art. As a motorcycle it isn't worth the asking either.



https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...0f6f62a620-003

[F5 Dave]

And good luck to this guy. I mean at least he is trying to be a little bit honest, but it goes like this:

Here is a fairly scabby example of an undesirable and uncommon bike . I blew up the starter so it needs a full engine strip. I then found out you cant get the parts anymore so you will have to make your own. That cant be hard can it?

This will be an awesome project. Yes. Yes it will. In that it will be an awesome challenge.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...0f6f62a620-003

[Drew]

This just looks a bit shit. Hes tried to lay it on heavy marketing to a fashionable market but it really doesn't stand out as innovative art. As a motorcycle it isn't worth the asking either.



https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...0f6f62a620-003

I've always liked it when I've seen it getting round.
Pretty sure the guy commutes to the city every day on it.

[jellywrestler]

I've always liked it when I've seen it getting round.
Pretty sure the guy commutes to the city every day on it.

he runs a cofee cart at the bottom of ngaranga gorge. its a cool bike and he's enough his own person not to have had to done this with a harley

[Bonez]

And good luck to this guy. I mean at least he is trying to be a little bit honest, but it goes like this:

Here is a fairly scabby example of an undesirable and uncommon bike . I blew up the starter so it needs a full engine strip. I then found out you cant get the parts anymore so you will have to make your own. That cant be hard can it?

This will be an awesome project. Yes. Yes it will. In that it will be an awesome challenge.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...0f6f62a620-003

These are just a bored out CB400T/N motor and the starter is at the front of the motor so wtf is he on about?

[F5 Dave]

he runs a cofee cart at the bottom of ngaranga gorge. its a cool bike and he's enough his own person not to have had to done this with a harley

Done What to it? He goes on and on about being Steampunk, ohh it's got a bottle opener, but it's not really much different from standard.

Certainly it doesnt have a diving bell for a headlight, or belching semi exposed piston framdibulator or any of the crazy other giblets followers of that fashion amuse themselves with. Maybe it's more Mist New Wave than Steampunk.

More Johnny English than Johnny Rotten.

[ellipsis]

Done What to it?

More Johnny English than Johnny Rotten.

...you are very harsh...but we know that and so do you...what was for dinner...and what brew eased its progress?...