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    I like the Duc


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    Restored Kawasaki 750 H2


    Up to 17K so far.



    ( no pic as TM pics are now getting to large for KB)

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...dedbf0424146a0
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    Now that is pretty. Someone should show that to the 20k one oft referred to on the optimistic thread over the years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    Restored Kawasaki 750 H2


    Up to 17K so far.



    ( no pic as TM pics are now getting to large for KB)

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...dedbf0424146a0
    Seller comment: plus 6 months rego 12:40 pm, Thu 10 May
    Well that just added $2000 to the value.....

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    Classic rego.
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Classic rego.
    $40 a year innit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    $40 a year innit?
    $49.75 PA for my Commando and R90s each.

    ACC makes up a whopping $13.38
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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    $49.75 PA for my Commando and R90s each.

    ACC makes up a whopping $13.38
    Yep, less than the cost of the two warrants!
    High miles, engine knock, rusty chrome, worn pegs...
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    Projects

    I used to like projects, getting up early and standing outside the shop waiting to get the Trade and Exchange,phoning up hoping someone would be home and getting there first with the cash to buy.
    Then the research of old magazines and books. Going to swap meets and rummaging
    thru rusty bits to find a gem.
    There were no repro parts much then.

    Now its look on Trade Me, a few hours of internet research and hit the buy it now button, followed by buying bits on TM,Ebay and on line shops.

    I just sold a 52 Triumph Thunderbird Project after it sitting around for 4 years.( there is part two to this story).
    Lots of parts, many new repro ones,
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    My oldest project is a 1959 T110 that has been apart with rego on hold since my first Son was born. He is now 23.
    I bought it as a basket case in 1991 and had it fully restored in 12 months and rode it to the IOM TT.
    Brought it back here in 1993, it 'nipped up' and got pulled apart and put in boxes.

    Got a good project story to share?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    I used to like projects, getting up early and standing outside the shop waiting to get the Trade and Exchange,phoning up hoping someone would be home and getting there first with the cash to buy.
    Then the research of old magazines and books. Going to swap meets and rummaging
    thru rusty bits to find a gem.
    There were no repro parts much then.

    Now its look on Trade Me, a few hours of internet research and hit the buy it now button, followed by buying bits on TM,Ebay and on line shops.
    yeah, i rebuilt a burnt out hesketh in those days, unfortunately the current method means they find their way into your shed faster than you have the time to work on them producing a backlog, minds about 100years worth

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    yeah, i rebuilt a burnt out hesketh in those days, unfortunately the current method means they find their way into your shed faster than you have the time to work on them producing a backlog, minds about 100years worth
    Haha - that's the problem for us "mature" types - how we best spend our time.

    Back in the 90's when we lived in Tokoroa, I bought our eldest son a Suzuki X7 to learn to road ride. It was a honey of a bike to blast round the country lanes. Anyway, I sold it when he went off to varsity and astoundingly, it is now owned by one of our neighbours here in Coromandel. I say "owned" rather than ridden because it hasn't been started for several years. It also has heaps of additional spares which were purchased as a job lot by the current owner. He has no plans to do anything with it and I really ought to buy it for nostalgia's sake. Trouble is, actually riding my current road bike takes up a lot of time plus sea fishing with my wife so in all probability, it would just sit in my shed too. Life is really tough

    Seeing as Voltaire mentioned the 50's T'bird, I've attached a photo of my 1955 Tiger 100 (photo taken in 1968). It was my only transport and carried me everywhere in all weathers. I actually know who currently owns it in the UK - good to hear that it still exists!
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    cool pics blackbird, i owned a suzuki x7 250 in 1989, it was a good bike at the time, first time i did the ton was on that bike {only just}
    quite hard to find an x7 nowadays
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    Quote Originally Posted by fridayflash View Post
    cool pics blackbird, i owned a suzuki x7 250 in 1989, it was a good bike at the time, first time i did the ton was on that bike {only just}
    quite hard to find an x7 nowadays
    Thank you! Yep, they were good for around the ton but their real charm was their light weight meaning that they could really be chucked round the country lanes and the howl was something else! Even if I don't buy it, I must go round to the neighbour and see exactly what he picked up in the way of spares. I know there's a whole engine plus sundry internal parts. I think he said he had a rolling chassis too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackbird View Post
    Haha - that's the problem for us "mature" types - how we best spend our time.

    Seeing as Voltaire mentioned the 50's T'bird, I've attached a photo of my 1955 Tiger 100 (photo taken in 1968). It was my only transport and carried me everywhere in all weathers. I actually know who currently owns it in the UK - good to hear that it still exists!
    The second picture immediately bought to mind a Fred Gassit cartoon. The header was "you cut a dashing figure in your jacket"
    it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
    those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    The second picture immediately bought to mind a Fred Gassit cartoon. The header was "you cut a dashing figure in your jacket"
    Hahaha! Love Fred Gassit. I wish I had as much hair now as I did then . Those Belstaff jackets weren't exactly stylish but they were impervious to rain, biological warfare and anything else that got thrown at them.

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