$6000 for a gas tank on trademe

[Badcat]

this is one of the best i've seen in trademe seller delusion.
a $6000 gas tank - and that's not even the reserve!
now, i know that the CB1100R has a cult following (and is a sweet biike)
but come on.....

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-42459015.htm

[ManDownUnder]

Beautiful plumage!

ok ok - I posted a question "You mean six THOUSAND - not six HUNDRED?"

Let's see what comes back
MDU

[Badcat]

looks to me that they are pretty aptly named.
dotty indeed.

[nudemetalz]

Pretty pricey alright...

[nudemetalz]

If someone is restoring one of these awesome machines then I reckon they would pay that for it, esp if it was missing or in bad nick. CB1100R’s are worth a mint and prices will only continue upwards.

Now, how much would a complete brand-new fairing fetch???........

[Coyote]

Honda OEM parts can cost an horrific amount. A muffler for my CBR was going to cost $850

[TLDV8]

I have doubts about the RRP suggested for 2001 considering when i bought a complete OEM CBX1000 6 into 2 exhaust in 1983 the cost was around $1000 which was RRP minus 25%.Good luck to whoever is selling the CB1100R fueltank,perhaps a start of $1800 might get a bid.From my experiance of Trade Me you simply will not get those kind of big prices as a rule,US Ebay is another story.
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I seem to remember the RRP on a RC45 fueltank being over AU$5000.

[vifferman]

Honda OEM parts can cost an horrific amount. A muffler for my CBR was going to cost $850

$1200 for a VFR750 muffler, and $1300 for the main fairing bracket.

I think the fact "Dottie" is a new seller won't help. He/she would've been better to sign up on eBay if they want big money.

[TLDV8]

$1200 for a VFR750 muffler, and $1300 for the main fairing bracket.

The same parts off Ronayers in the US.. Muffler 1994/97 VFR750..NZ$508..1990/93..NZ$422...Main fairing bracket..NZ$374.... which still shows the retailers here are milking the exchange rate + a percentage on top of that.
Just to put that into another perspective,2 rubber inlet manifolds for a RC51/SP2..Ronayers $76..from a shop in Barrys point road,$180...Plan B was to get a pair of manifolds plus the 4 clamps (over $100 here) off a super low milage SP2 from a reliable Ebay seller i had delt with before..cost NZ$74.60 airmailed....did i mention i love Ebay.
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http://www.ronayers.com/index.cfm

[vifferman]

the retailers here are milking the exchange rate + a percentage on top of that.

Yeah, I already knew that. Even buying parts via Australian Honda dealers is cheaper, and quicker than buying them here. But buying via the Interdweeb is good alright. A.P.E. camchain tensioners (CCT) for a VTR1000 are $US49.95 each, but the agent here wanted $150 each. Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) is ~$300 from Honda. I bought a brand new TPS and two CCTs for less than $300, shipped, from a guy in the UK.
And then there's things you can't buy here, like my FactoryPro Evo Star shift kit. By the time postage (about $US15-20) and farkn Visa charges for foreign exchange (why? Their farkn computer takes care of it, doesn't it?!?!) are taken into account, I think I was up for around $350 or so. But it took only a week to get here, and it was all done with a few mouseclicks.

Easier than buying stuff from the Shark Bros in Barry's Point Road, and having to pay for everything up front, and wait 3 -5 weeks for it to turn up. Wankers.

By the way - FIVE BAZILLIONTH POST.

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break out the champagne.
bring on the dancing bananas.

[Colapop]

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[TLDV8]

By the way - FIVE BAZILLIONTH POST.

woo hoo.
break out the champagne.
bring on the dancing bananas.

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2 sets of rings and 2 head gaskets for a unnamed V-Twin... here $371,there $147

[nudemetalz]

Congrats Vifferman !!

ANyway, here's a yardstick comparison
A Bandit 1200 brand new tank on TradeMe and they have a buynow price of $275.....
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...n-41898644.htm

Just how different are the tanks???

[kro]

Those things would be hell hard to source anywhere, and the bikes have a "legend" status. But still....... 6k for a tank, thats a bit steep.

[flash]

bullshit, total bullshit. that type of money is out of the question, i bet you could buy a complete 2001 cbr in japan for that!!

by the way, trade me wont work for another 10mins so i haven't even seen the tank yet....