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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    Back in '97 I had a really tidy XS750 Special. Loved it but it was using oil and I didn't realise it until I seized it! Bike cost me $1800 and a new crank was going to be $2,200.00! I sold it for parts to a guy down below New Plymouth around the coast a bit. He got it running, or rather built one out of two and sent me pics of it.
    Nice,the special wasnt my thing but good on him.Way back i remember going to Hollands Honda in CH-CH with the old man,there was a silver XS750,3/1 bikini fairing outside and i fell in love .hey i was a kid.Bought mine awhile back in a very sad state,reduced hours at work/mortgage blah blah havent seen much progress,same goes for the 650 although thats in a bit better nick,they both will be restored to there former glory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Murray View Post
    So click on my profile and tell me what mines worth - pretty original apart from shocks
    Then look at mine and make me an offer I can't refuse, hold it for 10 or 15 years and it too will be a classic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    Perhaps it's fortunate that one doesn't have a gargre...
    Doesn't have a gargre??!!

    Christ on a crutch, I can just barely admit I'm scraping by without a 5 axis CNC mill, how can you possibly survive?

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    The whole Classic Bike theory is a bit difficult for me to comprehend.
    I put it down to folks reviving their early riding experiences, discarding the frustrating/annoying parts of it. Polishing the memories with embellishments of great moments in time, and selling it on for more than it is worth.
    Fortunately, their are naive buyers that will buy into it.

    The closest I can get to appreciating some bikes of past era's, were their styling, and the cacophony of noise, and aroma's that the machines made.

    Sort of like what anorak wearing train spotters experience, as ol steam trains hiss and spew wood smoke into the atmosphere.

    Occasionally a ride on a great road, in perfect conditions, with good mates and wine, women, and song would get you close to a classic time. But the rest was just riding. (which is still a great way to go through life).
    MHO

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    Hang on while I wipe my keyboard...
    Spill ya coffee ed??.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maha View Post
    Spill ya coffee ed??.....
    HA ha! Well, actually I am a keen fan of classic Honda's and I allus wanted a CB500 Four, along with the little jewel CB350 Four the CB750K, (later four piper model), the Black Bomber, (CB450), CB350.... Sigh...
    You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edbear View Post
    HA ha! Well, actually I am a keen fan of classic Honda's and I allus wanted a CB500 Four, along with the little jewel CB350 Four the CB750K, (later four piper model), the Black Bomber, (CB450), CB350.... Sigh...
    I used to ride round on a 350 no clutch no brakes was just a beaten up paddock basher.
    A mate had a 750k when we were younger, I used to take that out when he got his gpz, nice bikes handled well.

    Originally Posted by 98tls
    Id have any one of them in a flash,ive an XS750 and a Kawasaki 650 both in neglected states awaiting my lotto win.
    Funny I have an XS1100 sitting in the garage feeling a little neglected at the moment too, must be an XS thing

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdnzz View Post
    I used to ride round on a 350 no clutch no brakes was just a beaten up paddock basher.
    A mate had a 750k when we were younger, I used to take that out when he got his gpz, nice bikes handled well.



    Funny I have an XS1100 sitting in the garage feeling a little neglected at the moment too, must be an XS thing
    I had an XS750 Special and loved it, but it was using oil and I seized it...
    You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
    Shorai Powersports batteries are very trick!

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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post
    Time warp bike shop
    okay
    ...where is that shop? would love to go there and spend money I dont have...


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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post
    Time warp bike shop
    OMFG! New Zealand plates too?!?!

    Where?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shafty View Post
    Time warp bike shop
    SL125, XL175, XL250, my first store-bought bikes, all in the same place, kewl.
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    Quote Originally Posted by xwhatsit View Post
    OMFG! New Zealand plates too?!?!

    Where?
    Probably when was the pic taken would be a better question, I might have to go for a dig through my back catalogue seeing those pics.
    Quote Originally Posted by Gubb View Post
    Nonono,

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