Motorcycle farm barn finds?

[Hacking]

Any motorcycle barn/farm finds left in N.Z or have they all gone.

[Drew]

There are a few here and there that I've seen over the years.

But it aint like it used to be, since those damn farmers got internetness.

[neels]

I found one a while back, they are still out there, you just need to end up talking to the right person at the right time.

Unfortunately you won't necessarily get them dirt cheap like you used to though, as above the interwebs make it too easy for people to find out what they're actually worth.

[Gremlin]

Any motorcycle barn/farm finds left in N.Z or have they all gone.

If you know about it, then it's hardly a "find". And once found, it's no longer undiscovered.

You can't say they've all "gone" unless you've covered every single square metre of the country??

Bizarre question...

[Hacking]

Well with all the americans and Europeans that came down and raced wanagnui or castrol 6hr there must be bikes somewhere....america has dried up due to exporters sending bikes to japan and now the u.k is the biggest buyer of z1, cbx, h1 or 2 , gs and even katana's are fetching good money than 1500-2000 5 years ago.
I know buckley has the vance in hines 0w01 that was brought down from the u.s and then crafer then haldene raced it in the early 1990 years...dont know if he still has it
I thing canada is the next best bet but they are also being swamped by collectors, I served (army) in south africa for 8mths back in the 90's the bikes they had were amazing due to there issues back on importing.
I know two poeple that brought norton manx out off there.

[Drew]

Well with all the americans and Europeans that came down and raced wanagnui or castrol 6hr there must be bikes somewhere....america has dried up due to exporters sending bikes to japan and now the u.k is the biggest buyer of z1, cbx, h1 or 2 , gs and even katana's are fetching good money than 1500-2000 5 years ago.
I know buckley has the vance in hines 0w01 that was brought down from the u.s and then crafer then haldene raced it in the early 1990 years...dont know if he still has it
I thing canada is the next best bet but they are also being swamped by collectors, I served (army) in south africa for 8mths back in the 90's the bikes they had were amazing due to there issues back on importing.
I know two poeple that brought norton manx out off there.

I know of a few guys who literally traveled the country finding bikes, and sending them to Japan. Just as you describe.

That market dried up, and he continued to make money by starting importing bikes from Japan instead.

[Banditbandit]

If you know about it, then it's hardly a "find". And once found, it's no longer undiscovered.

You can't say they've all "gone" unless you've covered every single square metre of the country??

Bizarre question...

Yeah ... pretty much what I was going to say .. you don't know if they are still out there till you find them .. or not ...

[motogpwerks Chris]

I've had maybe 40-45 barn finds the last would a a Yoshimura customer built gs750 AMA bike off Roberto Pietri (88) I found this on the east coast on a farm last month.

[Subike]

In a chicken shed somewhere near Gretta Valley ............about 500 old jap bikes.....some complete, some in crates
You just have to get past the obnoxious bearded fella with the shotgun an the V max....

[BIG DOUG]

Went to a warehouse in wellie area about a mth ago 100-150 jap bikes.

[Katman]

I know it's not two wheels but this is pretty cool.

http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/0...-capsule-cars/

[unstuck]

I know it's not two wheels but this is pretty cool.

Imagine being left something like that in a will. That would be one cool collection.

[Maha]

This thread was posted a couple of years ago...from Germany → http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...s-from-Germany

[TLDV8]

Not much happening on the NZ barn front then.
Here is a Oregon barn find,one owner 1974 to 2012.

[Grumph]

In a chicken shed somewhere near Gretta Valley ............about 500 old jap bikes.....some complete, some in crates
You just have to get past the obnoxious bearded fella with the shotgun an the V max....

If that's who i think, it's a business - he sells parts via internet.

There's a GS1000 sitting in a barn within 20k of me. I've not seen it but via an intermediary we tried to buy it. Tyres are rotted and the wheels won't turn. Owner won't sell - says he will restore it. Bullshit - it's past economic restoration now. And yes, I do blame the internet.

I know of a couple of people here in Canty with Manxes tucked away. It costs too much to run them regularly now but they're money in the bank....