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    Quote Originally Posted by ktm84mxc View Post
    Crasher did get lucky with his SR purchase and good on him for it, lucky bastard. There's quite a few ex works bikes available in the US and Europe check out worksbikes.com it's run by Terry Good and you can source it trough www.vmxmag.com.au . Honda were the ones who sent the bikes to the crushers though many did escape, my fav a RCM125 twin with leading link forks or YZM500 alloy frame etc.
    The early 80's were the heyday of the genuine Factory bikes be it a SR,RC,OW, RH,RA .
    Very lucky for sure. And thanks. Talking of the YZM (one of THE sexiest works bikes ever built I reckon)...this came up for sale recently. Lots of other eye candy to be seen on the site too...

    http://vintageworksbikes.com/1988YamahaOW500.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Very lucky for sure. And thanks. Talking of the YZM (one of THE sexiest works bikes ever built I reckon)...this came up for sale recently. Lots of other eye candy to be seen on the site too...

    http://vintageworksbikes.com/1988YamahaOW500.html

    Wow! Only took another 17 years for the frame to make it to the production bikes....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay GTI View Post
    Wow! Only took another 17 years for the frame to make it to the production bikes....
    I reckon. Seriously trick bike that one though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Very lucky for sure. And thanks. Talking of the YZM (one of THE sexiest works bikes ever built I reckon)...this came up for sale recently. Lots of other eye candy to be seen on the site too...

    http://vintageworksbikes.com/1988YamahaOW500.html
    what did it go for? probably the only Yamaha i would ever want to own,

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    what did it go for? probably the only Yamaha i would ever want to own,
    From memory they were asking 40,000 Euro mate. If I'd won lotto I'd have it in a flash. Mind you...the brand new never ridden RN500 is fucking horn too.

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    Quick look. . .hmm, doesn't look very factory, looks like a production model with flashy graphics. Oh hold on, ally frame. Oh wait, [as casts mind back], the 490s were still aircooled! With PV too. Keeps looking. Its quite a trick to make a works bike look like its production bike tidy.
    Don't you look at my accountant.
    He's the only one I've got.

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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Quick look. . .hmm, doesn't look very factory, looks like a production model with flashy graphics. Oh hold on, ally frame. Oh wait, [as casts mind back], the 490s were still aircooled! With PV too. Keeps looking. Its quite a trick to make a works bike look like its production bike tidy.
    Loving the alloy airbox/subframe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    From memory they were asking 40,000 Euro mate. If I'd won lotto I'd have it in a flash. Mind you...the brand new never ridden RN500 is fucking horn too.
    There was one of those in NZ a while back a customer of mine had,

    his collection of mid 80's japanese 2 strokes road bikes was to die for, (RG500, NS400, RZ400 and 500) all mint,

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    There was one of those in NZ a while back a customer of mine had,

    his collection of mid 80's japanese 2 strokes road bikes was to die for, (RG500, NS400, RZ400 and 500) all mint,
    Choice! I wish I'd kept one of my KR1's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Choice! I wish I'd kept one of my KR1's.
    yeah be interesting to know what happened to all of the SP's, wonder if there are any unraped versions around,

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    yeah be interesting to know what happened to all of the SP's, wonder if there are any unraped versions around,
    I know of a very nice tidy original one...but the geezer won't part with it. Pretty sure all ten of 'em got used mate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    I know of a very nice tidy original one...but the geezer won't part with it. Pretty sure all ten of 'em got used mate.
    yeah, no one thought of keeping one back then i bet either, it would be cool to see road racing get a class like that again, i remember watching as a kid watching the street races with big fields of 40-50 bikes, just massive,

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    yeah, no one thought of keeping one back then i bet either, it would be cool to see road racing get a class like that again, i remember watching as a kid watching the street races with big fields of 40-50 bikes, just massive,
    Aye. When I first started road racing my KX500...there was 80 entrants in F2 for the Auck Street races from memory. Had to be split into groups/races. Unreal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Aye. When I first started road racing my KX500...there was 80 entrants in F2 for the Auck Street races from memory. Had to be split into groups/races. Unreal.
    i remember that port street race, the first job i ever did for kawasaki was to sell t shirts thier, they said "Kawasaki, its who i am" wish i had kept one of them to,

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott411 View Post
    i remember that port street race, the first job i ever did for kawasaki was to sell t shirts thier, they said "Kawasaki, its who i am" wish i had kept one of them to,
    I had a blast there and beat up on more than a few top pilots on their GP bikes. Pricks made me start off 40th on the grid in both races. Finished 6th in both from memory.

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