Is this guy dreaming?

**gammaguy** · 25th April 2014, 00:20

He obviously doesn't want to sell it,I'm guessing he's listing it to keep the wife happy

I ask you,one photo?how many buyers does he really expect for what is an expensive motorcycle,classic or not.

I sold a used phone on ebay today and even that had 12 pictures with it

**AllanB** · 25th April 2014, 18:12

1st generation i-pod may be worth some coin in 20 years .......

Those early Macs are fetching good coin - shit I made two novelty fish tanks out of ones being trashed by the Mac dealer years back.

**GrayWolf** · 25th April 2014, 21:44

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

yap and about two will sell in nz for that price, the rest will get pushed back into the shed. fact is jap stuff didn't give people the experinece they remember, it was all to easy whereas the ole pom bombs needed work all the time and bits interchanged and people spent time with their bikes, not just travelling on them.
about half my bikes are jap, i'm not biased and have been following the hobby closely for years, they eveolved real quick too from 69 to 84 was a volatile time and what was cool in 1975 was not in 77 so there's a very narrow window of what people like. mines 79-82ish when i was able to afford new bikes and dream about the bigger models. before that they were old last seasons bike, after that i'd settled and appreciated them but still had fonder memories of the era i mentioned. brit stuff evolved over a longer period, minor facelifts were suffice for an older model

oh man do I disagree with that.
Yes the old Brit bikes did give you the need to tinker, I owned 3 and that was enough, back in the 70's. Old Jap bikes give just as much if not more experience. No brit bike ever gave the memories my H1a gave, good or not. Having to manhandle the big japper 900-1100's of the 70/80's through bends with engines that vastly overpowered the chassis, was VERY different to the taught-er handling Nortons, A65's and Bonnie's.
As for minor facelifts 'sufficed' for brit bikes? It was management with their heads up their arses, pure and simple. There were many options that the designers had in the pipeline, or even the current (then) 70's Trident was canned in favour of the vastly outdated Bonnie. Norton had the pre-production Wolf 500, the 100cc Quadrant, a 120 deg crank Trident was in the offing, the 900cc Version in a Norton interstate chassis, the 350 hurricane/fury twins.. either rushed into production and fragile, or canned by stupid management. THAT was the only reason those 'long lived twins carried on for a few years longer.
Maybe I was 'lucky'? I was just there with the change over as the 900 Z1, took over from the H1/H2's as the performance king. The GT750 triple is highly sought after, as are the 250/350/400cc 2T's...
Nah, there are too many classic Jappers with memories abundant.

**pritch** · 25th April 2014, 22:03

BIKE magazine commented a few months ago that the CB750 prices were getting a bit too steep to justify in the UK. They recommended the CB500 as a relative bargain as yet, but that will likely change.

**AllanB** · 26th April 2014, 22:30

Originally Posted by pritch

BIKE magazine commented a few months ago that the CB750 prices were getting a bit too steep to justify in the UK. They recommended the CB500 as a relative bargain as yet, but that will likely change.

Maybe it will work down the line, CB750, CB500, CB400 & the jewel of the family the delightful CB350/4

**Voltaire** · 28th April 2014, 11:02

Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-720631399.htm

or realistic?

$24k is the start but not the reserve.

Mr G Crosby will sell you a fully restored one for $25k. I get that this is original and has patina. But it has a 4 into 1 and stuffed original pipes.

I am genuinely confused. Your thoughts callers?

No he's the owner, the dreamers are here on KB with it on their watch list.
I had Jap 4's in the early 80's, have no real interest in them these days.
I would not push my old 500/4 in Gold out of the shed if it turned up though.

**Crasherfromwayback** · 28th April 2014, 13:27

Originally Posted by Katman

No worries - you leave the 80's to me.

And me...

**pritch** · 28th April 2014, 16:10

Originally Posted by Voltaire

I would not push my old 500/4 in Gold out of the shed if it turned up though.

Yeah, mine was brown, doesn't sound a great colour but it looked nice. Loved it at the time, not sure about now though.

**TLDV8** · 29th April 2014, 15:32

Does it matter,dreams are still free.
How many Spitfires or Lancasters were still airworthy after the war.
Remember when RD's were a dime a dozen,Z1's for $2200 as were RZ500's or RG's.
Who would have thought, something common now sells for a premium.

A restored 1974 Kawasaki H2B 750 was re-listed at $19995 on AU eBay,that is more than a Vincent Rapide could be had for less than 20 years ago.
Lotus Cortina's.
Near any early RX Mazda.
Old Sidchrome anything.
Any beveldrive Ducati.
Ching ching,get them while you can.......

**HenryDorsetCase** · 29th April 2014, 15:53

I found a phone number the other day for the guy that bought my CB400F (one good thing about moving).

He has on-sold it

Its in Fangaray now

Oh well.

**Voltaire** · 29th April 2014, 16:02

You had me till Sidchrome......

Can't say I remember the $2200 Z1's

, my Z1000 j cost me $4500 in 1984.

**TLDV8** · 29th April 2014, 16:56

Originally Posted by Voltaire

You had me till Sidchrome......

Can't say I remember the $2200 Z1's

, my Z1000 j cost me $4500 in 1984.

Vintage Sidchrome tools fetch a premium here as far as eBay goes,I still have most of my 40 piece 1/2 drive set circa 1976.

I got mine a year earlier,dead stock and mint for $4800.
I had read the Two Wheels write up in Papua New Guinea,front page 'ballistic missile,wanted a blue one,landed in Auckland,one in the paper,picked it up that week,great bike did 21000 kms in the first 9 months.

Somewhere in the South Island.