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Post by m40man on Sept 19, 2011 17:11:55 GMT
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Post by cam7777 on Sept 19, 2011 17:29:03 GMT
It's over priced by at least £4000 considering it's had 6 owners and covered 19,000 miles  The camera probably makes it look far better than reality. I had a wasted journey to Norfolk to see a genuine 15,000 mile diversion 900 which looked mint in the pictures but was somewhat disappointing in 'the flesh' |
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Post by Pool Boy on Sept 19, 2011 17:36:06 GMT
..... I'd have to have this beauty  What on earth for ? |
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Post by m40man on Sept 19, 2011 17:36:29 GMT
It's over priced by at least £4000 considering it's had 6 owners and covered 19,000 miles You're barmy  ! |
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Post by cam7777 on Sept 19, 2011 17:46:08 GMT
It's over priced by at least £4000 considering it's had 6 owners and covered 19,000 miles You're barmy ! Maybe, but you have no sense  |
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Post by bigbuck on Sept 19, 2011 17:46:45 GMT
Hi , that bike looks ace, I remember seeing one in the flesh at " Miles " in Hull way back in the seventies and wether it is overpriced or not the buyer pays whatever he thinks is just .
Buck
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Post by m40man on Sept 19, 2011 17:50:35 GMT
..... I remember seeing one in the flesh I remember hanging-on for dear life when my mate gave me a lift on the back of his - super smooth motor, & scary acceleration ! |
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Post by teejayexc on Sept 19, 2011 18:16:02 GMT
WTF ? Clive's not far off with his estimate. Martin, has that veggie diet finally stripped you of all sense? You've dropped a fair few notches on your 'how to be a tightwad' course I'm afraid.  Report - must try harder. |
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Post by m40man on Sept 19, 2011 18:20:17 GMT
WTF ? Clive's not far off with his estimate. You pair of Philistines . |
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Post by cam7777 on Sept 19, 2011 19:04:04 GMT
WTF ? Clive's not far off with his estimate. You pair of Philistines . Being in the effluent south has seriously affected your pricing ability..I hope you realise that you would now be shunned by the people of Leicestershire should you ever wish to return |
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Post by sledgegreen on Sept 19, 2011 19:17:33 GMT
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Post by biblebasher on Sept 19, 2011 19:26:37 GMT
i would still have that moto martin cbx i used to drool over in the 90s
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Post by m40man on Sept 19, 2011 19:54:48 GMT
..I hope you realise that you would now be shunned by the people of Leicestershire should you ever wish to return I shunned them first  . |
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Post by bobh on Sept 19, 2011 20:00:53 GMT
It's an era I missed out on completely, and bikes like this really don't get me excited at all.
So sorry, Martin, but I won't be buying it for you.
Everyone to their own taste, I suppose.
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Post by teejayexc on Sept 19, 2011 21:10:57 GMT
WTF ? Clive's not far off with his estimate. You pair of Philistines . Idiot. The bike was good, in it's day, but the price he's asking for it is a joke |
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Post by m40man on Sept 19, 2011 21:20:22 GMT
... Idiot. The bike was good, in it's day, but the price he's asking for it is a joke Not such an idiot - I was asking someone else to buy it . |
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Post by TwoHat on Sept 21, 2011 11:28:23 GMT
Dunno if you would be interested in a smaller capacity version - just took my Divvy for its MOT and the bike shop has a 650 Katanga of similar appearance in the showroom which looks very clean and comes with the benefit of shaft drive. He is asking £2k but I guess he would haggle. Didn't get any details of mileage or previous owners but if you are interested its at Sapphire Motorcycles at Staveley near Kendal - tel 01539 821401
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Post by m40man on Sept 21, 2011 11:37:30 GMT
..... just took my Divvy for its MOT and the bike shop has a 650 Katanga of similar appearance in the showroom which looks very clean and comes with the benefit of shaft drive. He is asking £2k but I guess he would haggle. ... I nearly bought a 650 Katana a while back. £2000? You'll be giving my Northern Brethren sleepless nights ! The 650 is very small, very light, lovely in it's own way, shaft a bonus. But a good one is only worth a little North of a grand. Most are worth less, in my spendthrift opinion [1]. [1] Trying to ingratiate myself with the Northern Tightwads . |
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Post by newell on Sept 21, 2011 13:16:20 GMT
Yeah you're right Martin. The 650 Katana was very 'cooking'. During the 80's I ran a 550 Katana. Good bike for that era, and very gaudy. Even the rear caliper was bright red. Only gave about 53bhp IRC but it appeared at the time, very exotic, and I thought it was the mutts nuts.
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Post by cam7777 on Sept 21, 2011 14:39:17 GMT
£2000 for an old 650 Kat.... ....some people are crazy I had a 4000 mile 1986 GS650GT in 1988, I only paid £1650 then   |
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Post by m40man on Sept 21, 2011 15:50:21 GMT
£2000 for an old 650 Kat.... ....some people are crazy Agreed. I walked away at £750 for the one I looked at, which wasn't in bad nick. I had a 4000 mile 1986 GS650GT in 1988, I only paid £1650 then I had a brand new CB650 in 1980 for £1250  . |
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Post by TwoHat on Sept 21, 2011 16:37:06 GMT
I paid just under £2000 for my GS1000E brand new in 1979 or 1980 (can't remember which), raced it for 2 years and sold it for £1200. So? What would it fetch now? Price paid then is a bit irrelevant IMHO. I paid less than £500 brand new for my Triumph Tiger 650 in 1972 - should I expect to buy one now in good nick for less than that?
A bike is worth what the market will stand, and once they stop making them, if its a classic and desirable, then the price will keep going up as fewer of them survive. All depends how badly you want one - I paid over the odds for my Divvy, but was happy with the deal because it was exactly what I wanted, with all the bits already on it, and it was local so I could go and kick the tyres. I know there are still quite a few available, but there is also quite a variety of quality too.
I have to say I probably wouldn't be interested in a Katanga anyway, but if it was my dish of tea and a good one came up locally then I would probably pay over the odds for it.
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Post by m40man on Sept 21, 2011 17:29:54 GMT
- should I expect to buy one now in good nick for less than that? Exactly - of course not. I like older machines, particularly those which either set the World alight in their day, or those with a bit of character. You get to have some fun fettling them, riding them, then selling-on with little loss. Luvverly . |
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Post by teejayexc on Sept 21, 2011 18:00:24 GMT
£2000 for an old 650 Kat.... ....some people are crazy Agreed. I walked away at £750 for the one I looked at, which wasn't in bad nick. I had a 4000 mile 1986 GS650GT in 1988, I only paid £1650 then I had a brand new CB650 in 1980 for £1250 . Something has just struck me about the title of this thread, I thought money was no object to the effluent south |
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Post by cam7777 on Sept 21, 2011 18:50:04 GMT
I had a brand new CB650 in 1980 for £1250 . I bought a brand new Yamaha XS1100 in 1981 for £1999 OTR |
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Post by m40man on Sept 21, 2011 18:52:21 GMT
.... I bought a brand new Yamaha XS1100 in 1981 for £1999 OTR Moneybags . |
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Post by cam7777 on Sept 21, 2011 19:04:00 GMT
.... I bought a brand new Yamaha XS1100 in 1981 for £1999 OTR Moneybags . I had a new bike every year when I was a suvener, times are hard now I live up norf |
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Post by m40man on Sept 21, 2011 19:12:37 GMT
.... I had a new bike every year when I was a suvener, times are hard now I live up norf Come back South, mate. Land of milk & honey . |
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Post by cam7777 on Sept 21, 2011 19:16:30 GMT
Can't afford the house prices now  |
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Post by m40man on Sept 22, 2011 7:11:24 GMT
Can't afford the house prices now Plural? |
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