Cameron wrote:

> ****head Pete wrote, wrt the pink bike:
>
> <snip>
>
>
>> Can I blame the sunburn on your paint job Cam!?
>
>
> Yeah, feel free.....
>
> I had been thinking about getting a couple of the Yammie "crossed tuning
> forks" badges for the pink one, but maybe a couple of the radiation hazard
> stckers would be just as good?

Bloody oath, excellent idea!

--
Pete (with the pink nose)
Fat Black Harley (Road Toad)

kiwipete wrote:

> "Cameron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Rode out on the pink bike to Mt.White to meet Pete, and parked behind
>>another Yam RZ250/350.
>>
>>Has a quiet squiz at it (as you do) and the bloke shouts out...do you
>>want to buy it.
>>
>>I acknowledged some interest, right up to the time he explained that he
>>wanted $3,200 for it. :-|
>>
>>
>
> Would have to be good for that money....


It 'ud have to be bloody impeccable for that price, I reckon.

It had all the right body bits, but they were by no means immaculate.

Mechanically, I dunno. It got there, and it left, presumably on its
way home.

The bloke reckoned that it owed him heaps....he had do this that and the
other....including replacing the power valves. <shrug>

> but they are rapidly raising in
> price in the US and Britain...


Oh! Does that mean that mine is an investment....<giggle>

> so it may not be too unbelievable in the
> future!


Well, currently, I've seen a couple of the 500's (which was the
original topic) for about the three grand mark.

He didn't look like the type of bloke who'd sell it for about a grand,
so I didn't offer him that. It's what it would be worth to me.

regards,
CrazyCam