Ebay item 320407570199 OK for £475. The rack alone is worth three figures.
Oh, I looked at that, but it's bleedin' miles away. A total hound, but there's a lot of bits with it. £500 easy, prolly £600.
What are you on? The kickstart's dead. That's unobtainium, and used ones go for up to £100. Seat's crap, front guard is some horrible universal thing, rear guard is off God knows what, horrible K&N air filters so no airbox, even the owner admits it smokes, and everything else is rusty or corroded. The extra bits make it worth breaking. Troo
Heh, I've read enough of your posts on this topic that even I spotted half of that and I don't have the slightest interest in buying one.
Slightly miffed about this one. The frame was broken[1], and I think something like that really, really, really ought to be in the auction description, don't you? "Well, I didn't know it was broken..." said the seller defensively. Maybe not, but before selling something like that you should bloody well look at it. I took it anyway because I reckoned I had little chance of getting my deposit back and I I'd get my money back on breaking it. Actually, the picture has brightened considerably because 10 minutes work today got the engine running sweetly, and it's a peach. So that's a decent engine and set of carbs, and the last sweet-running lump I sold made well over £300, plus about £65 for the carbs. People will pay decent money if you can prove that they work well (engine and carbs). The rack has cleaned up beautifully. The chainguard is the best I've seen in years: it looks almost new now. Under the grime it was fantastic. Can't believe it was the original one: must have been replaced at some time. I'll be intrigued to see what it fetches: I'm guessing at £60-70. And then there's a very nice Motad exhaust... plus all the usual stuff: clocks, brake system, electrics. If any of the ukrmc 400F-isti want anything, let me know. Plenty cheapness (but not the bits I've just mentioned...) [1] Rotted through at the sidestand bracket. A whole chunk six inches long was just ripped clean off.
Hmmmm - Sidestand metal bracket is weak and needs welding/repair to strengthen. Centre stand is fitted so this can be used instead. Looks like he knew about it. OTOH, I have a nice frame here if you want it, already grit blasted and ready for painting. I have the V5 but there are no numbers on the frame.
No, but thanks for the offer. Used frames are only worth about £25 with the V5, and I've decided to break this one rather than do it up because it's got some very high value parts on it.
Bah. Pretty much matches my experience with viewing potential track cars. Most people tend to conveniently "forget" the odd little issue...
