This is probably the nastiest 400 Four I have ever seen

http://tinyurl.com/5mkwo8

 

JCS. That's a bit special.

 

Absolutely minging.
Take a close look at some of the photos, did he think that photograping
at night would hide the rust ?.

 

that is fuckin' dire.

he missed out "rat" from the description.

 

Christ. Current bid £87, but even at that it's difficult to see how
the buyer would get his money back even if he broke it for spares.

 

You should be ashamed. Just look at the level of care & attention
that's gone into those hand-crafted side panels. It's obviously a very
cherished, well cared-for machine which anyone should be proud to own.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
Off-Road Classifieds

'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

That was exactly the calculation that I did

Well, the kickstarter is worth £40-50, even in that state.

I thought the MZ filler cap was a nice touch.

 

It should be offered to Tate Modern for a knockdown price of - er - say -

 

Ace wrote in uk.rec.motorcycles.classic:

Understatement of the year:

"This bike is being sold as a project as it needs a few things doing..."

 

I wondered about that, actually, remembering that they tend to wear
the splines off quite easily.

So that just leaves you perhaps 40 quid out of pocket... oh, hang on,
he's including a Haynes BoL, which must be worth another quid or so.

 

No, the splines are fine: the problem with them is that they crack
around the 'knuckle' - the bit of the kickstarter that slots over the
splines on the shaft. People forget you have to fold up the right-hand
peg before kicking, and the shaft crashes down onto the footpeg, and
it breaks.

You *can* weld them up, but it's a job for a real expert, and it
seldom works properly because the ring that surrounds the splines will
usually be slightly too big.

New knuckles, when Silver's had 'em (a while back), were £85. As-new
kickstarts fetch close to a ton. Decent ones make £50-60. Even rusty
ones go for at least £30, as long as the knuckle is OK.

And the clocks - another few quid....

 

feckin' 105 in the end. there are some optimists around, innit.

 

Probably worth that to spray it matt black, fit drag bars and enter a
classic bike show with it.

 

<G>

Has anyone ever called you a dangerous subversive?

 

No, they called me a currency smuggler.