Blimey, that is clean...

One thing that continues to amaze me is the number of (mostly
Japanese) really clean SODirtBikes that can be found around here.
Granted, you can also find a ton of really clapped out ones like my
DR650 but there's some stuff hidden in garages that super clean.

Case in point: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140562835180

OK, this one's yucky brown but it's been a while since I've seen an XT
that clean: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-Yamaha-XT500-XT-500-Brown-CLEAN-Original-/200616773908

I think Ann's pretty happy that I've almost reached the annual number
of vehicles I can sell without a dealer license and that we don't have
space for another SOB unless I sell another vehicle.

Hmm.

I guess I could do with building a greenhouse and hide another one
between the tomatoes...

 

Those are both very, very tidy. The KE250 - I don't think that was sold
here. We got the 100, 125 and 175, but I've never seen a 250. A sfor the
XT, for my money they're the best-looking trail bike Japan has ever
made, especially the one with gold rims and a chromed tank, but in brwn?
No, thanks.

That's how they do it, is it? Hm. How do private collectors sell their
collections, should they want to?

I've tried hiding a bike in a greenhouse. There are a few fundamental
flaws to the concept.

 

It is, well, very 1970s. I've seen a couple of other clean ones on
fleabay but they were mostly further away. But in contrast to the UK
everybody and their mutts seem to have a cheap SODirtBike for
sale. Mostly non-road legal ones though.

Yep, here in Nevada it's three vehicles per year, any more and you'll
need a dealer's license.

The ones I've seen were mostly via estate auctions and similar. I guess
auction houses have exemptions for that sort of stuff.

In general the vehicle turnover here seems to be a lot slower at least
at the collector end (and judging by the neighbour's "collection" out
back, also at the redneck end) than we're used to in the UK. It also
seems that NV is particularly "harsh" with the vehicle sale laws, most
other states allow 5-6 vehicles from what I hear.

So I remember.

 

Only *three*?

I update my Carole Nash insurance maybe twice as often in a single
year......

 

Yes. It's seriously cramping my "style"... Actually, used bikes with the
exception of a couple not too desirable Japanese bikes and a few older
Glodwings are comparatively expensive here so flipping bikes isn't
really what it used to be in the UK. *Especially* doing that with older
Italian bikes, which are rather expensive over here.

So did I.