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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2440214985&category=9808

this has been listed at least three times and it always fails to sell

"fully restored".... "show standard"

Yeah, right. In gloss black? I think not.

Last B120 I bought really was original and immaculate. Three or four
years ago, it was. Cost me a couple of hundred quid IIRC.....

 

....and it was shite from new.

 

Well, true. Very. very slow (about 60 flat out) and with that odd
"all-down" gear pattern. Reliable and economical, though.

 

Quite so - why on earth do it in black ??!?

What's more, it's an awkward size - can't be used for the test (too
small), and really also too small for someone who's passed. Insurance
ought to be cheap though.

Regards,

Simonm.

 

Forgot to mention - was it 'pozi-force' or 2-stroke mix?

Regards,

Simonm.

 

Posi-force: it had an oil pump.

 

The Older Gentleman wibbled like a little girl....

I've got one of the original Pozi-force button badges that Suzuki gave
away circa 1967.

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A bit expensive IMHO but I have no doubt you didn't lose on the deal

FOUR HUNDRED QUID!??! For one of those old pieces of shite? WTF kind of
show would one exhibit one of those at anyway, even if it had been
restored to original? Apart from the colour, which would be correct for
the earlier and prettier B100, which it isn't, the chainguard shouldn't
be painted should it? And shouldn't it have a heel+toe gearchange too,
or did they vary or had someone actually removed a proper lever to fit
one of these to the one I had?

I learnt on one of these, it cost 60 quid. Was I glad to pass my test
and get rid of the bastard[1]. Absolutely no way would I want one for
nostalgia reasons.

This is truly a Shite old Bike in the literal, not affectionate, sense.
I really cannot understand why someone would want to restore one. Knock
it into good enough shape to get an MoT and use it as a hack perhaps.

Well, there are a lot of idiots around and many bid on ebay. It'll be
interesting to see if anyone actually buys it.

You reckoned 60mph BTW. Mine never managed that, not even downhill with
a following wind.

Regards, Ian

[1] Well it sat in the shed for a bit, then someone exploded it, then
IIRC the scrappie gave us a fiver for it and something else similar.

 

Nor should the rear mudguard.

 

"invalid item", this morning.

 

So it is. I wonder what that means, exactly.

 

snip

Probably, someone has had the decency to remove the ad after spotting what a
hoax it was. And if there's any real justice left in this fucked up ailing
world [1], the scamming git responsible[2] has been taken round the back of
his shed and shot.

[1] Had any post this week?
[2] Bet he's a Postman!

 

Actually, yes

I've known some very decent postmen. Some of them rode bikes too. It's
not an easy job you know, getting up and the crack of dawn and trudging
round with a heavy sack. And not over well paid. I havn't looked into
the issue in detail but I expect they have good reason for taking
industrial action.

But back to the point. That's a bit strong I think. An overpriced piece
of junk yes, and not 100% accurately described, but not a hoax. He
*says* it's a B120. It certainly appears to be one FWIW. It looks like a
good one, if it can be said that there is any such thing. He's set an
unrealistic price, probably reflecting what it cost him to get the thing
into that state, but that means he's an idiot not a conman IMO. He
doesn't deserve to *sell* it, no, not unless he comes down a lot but he
hasn't claimed it's a rare classic or anything. He probably doesn't even
know he's got things wrong and may even believe it's worth what he's
asking. After all, he thought it was worthwhile restoring it And apart
from the details he got wrong, he did a good job. I've never seen a
cleaner one since they came out. Again, FWIW. I never fancied one when
they were new (ISTR seeing one in the showroom next to a GS1000, it did
suffer a tad by comparison) and only bought one because I needed
something to pass my test on and it was 60 quid. The RD400 burning a
hole an my garage door and the fundamental crapness of the B120 combined
to make me pass my test first time too. I couldn't afford to fail.

I am pleased to report that my garage currently contains one GS1000 (not
mine) and absolutely no B120s or anything vaguely resembling one at all.
No RD400s either, but that's because of its nitro-glycerine tendencies
and not because I don't like them.

Regards, Ian

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ian Northeast

So why is it, if you work during an official union strike, you're a
scab, but if you strike when there's no official strike, that's fine?

 

Huh ?!? You probably lost more time doing the de-coke than you saved
getting that *extra* 5mph :=)

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