Values of Used Motorcycles in the UK?

No, it's a Suzuki GT750, $970, and there are a couple on ebay now
with starting bids of 2000 pounds, but they don't have metalflake paint.

Perhaps you should study ebay to see what is considered a classic
over here but junk in the USA. Maybe bevel-drive Ducatis,
Laverda triples, or some two-strokes.

 

Greetings from the Land of the Free:

There are always the old bikes that you can find in sheds or barns or
that otherwise have been abandoned and haven't been run in years.

They never have titles or license plates and putting them back into
circulation as properly
registered, titled, legal, on-road vehicles is usually more trouble
than they are worth.

They still have some value since there is room for off-roading in the
US and Canada.

My thought was that off-roading in the UK was scarce just due to the
size of the island.

I am surprised, however, to find that the chinese are now flooding the
lower end of the motorcycle market in the UK. I guess that we'll see
them here in a few years.

BTW: u.r.m is absolutely full of experts with street smarts. I do
enjoy hearing from all of you.

Another thought, what was that motorcycle that launched rockets in the
James Bond flick back in the sixties, was it a brit 650 of one sort or
another?

I remember it from back then, they destroyed the bike in the movie to
get rid of evidence.

Jake

 

Yeah, it's just aboutthe size of a small postage stamp. No room to swing a
cat, let alone ride a fucking off-road bike.

You need to take a look at your domestic scene now, not in a few years. The
Chinee bikes are already there and flourishing.

It wasn't a Brit bike, it was a Jap bike. IIRC, a Kwack 750 Turbo.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

BSA Lightning. It's in the Cars of the Stars museum in Keswick:

http://members.aol.com/cotsmm/cotspg4.html

 

here's what's available from a dealer in Minneapolis:

http://www.sportwheel.com/usedcycle.html

Minneapolis is, of course, the locale for zatamm.

(I need to read it again one of these decades.)

I might just try to export one.

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel tossed off:

Oi, that's a prima facie contravention of the bikers code.

--
Dan L

1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Jake tossed off:

This is sweet:

http://www.sportwheel.com/Used Bike Images/925_7224_1973_KAWASAKI_KZ
900_CUSTOM_25000_MILES_OFFER.jpg

I like the stying of the seat, wonder where TF I could get one like
that from.

--
Dan L

1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Oh, for ****'s sake, how can you be so dim?

Buy a bike from a dealer, export it, and try and make a profit?

Tip - buy from where the dealer buys.

 

Well, the action does extend a little further across the US than just
the twin cities.

Point of information. Contrary to my original posting the ZATAMM bike
was actually a Honda CB77 305 Superhawk.

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| Gilera GFR Moto Morini 2C/375 |
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Eiron tossed off:

It did, googled it, found it, fucking pricey.

Now lodged as a search item in ebay.


--
Dan L

1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Dan L says...

What a tasteless thing to do to an otherwise nice bike.

 

Note the exhaust: stumpy, loud and tasteless.

 

You say that like it's a bad thing...

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..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
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<whisper>

Look at the sticker on the thing ...

 

Pip says...

That appears to be one of the original black engined Z1s, and if it is
then its extremely rare and sought after. I can't understand the
lowering and fitting of custom parts on a bike like that. The dealer
would get far better money with an original 4-4 exhaust and stock
seat/shocks.

I don't have a problem with the way it's been done, but if you want to
customise a bike like that, find something not quite as rare and
desireable.

 

Pip says...

Very short, loud and an odd shape.

 

But that's enough about Blaney....

 

The Older Gentleman says...

Whoosh

 

<holds ribs, rocks silently>

 

To be honest, it could be anything from an original Z1 to a Z1B, because
the black engine paint isn't original (the cylinder head fin edges were
left shiny on the original)

<hangs anorak back on peg>