1 of my many steeds

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Manxman
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1 of my many steeds

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1992 Yamaha fzr400rr bought 3 years ago for £200 to abuse around the TT course. A bit rough and ready but good fun to ride.
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I like them :thumbup: RR...

Just needs a tidy :)
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Jbrebel wrote:I like them :thumbup: RR...

Just needs a tidy :)
There such good fun to ride and rev bloody hard and as for the handling :thumbup: brilliant!!!!!!

TBH i'm not going to bother giving it a tidy. All it ever does is get a thrashing round TT course or do the odd track day, so

if it does get binned, oh well!!

And i've got too many others in need of tidying up.(and worth a lot more than a couple of hundred quid)

I'll post pictures soon.
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Friend of mine had one from new. It had a carbon can on and sounded like nothing else! An absolutely beautiful noise.
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Manxman,
That must be bargain of the decade at £200 :clap:

Chris.
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How about a VFR750 at £275?

Latest blag- builder working next door doesn't trust himself or his license on it, I said I'd do him a favour :D

They're out there if you look hard enough!
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tony.mon wrote:How about a VFR750 at £275?

Latest blag- builder working next door doesn't trust himself or his license on it, I said I'd do him a favour :D

They're out there if you look hard enough!
Tony,
I have been looking and the best I've come up with so far is a CBX750 for £250 no mot or tax and needs work, but does run.

Depending on condition (although I believe you said somewhere the VFR750 is in too good a condition to break) you could also be in that bracket "bargain of the decade".

I know what it's all about, it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time :)

I'll keep looking.

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OK, I've just picked up a one-owner Honda Cub.
90cc and pushrods, 10,150 miles and on a C plate.

But I paid........
Nothing :D

Isn't anyone else playing?
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tony.mon wrote:OK, I've just picked up a one-owner Honda Cub.
90cc and pushrods, 10,150 miles and on a C plate.

But I paid........
Nothing :D

Isn't anyone else playing?
I'll play......

1948 Douglas T35..................Nothing

1927 BSA deluxe....................Nothing

1983 BMW R65......................Damn....... i paid for that 1. (well £150)

Is there anyone else out there with some bargains.
Come on we can make a great game out of this. :Mexican Wave:
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Yeah, but out in the island all you have to do is wait for the leaves to drop and look in the hedgerows :D
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tony.mon wrote:Yeah, but out in the island all you have to do is wait for the leaves to drop and look in the hedgerows :D
During the summer there is plenty of bikes in the hedgerows and there is also some flowers aswell.
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97 storm for £100 :lol:
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Result!

How bent were the valves?
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They are fine I believe I wrote the story in the welcome thread.
But it comes down to me hearing about someone trading it in and making a cheeky £100 offer.
Cue being told where to go. Then a couple of weeks later I get a phone call saying he was only offered £250 trade in and rather I had it. To be honest I have yet to start work on it as we are looking to move house and the last thing i want is to move with a bike in bits as I know I would lose something (like an engine)
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