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1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:45 pm
by Manxman
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.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:20 pm
by Jbrebel
I like them
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RR...
Just needs a tidy
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Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:19 am
by Manxman
Jbrebel wrote:I like them
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RR...
Just needs a tidy
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There such good fun to ride and rev bloody hard and as for the handling
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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.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:15 pm
by Beamish
Friend of mine had one from new. It had a carbon can on and sounded like nothing else! An absolutely beautiful noise.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:18 am
by sirch345
Manxman,
That must be bargain of the decade at £200
Chris.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:34 am
by tony.mon
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
They're out there if you look hard enough!
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:02 am
by sirch345
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
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.
Chris.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:05 pm
by tony.mon
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
Isn't anyone else playing?
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:19 pm
by Manxman
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
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.
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Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:22 pm
by tony.mon
Yeah, but out in the island all you have to do is wait for the leaves to drop and look in the hedgerows
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Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:31 pm
by Manxman
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
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During the summer there is plenty of bikes in the hedgerows and there is also some flowers aswell.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:08 pm
by paulo
97 storm for £100
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Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:47 pm
by tony.mon
Result!
How bent were the valves?
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:14 pm
by paulo
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)