Silly amounts again!

kwackersken · Post by **kwackersken** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:26 pm

Was watching this and was amazed at the price some people will pay

are they really that rare?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120801107242? ... 1423.l2649

malc87 · Post by **malc87** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:40 pm

When I was buying out Kawasaki dealers stock in the early 1990"s we could not even get £15 for them!!

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:40 pm

Gosh

I'll put that NOS speedo I've got in the safe

kas750 · Post by **kas750** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:42 pm

I paid 60 quid for a nos s2 loom off him when i was doing mine...Shows how prices have gone up in the last 3 or 4 years...

Old Nail · Post by **Old Nail** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:58 pm

kas750 wrote:I paid 60 quid for a nos s2 loom off him when i was doing mine...Shows how prices have gone up in the last 3 or 4 years...

Who's fuelling it though? Are there that many show quality restorations going on I wonder, and if so will that reduce the 'rarity' value of each?

malc87 · Post by **malc87** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:30 pm

Old Nail wrote:
kas750 wrote:I paid 60 quid for a nos s2 loom off him when i was doing mine...Shows how prices have gone up in the last 3 or 4 years...
Who's fuelling it though? Are there that many show quality restorations going on I wonder, and if so will that reduce the 'rarity' value of each?

Rarity in the future will be unrestored bikes with the Patina of age

666rog · Post by **666rog** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:28 am

malc87 wrote:
Old Nail wrote:
kas750 wrote:I paid 60 quid for a nos s2 loom off him when i was doing mine...Shows how prices have gone up in the last 3 or 4 years...
Who's fuelling it though? Are there that many show quality restorations going on I wonder, and if so will that reduce the 'rarity' value of each?
Rarity in the future will be unrestored bikes with the Patina of age

You dodgey sod Malc, just because you now happen to own such a triple your trying to convince the world these are worth more.

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:09 pm

What is more original than something thats has been used and never touched from new

thats how my mate likes them. As he puts it " Not tarted up bullshit". Is he right or is he wrong

Olde Coney · Post by **Olde Coney** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:36 pm

666rog wrote:
malc87 wrote:
Old Nail wrote: Who's fuelling it though? Are there that many show quality restorations going on I wonder, and if so will that reduce the 'rarity' value of each?
Rarity in the future will be unrestored bikes with the Patina of age
You dodgey sod Malc, just because you now happen to own such a triple your trying to convince the world these are worth more.

malc87 · Post by **malc87** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:13 pm

Used ones not NOS

Tartan Triple · Post by **Tartan Triple** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:37 pm

agreed,unrestored and on the road should command a dollar,its the real deal,and best of all,are running used machines 8)tartan
ps,i have never made money on a restoration,only on an original bike

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:07 am

By the end of this thread Gary (Scouce) will be a millionaire

El Presidente · Post by **El Presidente** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:05 am

666rog wrote:Rarity in the future will be unrestored bikes with the Patina of age

You dodgey sod Malc, just because you now happen to own such a triple your trying to convince the world these are worth more.

[/quote]

Hey! - It's taken me YEARS to get Malc round to my way of thinking

malc87 · Post by **malc87** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:22 pm

El Presidente wrote:
666rog wrote:Rarity in the future will be unrestored bikes with the Patina of age
You dodgey sod Malc, just because you now happen to own such a triple your trying to convince the world these are worth more.

Hey! - It's taken me YEARS to get Malc round to my way of thinking [/quote]

Here we go,
UNRESTORED with the patina of age

bbb · Post by **bbb** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:20 pm

Bloody hell Malc, you not finished that bit of a job yet???

malc87 · Post by **malc87** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:24 pm

bbb wrote:Bloody hell Malc, you not finished that bit of a job yet???

Been waiting for someone to solder the kill switch

bbb · Post by **bbb** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:44 am

Ooops, sorry, I forgot!

Olde Coney · Post by **Olde Coney** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:48 am

malc87 wrote:
El Presidente wrote:
666rog wrote:Rarity in the future will be unrestored bikes with the Patina of age
You dodgey sod Malc, just because you now happen to own such a triple your trying to convince the world these are worth more.

Hey! - It's taken me YEARS to get Malc round to my way of thinking

Here we go,
UNRESTORED with the patina of age

[/quote]

Malc, I think you have confused the word Patina with Schrapnel