Just brought this on a bit of a whim (and a bottle of Cider)

JackW · Post by **JackW** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:22 pm

Please tell me I haven't been ripped off

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1361

I've restored a few bikes over the years including a couple of Kawasaki A7's. I've been looking at H1's/H2's for a while. After watching rugby and drinking to much Cider I brought this !!!

Rubbadub · Post by **Rubbadub** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:35 pm

no that looks okay, there were a few of us on here sitting on outr hands to save our marriages !!!

JackW · Post by **JackW** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:56 pm

Haven't told the Wife how much I have spent yet

kas750 · Post by **kas750** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:19 pm

That was a cheap bike..well done!!...H2's have taken a big tumble price wise..

Olde Coney · Post by **Olde Coney** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:19 pm

kas750 wrote:That was a cheap bike..well done!!...H2's have taken a big tumble price wise..

really...

malc87 · Post by **malc87** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:33 pm

Olde Coney wrote:
kas750 wrote:That was a cheap bike..well done!!...H2's have taken a big tumble price wise..
really...

Yes and No.
The mainstream advertised bikes are fetching lower prices
HOWEVER
I know of 3 h2"s be it h2 or A,B,or C

that have made 7k,8k and 10k recently.

malc87 · Post by **malc87** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:33 pm

And 9k

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:11 pm

The prices are holding up overall.

Its just a blip that started in simmer with a couple of importers bringing in and trying to sell too many in a traditional period of low demanm, Olus a few older restorations were put on the market by owners who hadn`t used them for years. ( When they saw them selling for 3 or 4 times what they paid for them. )

Trouble is when you have 5 or 6 on E Bay each week, Folk get lazy and think they can pick and choose forever.

BUT now the price has "dropped" those same Importers will stop bringing them back in, and as prices are still Very strong in the States, it`ll be more difficult to buy ones to bring back and sell for £5k at a profit...........pause for breath.!!.........and the prices will once again rise.
I know these things !!!

AND Malc is right too. Other, non E bayer bragain hunters are still coming to the Steady & Long term Kawa sellers to buy , and paying higher prices for the back-up support and assured quality they receive.
( Saying that , Drayton Pete`s a top man, and that bike is WAY TOO cheap !!! Should have been £6500. )

Olde Coney · Post by **Olde Coney** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:04 am

as they say on antiques programmes..... "quality always sells"

High end, quality bikes have to be seen as a long term investment,

I agree Neil that bike is very nice and was a 'bargain'

El Presidente · Post by **El Presidente** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:03 am

In the last Month I have sold One for £12.5k and One for £15k . . . . The cream will always be valuable

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:51 am

El Presidente wrote:In the last Month I have sold One for £12.5k and One for £15k . . . . The cream will always be valuable

Drinks on Rick

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:11 am

Whoops Rick,
Some blokes will now be putting 2+2 together !!

" Hang on, I sold it to Rick for....£xxx"

Has it started snowing in MI yet ?

Hal · Post by **Hal** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:31 am

SAM wrote:
El Presidente wrote:In the last Month I have sold One for £12.5k and One for £15k . . . . The cream will always be valuable
Drinks on Rick

Probably not SAM as RB will most likely still claim that he made a loss on them mate

..

kas750 · Post by **kas750** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:11 am

Its good to see the "Al Jazeera" style propaganda machine still in full swing!

Olde Coney · Post by **Olde Coney** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:36 pm