Page 1 of 1
Silly amounts again!
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:26 pm
by kwackersken
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
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:40 pm
by malc87
When I was buying out Kawasaki dealers stock in the early 1990"s we could not even get £15 for them!!
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:40 pm
by Vince
Gosh
I'll put that NOS speedo I've got in the safe
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:42 pm
by kas750
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...
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:58 pm
by Old Nail
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?
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:30 pm
by malc87
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
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:28 am
by 666rog
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.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:09 pm
by Eric
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
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:36 pm
by Olde Coney
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:13 pm
by malc87
Used ones not NOS
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:37 pm
by Tartan Triple
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
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:07 am
by Eric
By the end of this thread Gary (Scouce) will be a millionaire
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:05 am
by El Presidente
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 
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:22 pm
by malc87
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
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:20 pm
by bbb
Bloody hell Malc, you not finished that bit of a job yet???
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:24 pm
by malc87
bbb wrote:Bloody hell Malc, you not finished that bit of a job yet???
Been waiting for someone to solder the kill switch
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:44 am
by bbb
Ooops, sorry, I forgot!
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:48 am
by Olde Coney
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
