Good deals on Craigslist...or just cool -thread

Big Bad Bob Dog said:

All the HRC goodies alone make the cost of the bike.

Honda : CBR in Honda | eBay Motorcycles

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Why would you build a race bike and then not race it?

jaguar said:

Honda : CB in Honda | eBay Motorcycles

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That was featured on Pipeburn last month.

'75 Honda CR750 Yoshimura Special - Pipeburn - Purveyors of Classic Motorcycles, Cafe Racers & Custom motorbikes

(Yessss, I do visit Pipeburn every so often.)

ffarl said:

Anybody got any input on these bikes for me? Seems like a solid deal to me.

1980 honda CB 650

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Balkiest shifting transmission to ever come out of Honda, commonly with false neutrals depending on the tolerances of the particular machine.

Geeto67 said:

"...with the rare dove gray frame..."

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I know it is considered one of the stupid OIF-era decisions that killed BSA, but I always thought the dove gray (or should I say "dove grey") frames were pretty cool, if unconventional and not very British.

Geeto67 said:

is the frame color really the thing that killed the brits? or was it the inability to make a competetive product.

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The truth was that they had been growing less and less competitive for some time, and Meriden did manage to sell at least a few Bonnies for a decade after the collapse. I was referring to the sharp, stunning, almost deliberate-seeming decline in '71-'73. A lot of the steepness of that slope was the high seat height of the new frame, the lame new brakes, the totally non-traditional styling...basically, a total failure to understand who was buying their bikes and why.

ffarl said:

I don't know how to convert $ to your limey money without googling it, but it's a feckin nice looking bike!

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Currently, £1195 = $1650 according to American Express, $1665 on Forex.com.

I use the AmEx rate because that's what it will cost me when I make an overseas purchase. The Google rate always seems way higher.

o1marc said:

If you make an over seas purchase in the UK from here I doubt you will get the rate from AmEx.
I just checked AmEx conversion and it shows the same rate at $1.687 or $2016
forex.com is showing a rate of $1.698 or $2029
These are both current rates.
If I could get the rate you provided I would do nothing but trade dollars for a living at a 38% profit.

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Obviously ol' dyslexic me jacked something up when I typed in the numbers. It's a constant problem for me.

CaTacL1sm said:

Yea, I have no interest in partying with either the locals or most of the kids on base. I have a few friends there who I've deployed with that I'll spend most of my free time with. Know any good bike shops around there?

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If you ever make it to KC, I'll buy you dinner.

CaTacL1sm said:

******* vintage SUZUKI GT250 gp moto RACE BIKE *******

this is pretty cool... i wonder how streetable it is.

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I know this guy, he's local to me. I've seen this bike on the track and it's a rocket.

A Rotax thumper will never be nearly as impressive as the Supermono engine . . . but a race-prepped Rotax mill is still really cool.