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Offline Retro Rocket

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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #25 on: March 21, 2012, 07:50:45 PM »
Quote from: trueblue on March 21, 2012, 07:44:31 PM
Quote from: singedebile on March 21, 2012, 02:45:51 PM
he doesnt even mention a clear title...
In Australia you don't need a title to register a bike ;)

Just as well too as i have 3 untitled bikes in my garage at present.... ;D ;)
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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2012, 08:41:00 PM »
Quote from: tomkimberly on March 21, 2012, 04:14:12 PM
I paid $ 200.00 for this one.




This is how she ended up.




Tom

i had one of those dt400 for a couple of years in the early 80s.
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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #27 on: March 21, 2012, 09:36:50 PM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on March 21, 2012, 07:34:17 PM
Quote from: SohRon on March 21, 2012, 04:54:58 PM
So, just what, exactly, is a "suit restoration"? Is he doing tailoring on the side?

It doesn't say "a suit restoration" It says "suit restoration" or Suitable for restoration, i thought that was obvious.... :o

Suit is used as a verb meaning, Be convenient for or acceptable to, in this case to restore....

Never heard of it... Must be some Aussie thing...  ;D

I did, however, once see a sign from a contractor who would "build to suite"...
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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #28 on: March 24, 2012, 02:57:32 PM »
Quote from: vames on March 21, 2012, 04:09:57 AM
it aint a ripoff till someone pays the asking price. by the end of this, he'll knock a zero off the price and someone will still have overpaid.

+1.  And being towed by a rope while the stuck wheels drag does NOT qualify as running...

With that being said, if someone really wanted a project, and had the cash, more power to 'em.  My first bike looked worse, but I got it for free.
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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #29 on: March 24, 2012, 03:01:46 PM »
bush bashing dt400 with obligutory tow rope on bars.

i wonder where it is now,i almost destroyed it through hard use,i sold it to a young apprentice mechanic who lived opposite me.
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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #30 on: March 24, 2012, 08:07:04 PM »
dropped the price $1,000! ::)
now only $2,000 ... he's motivated! ;D
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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #31 on: March 24, 2012, 08:22:00 PM »
Ooooher, while we're dragging out the archived memories, here's my contribution-

As bought at the Bendigo Swap Meet for 200 bucks in 1995:


All finished, almost 4000 bucks poorer, and swapped for a new thread cutting lathe, May 1996:
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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #32 on: March 24, 2012, 08:58:07 PM »
Quote from: That 70s Bike on March 24, 2012, 08:07:04 PM
dropped the price $1,000! ::)
now only $2,000 ... he's motivated! ;D

Now is when you make a counter offer for $ 500.00 (or less).

Tom

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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #33 on: March 25, 2012, 01:29:12 AM »
I sent him an offer of $300, but didn't recieve a reply, I don't know why  ::) , all I can say is he has high hopes ;D
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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #34 on: March 25, 2012, 01:34:40 AM »
was it advertised as a cafe project?pour coffee over it and watch it grow?
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Todays Ripoff
« Reply #35 on: March 25, 2012, 07:17:34 AM »
Quote from: dave500 on March 25, 2012, 01:34:40 AM
was it advertised as a cafe project?pour coffee over it and watch it grow?

That's how my bikes grow, coffee and lagers!

 I guess some people see the Honda craze and think they can REALLY cash in.  If that's worth $2000.00 I'm sitting on $50,000 in motorcycles.
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Re: Todays Ripoff
« Reply #36 on: March 25, 2012, 03:22:14 PM »
Quote from: LesterPiglet on March 21, 2012, 04:48:41 PM
That rear mudflap in the first pic spoils it.  ;D


Oh you kept it.   :-X
It IS original Honda... and it rains quite a lot over here ;)
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