Topic: Ebay sohc model OUTRAGEOUS!!!!

[calired67]

Check this out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-3-GAKKEN-HONDA-CB750-ENGINE-Model-kit-NIB-RARE_W0QQitemZ6009510645QQihZ009QQcategoryZ2591QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Raul CB750K1]

630 bucks!!!! That engine model is even more expensive than an actual used engine!!!


This has been discussed here before. The CB750 engine model was about 25 bucks in most model shops.


Raul

[oldbiker]

Looks like the same thing on this site at $38
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXAY32&P=7

[cben750f0]

he has two chances of sellin that...



bucklies ... and NONE


peace

[Steve F]

I'm thinking that he was using Japanese yen instead of US dollars......630yen today is about $5.37   

[Chris Schneiter]

More expensive that an engine? That's more than I paid for my bike!

[dusterdude]

nope,there is a big dollar sign beside those numbers

[ElCheapo]

I think I will stick with the $38 one and build 2 more cafe's for that price 

MMMMM His Model = $630 = 2 Cafe Racers Built @ $315 each = Sell for $3,000 each ? I like my investment better.

Plus I LOVE the quote from Tower Hobbies:

At the Daytona races in 1971, a mass-produced four-cylinder 750cc engine
made all other motorcycle engines obsolete overnight. The Honda 750 Super
Bikes swept the race and forever changed the complexion of motorcycle racing
all over the world. The basic design of the 750 has been refined, enlarged or
reduced in displacement, but regardless, the superb design of the Honda 750
lives on today, powering hundreds of thousands of motorcycles in every country.

[cben750f0]

can some one point me in the direction of the 100000 CB's in australia, would be real handy...

peace

[ElCheapo]

can some one point me in the direction of the 100000 CB's in australia, would be real handy...

peace

Secretly Terry is hording all of them.  I know it........

[Jonesy]

At the Daytona races in 1971, a mass-produced four-cylinder 750cc engine
made all other motorcycle engines obsolete overnight. The Honda 750 Super
Bikes swept the race and forever changed the complexion of motorcycle racing
all over the world. The basic design of the 750 has been refined, enlarged or
reduced in displacement, but regardless, the superb design of the Honda 750
lives on today, powering hundreds of thousands of motorcycles in every country.

Wasn't that the 1970 Daytona?

And wasn't Dick Mann's bike the only 750 Honda to finish the race as all the other ones died from top-end failure?

[ElCheapo]

Just might be ? I dunn no...?

[seaweb11]

But wait.......isn't  that a sandcast model??

perhaps it's an investment opportunity we should all be looking at seriously.

[Ted Nomura]

Hey, I bought that same model kit brand new about 6 years ago for $20 on sale from a hobby shop in Florida. I haven't even opened the plastic cover on mine yet. I was originally thinking about building a 1/3 scale 1969 CB750 around it out of wood and wires but abandoned it when I realized that the engine, although beautiful looking, is bit out of scale, just like that 1/6 scale Tamiya kit. I still might build a chopper around it. Ironically the smaller 1/8 scale MPC kit of CB750 looked closest in scale accuracy.