Topic: The sad fate of CB750-1009060

[Dunk]

It looks decent, but they are asking a dreamer price and don't give any information at all on what was done to it. In my experience dealers are hackjobs, so it probably needs a lot. A non-running, quick and dirty cosmetic restoration,with many wrong parts, on a K1 recently sold for over $13k. Values are all over the place and hard to tell what's "normal" or "market" right now based off few sales. I don't doubt that the flippers selling this cut plenty of corners though. Super sketchy off the bat is a Maine title on a bike being sold by an owner in NH, that would be a hard no for me right off the bat since they can't even get their paperwork straight and I live in arguably the worst state in the country for destroying historical vehicles over minor paperwork when there is clearly no issue of theft.

Don't jump to conclusions without full knowledge......

Actually being from NH I can tell you that NH does not require a title on vehicles prior to 1999. As he is a dealer he can get a title for it easily for the new owners having the previous title and registration. He may also be selling it on consignment for the owner being his shop is only @ 20 miles to the Maine border.

Consignment is super sketchy in this day and age. It's cheap and easy to sell a bike any number of ways. A dealer only adds layers of sketchiness. For a alleged $30k bike it would be worth a few hours of just about anyone's time to figure it out. Heck even a $15k or $20k bike is worth anyone's time to figure out what it is and how best to sell it.

On another note, NH is second on my list of places to move, first if I can get past the cold. FSP...

[69cb750]

Super sketchy off the bat is a Maine title on a bike being sold by an owner in NH, that would be a hard no for me right off the bat since they can't even get their paperwork straight and I live in arguably the worst state in the country for destroying historical vehicles over minor paperwork when there is clearly no issue of theft.

The bike came from Maine and has a Maine title.

I never owned this bike, I saw it listed on ebay, bike sold 1st or 2nd day.
I am very sad what happened to the bike.
90% of 69 CB750 are in poor shape and repainted, they pick one of the few survivors and destroy it.

[flatlander]

I am very sad what happened to the bike.

well what happened, what do you know that we don't know?
the price is crazy but for the rest it doesn't look mutilated, at least not from what's shown in the pix?

[PeWe]

Destroyed original patina?

[Bodi]

"destroyed it, fuked it up beyond repair"

How? What's the problem? You repeat this assertion but never explain what you see wrong.

[seanbarney41]

Exactly bodi.  I generally prefer faded and damaged original paint and parts to over restored glam repros...but i understand that my standards dont necessarily match those of the greater collector motorcycle market.  Or is there something i am not seeing about this restoration?  I am certainly not a sandcast/ko expert.  Op is tight lipped.  Please share what you are thinking, op.

[754]

Well...I have to mention. I am all for keeping a good one all original.
 However in this case... it may have a good ending..
 Take a benelli,s sandcast..it was missing sidecovers... this bike may have been able to supply  that to keep another original.
 And the pipes off this maybe needed some repair, and are now putting another mostly original  bike back into riding condition..