Author Topic: 70's bikes on the price increase (Read 2278 times)

Rocking-M · « **on:** June 07, 2007, 06:07:08 PM »

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=ADME%3AL%3ARTQ%3AUS%3A1&viewitem=&item=220118905651

nickjtc · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2007, 06:18:06 PM »

Crazy!!

clarkjh · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2007, 06:22:39 PM »

Magpie · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2007, 06:26:31 PM »

The Buyer has great taste, check out one of his othere purchases. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200103570840
Cliff.

clarkjh · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2007, 06:29:20 PM »

Now thats a nice car, for a Ford

James

Rocker · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2007, 06:46:24 PM »

The bike is sick! I love the it's shaft drive too.

...and that is one Ford I would actually buy!

nickjtc · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2007, 07:03:01 PM »

Some people have all the luck.........or money. Whatever!

CrisPDuk · « **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2007, 07:42:11 PM »

Quote from: clarkjh on June 07, 2007, 06:29:20 PM

Now thats a nice car, for a Ford

James

James, the ultimate Mustang is not a nice car

That's like saying the Palace of Versaille is a 'nice house', or that Salma Hayak has a 'nice body'

CrisPDuk · « **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2007, 07:45:26 PM »

back on subject, MV's have never really lived in the real world as far as prices go, but that's a lot of cash for something with Italian electrics

I wonder if SOHC4s will ever be worth that much

eldar · « **Reply #9 on:** June 08, 2007, 06:25:02 AM »

AM I allowed to say that bike is one ugly piece of slab and I wouldnt even want to ride it long enough to crash it? OOPS too late, I already said it!

CrisPDuk · « **Reply #10 on:** June 08, 2007, 08:00:06 AM »

Quote from: eldar, Master of the K8 Thunder! on June 08, 2007, 06:25:02 AM

AM I allowed to say that bike is one ugly piece of slab and I wouldnt even want to ride it long enough to crash it? OOPS too late, I already said it!

[Life of Brian mode]

STONE HIM!!!

[/Life of Brian mode]

eldar · « **Reply #11 on:** June 08, 2007, 08:41:44 AM »

Oh and I suppose you find that ugly grey flat slabbed engine nice? Boy this site needs to add a barfing thing to the smileys! Some bikes are nice and some are just plain ugly, I dont care what brand they are.

dusterdude · « **Reply #12 on:** June 08, 2007, 09:10:47 AM »

damnit,i have to agree with eldar....again.

CrisPDuk · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2007, 09:23:46 AM »

OK, so the castings on the lower half of the engine and gearbox have gone dull over time, but that's patina, and it on my opinion that merely adds to it

This is an original, well used, 30+ year old motorbike, not some over restored, over polished trailer queen we're talking about

Besides Eldar, even you can't say that the top half of that engine is dull, surely

ohiocaferacer · « **Reply #14 on:** June 08, 2007, 09:47:38 AM »

See how much money that guy has spent buying on ebay in the last month or so......50K for the MV......130K for the Mustang.....57K for the Camaro....thats almost 1/4 a million dollars in the last month..........dam wish I was loaded!!!!

The guy has some good taste and some nice toys!!

clarkjh · « **Reply #15 on:** June 08, 2007, 10:00:23 AM »

Lotto winner?

firecracker · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2007, 11:28:20 AM »

Quote from: eldar, Master of the K8 Thunder! on June 08, 2007, 08:41:44 AM

Boy this site needs to add a barfing thing to the smileys!

http://emoticons4u.com/

And that's just the barfing ones!

eldar · « **Reply #17 on:** June 08, 2007, 02:04:28 PM »

All right!!! Now I can barf on things!!! WOO HOO!!

Cris, the WHOLE bike is ugly to me! Shape-wise it is not bad I just dont like the way it looks and wouldnt even if it was new!

Jeff.Saunders · « **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2007, 03:51:02 PM »

Those MV Agusta's are one of the few bikes I would jump at the chance to have one (if I could afford it)... it was THE machine I wanted growing up...

CrisPDuk · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2007, 06:42:06 PM »

Quote from: eldar, Master of the K8 Thunder! on June 08, 2007, 02:04:28 PM

All right!!! Now I can barf on things!!! WOO HOO!!

Cris, the WHOLE bike is ugly to me! Shape-wise it is not bad I just dont like the way it looks and wouldnt even if it was new!

Fair enough Eldar, it's your opinion, and I respect it

However misguided it may be

Let's face it, the world would be a dull place if we all liked K8s

eldar · « **Reply #20 on:** June 09, 2007, 01:25:34 PM »

Well there would certainly be less wrenching going on!

So being misguided saves me work!

toycollector10 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 12, 2007, 03:29:43 PM »

You will notice that the bike is pregnant.

I'm not the fathe,r O.K!

But seriously ffolkes, I think the MV is fabulous apart from the tummy. What the hell is in there?

JonDubya · « **Reply #22 on:** June 12, 2007, 03:52:22 PM »

That's my old boss who sold the MV. When I worked with him, we sold things similar, but never that expensive. I think the the most expensive bike he sold when I worked for him was a 54 (?) Ariel Squar Four.

I oughtta give him a call about it...

6pkrunner · « **Reply #23 on:** June 12, 2007, 06:39:55 PM »

Like almost all things Italian, the MVs are an aquired taste. However, like all things Italian, if it breaks you'll wind up paying more for parts than a penthouse suite in Vegas for a weekend. I've never liked the MVs, but then I'm not a fan of the Boxer twin either - in the looks department.

And as far as rising prices go, just in the last 18 months or so there has been a noticeable increase in SOHC parts - and not just the sandcasts.

eldar · « **Reply #24 on:** June 13, 2007, 07:39:10 AM »

Well people are getting tired of the chopper crap and all the v-twin knockoffs running around. The 70s are back in and really so are the 80s. Just last week I saw THREE sohc4s running around. Bad thing is I was in traffic otherwise I would have tried to bring in some new members. I have seen a lot of 80s bikes suddenly coming out again too. Too bad honda has a blanket over their head, I bet they would make a HUGE killing if they released a sohc style bike.

merc2dogs · « **Reply #25 on:** June 13, 2007, 05:41:26 PM »

Agreed!
I've always liked chops, but it's getting so there are so many identical one-off-custom bikes out there it's ridiculous.

One of the reasons I rode the triumph so long was because it was unique, at a time when you -might- see another chop a month, it stood on it's own.

today it's normal to see a dozen cookie cutter bikes go down the road in a couple hours, most identical except for color, and it's the old 70/80 jap bikes or the stock hogs that catch your eye.

Last car show I went to (couple years ago) there were a few truly custom bikes there, but there were 5 identical bikes, except for color, not even a non-stock paintjob in the bunch.

Wasn't too long ago you could pick up sohcs, or any old bike other than an HD, pretty much for hauling them away, today it's not so easy to get them.

Ken.

lrutt · « **Reply #26 on:** June 14, 2007, 03:01:40 PM »

I know I'm buying bikes up now to fix later before they get too expensive. In the last month I've purchased a pristine 77 Guzzi Lemans for 2k and an original pristine Norton 850 for 3k. The only thing I'm still looking for is an R90S but those have pretty much gone beyond my price range. I just need a German bike and a nice old Spanish trail bike, then I'm set.

Jeff.Saunders · « **Reply #27 on:** June 14, 2007, 03:39:29 PM »

The MV engines are legendary in stoutness and innovation. MV produced inline fours for the street before Honda - just very expensive ones that few could afford. Their DOHC engines are unusual in the cams are gear driven - no issue whatsoever with the cams getting out of sync due to cam chain stretch. When you look at the early Kawasaki Z1 mockups, the engine looks very like the MV engines.

Slapguts · « **Reply #28 on:** June 15, 2007, 06:10:28 PM »

Quote from: ohiocaferacer on June 08, 2007, 09:47:38 AM

See how much money that guy has spent buying on ebay in the last month or so......50K for the MV......130K for the Mustang.....57K for the Camaro....thats almost 1/4 a million dollars in the last month..........dam wish I was loaded!!!!

The guy has some good taste and some nice toys!!

Plus another $99,900.00 for a 65 convertable Vette and just shy of $20K for a 57 Chevy.

Wow.

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Author Topic: 70's bikes on the price increase (Read 2278 times)

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