Topic: Will this get any bids...?

[Uncle Ernie]

Don't know the 750s much.  Seems like the opener is too high for the miles, plus stinky pictures, plus he's lecturing to people who will know much more about this bike than he does.

I'm guessing he won't get any bids ~

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220152729553#description

[mlinder]

It's a sandcast. With HM300's. And a ducktail seat. Cut fender and wrinkle tank.

He'll get that, and more.

[Gordon]

It's hard to tell with ebay.  Depending on who's looking at the time, he may get twice that or no bids at all. 

[Uncle Ernie]

Looks like a normal seat to me.  What's a ducktail?  What are HM300s?

[Gordon]

Looks like a normal seat to me.  What's a ducktail?  What are HM300s?

The ducktail seat of the K0's has the raised lip at the back, which looks a little like a duck's tail.  The HM300's are the pipes which only came on the K0's and K1's and flow more freely than the HM341's of the later models. 

[Kevin D]

Is this the same outfit as mentioned in the e-bay listing?

http://www.worldmotorcycles.com/index.html

I don't think so. The e-bay bike is nice, but nothing like a 100 point concours

Vic World bike (price tag $29500).

[6pkrunner]

The battery box and frame area under the seat are atrocious. Looks like a 5 year old got at it with some Rustoleum and a 2 inch paint brush. And there has got to be a good story for the late model sidestand.

[clarkjh]

I didn't know that the early 750s had the indicator lights in the gages

James

[Gordon]

Is this the same outfit as mentioned in the e-bay listing?

http://www.worldmotorcycles.com/index.html

I don't think so. The e-bay bike is nice, but nothing like a 100 point concours

Vic World bike (price tag $29500).

That was the first thing I thought when I saw the seller's name, too, but this bike is in Chicago, and Vic World is in San Francisco. 

[dusterdude]

I didn't know that the early 750s had the indicator lights in the gages

James

oh yea,thats why i bought my k1,cant stand the models with that butt ugly "dash".

[GroovieGhoulie]

The battery box and frame area under the seat are atrocious. Looks like a 5 year old got at it with some Rustoleum and a 2 inch paint brush.

I was gonna say something like that.  Looks like a repaint and not a very good one at that.

And there has got to be a good story for the late model sidestand.

Another big *DING* that jumped out at me.  It looks too short too, like it's REALLY leaning the bike over, ya know?

[eldar]

I am pretty sure it will sell. But again as mentioned, it depends who is looking. So the battery box looks to have been painted, are you saying yours has not been? And the kickstand, so what. With all the other parts that are correct, the bike is easily worth that much to a collector. You have to WANT a sandcast to buy it. So a person could buy this bike and do the very MINOR work on it and have a vic world bike at half the cost.

[GroovieGhoulie]

So the battery box looks to have been painted, are you saying yours has not been?

On my 750F1, my 400F1, my brother's 550K0, the battery tray and frame area is original and in nice shape.

[6pkrunner]

I am pretty sure it will sell. But again as mentioned, it depends who is looking. So the battery box looks to have been painted, are you saying yours has not been? And the kickstand, so what. With all the other parts that are correct, the bike is easily worth that much to a collector. You have to WANT a sandcast to buy it. So a person could buy this bike and do the very MINOR work on it and have a vic world bike at half the cost.

Sure I have painted battery boxes - but none with a 2 inch brush and a can of rustoleum. Media blast, self etching primer, base coat/clear coat. And this is for the lowly K2s and up I have.

I'm sure the person would find themselves a little short of 1/2 a Vic World bike in that case. "Minor work" has a broad definition. If one wants a driver - you're on the road right away. But there is no way that even at half the cost this bike is in the class of a Vic World bike. Again as a driver - its beautiful. But most are not buying sandcasts to be used as drivers. There are plenty of diecasts for that. So one is stuck with a total resto - or at least a disassemble to redo the frame and any other found issues that have a nasty way of showing themselves the deeper one digs. Start adding coins.
A very nice bike for sure, but its model year doesn't immediately earn it any more respect than what its condition warrants.

[eldar]

But see thats the thing. Are you sure it was painted? I mean the pics look like they were taken with a cellphone. It may be possible that it is fine. My main thing is that if a person is so picky to rule out a bike cause of battery box paintjob, they dont really want the bike anyways, I mean it is pretty easy to repaint a battery box. As for other minor work,  why should that disqualify the bike? Maybe it is minor, maybe it would take very little work to correct. I mean everyone here knows that a sandcast in half-assed shape can go for 10 grand. Because even if it takes a bit of work, it will be worth it. Hell the sidecovers alone in good shape can draw hundreds of dollars even in less than perfect shape. Those exhaust would easily go for over 1000. the engine in good shape could probably get 2000. So why is it so bad when the bike is in 1 piece and has a few blemishes? At least the bike is in one piece and is NOT a rat that needs to be restored.

[Uncle Ernie]

Oh- so you're going the rational route. 

You'd never make it in the beauty salon biz.

[6pkrunner]

eldar - totally in ageement there. ts so very sad that these bikes are worth more in pieces that as assembled units. eBay is filled daily with ads for parts of some nice CBs that have been broken up as the sum of the parts is greater than the bike as a single entity.
I do agree that the majority of the hard-to-find (read not to hard, just pricey) parts are present. I'd love to have it......but I'm too cheap to pay big dollars for another money pit. I can waste large enough amounts just on the K2s and up.

[eldar]

I am too cheap too. If I wanted to spend 10 grand I would get a late 90s magna and a v65 magna!

[techy5025]

Interesting bike. Why would someone selling a bike in this price range not arrange for better pictures (fussy and taken in several locations)? I note that the horn is missing, the pipes are recent replacements (have numbers stamped in them), the kickstand is not correct, and the seat may be one of the japanese repros that use a plastic pan. I know...picky, picky! 

I would really have to look at the bike before I would bid on this one. Lots of stuff not visible in the pics could lower the value. Me thinks he spent too much time on sandcast history and not enough on the specifics of this bike. As he said "The photos below do really tell the story of this bike".

Jim

[736cc]

There are many wrong details on that bike and was obviously not restored correctly. Probably he didn't know how to do it right, plus he didn't want to spend the extra effort and money to do it correctly, anyway. $300 repop seat just doesn't cut it on an icon like a sandcast.
Thats about the 3rd or 4th time its been on ebay past year or so.

[GroovieGhoulie]

Thats about the 3rd or 4th time its been on ebay past year or so.

I KNEW I'd seen that bike before on eBay.

[Uncle Ernie]

Got one bid at the last second.   Sold

[DammitDan]

Poor sap...

[Kevin D]

We can hope that the new owner will take the time to do things right.