Topic: Selling a custom Cafe CB750

[Sully_PA]

This guy seems to be doing alright selling his 71' build....one sweet bike .....bids started at $1500
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching&viewitem=&item=320162076884&_trksid=p3907.m32

[GroovieGhoulie]

[Sully_PA]

lol....sorry 

[GroovieGhoulie]

No worries mate.

Just been waiting a while to use that one.

[Heironymous Josh]

I rekon your pissing in the wind mate, the old CB’s make more money being in original condition I almost piss my pants laughing every time I see one of these wanna be CBXXXF café bike’s  with a hump seat and drop bars that an armature has made it’s mostly people in the US who don’t have the Brit feel for bikes and the nostalgia for the era….example is putting a fat back wheel on a café thing, I’ve never seen a BSA with a Harley rim built into a café  the idea of cafe’s was save weight not add it. 

There's plenty of american "amateurs" out there spending a lot of time (and money) dropping bars, creating hump seats and turning out some damn good work, which in and of itself captures the nostalgia of cafe racing - the customization and riding of one's own bike.  I guess I didn't realize that the UK has a patent on cafe racing and that we should all pay "professionals" to do our work for us.  I piss my pants every time I see an arrogant p**k riding a bike he picked off the showroom floor, bought from some collector, or paid someone to restore.

I do agree with you on the 16" rear wheel / harley tire setup.  Trashes handling and looks like crap.

[Uncle Ernie]

Some of the prices listed up there seem pretty low to me. 

During the 1849 gold rush in California, the people who made the most money were the ones selling shovels.
Aside from Mr Carpy (I'm sure he does good work, but I don't agree with his execution), the people who make money on projects like this are the parts dealers, painters, mechanics, machinists, etc.
Do your own bike up right and keep it as your calling card.  See if you can get it into shows and magazines.  If not, there's a big part of your education...

[Terry in Australia]

This guy seems to be doing alright selling his 71' build....one sweet bike .....bids started at $1500
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching&viewitem=&item=320162076884&_trksid=p3907.m32

I like that bike too, I posted about it awhile ago the first time he had it for sale. Apart from the poxy car tire on the 16 inch chopper wheel on the back and the Kawasaki (?) swingarm, it's a nice bike, but as I titled the post, a waste of a K0, he probably would have gotten more for it if he'd just restored it. Cheers, Terry.