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Offline turboguzzi

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world record CB500?
« on: November 16, 2007, 03:31:25 PM »
just not the kind of record you'd think

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-Honda-CB500-Four_W0QQitemZ150181039414QQihZ005QQcategoryZ80647QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

just scroll down to the zoom-in pics and weep......

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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2007, 04:13:38 PM »
Thats the nicest CB500/550 I've ever seen
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2007, 04:27:42 PM »
Definitely a beauty.
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2007, 04:39:56 PM »
wow
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2007, 06:07:48 PM »
It was, however, a very expensive 2x4.
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2007, 06:35:03 PM »
nice 500... but 5 grand?
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2007, 07:29:46 PM »
HeY..look who won it!!!

 5k is a lot??? when the first 750's go for 20K or more??

 reasonable  I think.. origanal..always more than restored..
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2007, 08:57:26 PM »
Quote from: 754 on November 16, 2007, 07:29:46 PM
HeY..look who won it!!!


okay... now, who the heck is madmel2705? He aint on our list.

Winning bid: $6120 ..... there was a recent thread with a link to a 'back-then-dollars' calculator. I'm too lazy to look it up. I wonder how 6,120 dollars in 2007 compares to a new 500 in '71?

It sure is pretty, anyway.


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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2007, 09:04:37 PM »
It's an exact copy of mine! Mine and my brother's looked just like that, once we got them out of the crates and put them together.

About a year later, they looked a little more crooked than that one, but they sure taught us a lot about racing.   :)
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2007, 04:00:28 AM »
So who is MadMel? He's here in the UK by the looks of it.

$6k = £3k which is a good price for a bike like that.

£3.5k - £4k for a concourse bike (maybe the ding in the tank was the $1000 difference.)

Once he's had it shipped it'll be about the right price.
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2007, 04:50:01 AM »
Dunno ,Steve Shipping £750 Customs duty 10 % VAT 17.5% on value AND Shipping then transport and road tax/registration.
Sounds a bit dear to me, but then i always was a cheapskate!
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2007, 05:10:14 AM »
That dent just makes me want to cry...  :'(
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2007, 05:38:34 AM »
Bryan, I was offered an early gold bike like that (without the dent but a few more miles). Cherished for years by a senior member of the UK Honda Owners Club.

He wanted £3800 - I didn't have the money.
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Re: world record CB500?
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2007, 07:37:48 AM »
So where do you find a better one??

What does it cost to build one as nice.??

Would a restored one be as original??

Its only Original once..

I would rather have an  nearly mint original with a nick or two with a story than a restored one..

There is a more restored or restorable ones out there, than nice originals..

You dont pay too much.. but you may have bought early...


In another 5 yrs way more people would have bought it at that price..

JMO..
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