Author Topic: Honda's that make Sandcasts look cheap.... (Read 4018 times)

754 · « **on:** February 24, 2008, 11:30:15 PM »

Saw this on another forum..

didnt get the #, i know I shoulda..

ebay auction for a pair of 86 I think, chrome Z 50's in the crate..

23,000...and climbing...

Superbiker_uk · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2008, 03:55:52 AM »

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/honda-z50-z50r-minitrail-hondaline-special-chrome-z50rd_W0QQitemZ310024645789QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item310024645789

Your post got my attention and I had to go look for myself.

WOW

GNXFan · « **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2008, 04:31:16 AM »

Damn I had an absolute perfect "out of the crate" one I sold for $1,800 about 3 years ago. I guess I should've kept it.

UnCrash · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2008, 04:47:13 AM »

29,000 and climbing with 3 days to go!!!!!!!

eldar · « **Reply #4 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:09:15 AM »

So what exactly is special about these bikes? They are still in a crate? I mean they are from 1986. OK sure 22 years but geez who knows what has happened in the crates. Engines my be frozen even. Cute little bikes but $29000 cute? Not to me!

JLeather · « **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:11:44 AM »

Bkes like this are like action figures in their original boxes. You don't ever remove them. Doesn't matter if the engines are locked up or the tires are rock-hard. The point is to leave them in the crate and put them in your shwo area with the rest of your bikes. I don't think an adult can ride a 50 anyway, so this whole Z50 collection thing is just for looks all in all.

mark · « **Reply #6 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:20:58 AM »

$29,300 and still hasn't met his reserve....

what a greed dog.

eldar · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2008, 06:34:48 AM »

I guess I would rather ride the bike than look at a crate.

Patrick · « **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2008, 09:57:00 AM »

$31,100, still hasn't met reserve and more than three days to go... This is insane. Is it any wonder I can't find a decent set of K0 gauges I can possibly afford.....

rlarkin70 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 25, 2008, 10:01:11 AM »

"I am a serious guy trying to help the hobby with the best possible Honda bikes left on the planet...."

uh huh.

30 grand for a couple of mini bikes. I don't get it either. Then again, I'm sure a lot of people wonder why we mess around with bikes 30+ years old that are slower, handle worse, and are a lot less reliable than most "modern" bikes! to each, their own...

I was amazed at the number of those things that guy has in his basement...it looks like he has 20 or 30 of them...and he is talking about collectors who have "hundreds of bikes"....what do they DO with all of them?!?! maybe rent them out to the Shriners for parades...

lrutt · « **Reply #10 on:** February 25, 2008, 12:49:50 PM »

I don't think those can be serious bids.

Plus, I also don't know if I'd say my old 750 is less reliable than a modern bike. Especially since it has a kicker. I keep mine in top shape and it's always there for me. My Son has a DRZ 400SM and that POS will not start. Something wrong with the electric starter and it hardly has any miles on it. So he's coming down for bikeweek and the old man with all the silly old bikes gets to fix it.

754 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 26, 2008, 09:50:39 PM »

$34,000.00+.................

Superbiker_uk · « **Reply #12 on:** February 26, 2008, 11:10:27 PM »

From the Q&A on this auction:

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Q: I see in your discription you stated that you would insure the bikes for 1/2 a million dollars if shipped,is that what your reserve is also?
Answered on Feb-26-08
A: the reserve is considerably less than a half million

Should think so too but what do I know

Something on ebay is worth as much as someone is willing to pay I guess but it's already reached crazy money and the reserve is still not met

UnCrash · « **Reply #13 on:** February 27, 2008, 06:04:12 AM »

I really don't get the crate auction.

Especially when I see this minty Chrome Z 50 with 500 miles on it at $1,700 on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1986-honda-special-z-50-all-chrome-very-rare_W0QQitemZ280203485284QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280203485284

I can't say I exactly get the $1,700 bid but it makes much more sense to me than the current $34,000 bid for the crate of 2.

Maybe I've just outgrown my love of mini-bikes.

754 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 27, 2008, 07:41:05 AM »

You cant get more original than still in the crate..

eldar · « **Reply #15 on:** February 27, 2008, 07:49:28 AM »

thats true but is it worth it? For something you will never ride or really even look at?

sandcastcb750 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 27, 2008, 07:52:06 AM »

PT Barnum was right.....a sucker born everyday.

There is nothing to those bikes

You could probably gold plate it for less

Some people have all the dollars and none of the cents/sense

754 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 27, 2008, 07:56:28 AM »

There is a lot of nice ones.

There is a lot of restored nice ones.

But none of them are 0 miles , in short the best, untouched examples..they may be the only ones in existence..

Not trying to sell them to you, just trying to show why someone may want them and pay that for them..

Hondell · « **Reply #18 on:** February 27, 2008, 08:05:29 AM »

Hmm, anyone ever bought a diamond? You paid good money for a rock. I wonder what a sandcast in a crate would be worth??

Gordon · « **Reply #19 on:** February 27, 2008, 09:39:36 AM »

Quote from: eldar, Master of the K8 Thunder! on February 27, 2008, 07:49:28 AM

thats true but is it worth it? For something you will never ride or really even look at?

Depends on who you ask. Are they worth that much to me? No. Are they worth that much to you? Probably not. Are they worth that much to the people bidding that much? I guess so.

Nothing is "worth" anything until someone places a value on it.

sandcastcb750 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 27, 2008, 11:34:56 AM »

Actually, almost all of us have bought the rock; aka the diamond. Diamonds are a dime a dozen, except that DeBeers artificially controls the market. You can find diamonds in Arkansas- and DeBeers bought that land so nobody could mine it. GE made diamonds. Buy ruby, emerald and saphire (that is what my diamond supplier tells me).

Sure, nobody is making me buy that chrome Z50. But is it worth it??

A friend of mine bought a NEW 0 Mile Cub 50 (1965 I think) from a dealer for $2000. That bike is nicer and more complicated to me than a Z50. Okay, no crate, but would somebody display a crate? That is why I thought $35,000 was too much.

Sorry, that I was not appreciative of the post; this auction is an eye opener for sure.

736cc · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2008, 07:25:17 PM »

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Re: Honda's that make Sandcasts look cheap....

I wouldn't say that....sandcasts can fetch $45,000-$70,000 a pair (but only if they're pretty nice).

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #22 on:** February 27, 2008, 08:13:17 PM »

I'd rather have the cash.................

754 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 27, 2008, 08:14:28 PM »

Well OK ..if you think 50cc singles should be worth half as much as a 750 4 cylinder.. but I dont..

754 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 27, 2008, 08:18:15 PM »

$39,188.00...

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