Topic: Beautiful Diecast for sale- How high will it go?

[bluezboy]

 Oh man, this sure is a purty specimen!



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280697946681&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

[Damfino]

That's a diecast Vern...

[bluezboy]

Doooh, thanks for pointing out my heading error!

[74cb750]

It is already higher than all my 60+ bikes are worth!

boo hoo , me

[pat english]

ok so now im really confused..arent die casting and sand casting 2 differnt things?

and if so,why is this "diecast" worth so much?...isnt my 1976 cb750 supersport a diecast motor?

anybody wana buy it?ill sell the motor with a title for $2000..is that fair?(thats a joke,i wouldnt sell it for a million bucks(well maybe....)

[Greggo]

ok so now im really confused..arent die casting and sand casting 2 differnt things?

and if so,why is this "diecast" worth so much?...isnt my 1976 cb750 supersport a diecast motor?

anybody wana buy it?ill sell the motor with a title for $2000..is that fair?(thats a joke,i wouldnt sell it for a million bucks(well maybe....)

Yeah...but your '76F isn't an early diecast, 2k mile, Vic World bike.  It is incredibly beautiful, but he's got a high reserve price.  I'd spend that kind of money on a sandcast that needs a little love (if I had it to spend on motorcycles...). 

[Gordon]

ok so now im really confused..arent die casting and sand casting 2 differnt things?

and if so,why is this "diecast" worth so much?...isnt my 1976 cb750 supersport a diecast motor?

anybody wana buy it?ill sell the motor with a title for $2000..is that fair?(thats a joke,i wouldnt sell it for a million bucks(well maybe....)

The fact that it's a diecast isn't a selling point.  The seller is just differentiating it from the earlier sandcast engines so there's no confusion on the part of potential bidders. 

[Duke McDukiedook]

Yeah, his early, low mileage thin stripe is a different collectible than your F.
His reserve asking price is steep though, it will be interesting to see what it eventually goes for.

[pat english]

honda is crazy(dont get butt hurt guys,if if didnt like them i wouldnt be here)..

what im confused about is,well for example a 36 knucklehead and a 70 ironhead are 2 way differnt motors..so i can understand a big differnce on price...but 69-78? honda cb 750s are all exactly the same motors..just some were poured into sand and other into a die...who decided that hondas were worth this much?and collectable?i bought mine for 350 bucks...with a title.

sorry guys,please dont be offended.im not meaning to talk down on these bikes(i efffin love them)but if some one could clear things up for me that would be great.

[Gordon]

honda is crazy(dont get butt hurt guys,if if didnt like them i wouldnt be here)..

what im confused about is,well for example a 36 knucklehead and a 70 ironhead are 2 way differnt motors..so i can understand a big differnce on price...but 69-78? honda cb 750s are all exactly the same motors..just some were poured into sand and other into a die...who decided that hondas were worth this much?and collectable?i bought mine for 350 bucks...with a title.

sorry guys,please dont be offended.im not meaning to talk down on these bikes(i efffin love them)but if some one could clear things up for me that would be great.

Why the confusion? 

As things become more sought-after, they start to become more valuable to those who have them and to those who want them.  It's a supply-demand thing.  For whatever reason, the Honda sohc4 bikes have been getting more popular for the past ten years or so.  The early CB750's are the most popular because they're the most known and they're what started it all.  Of that 750 subset, the "sandcast" bikes are the oldest and rarest, so of course they're going to be more sought-after and command a higher price. 

[pat english]

alright.ill shut up..i guess i just dont get it...

[Gordon]

Why does the dollar have value?  Because enough people believe it does.  It's as simple and simultaneously confounding as that. 

The sohc4 Hondas, and especially the earlier models with the sandcast engine cases that set them apart from the rest, have value because enough people believe they do. 

[pat english]

i said ok.

[Duke McDukiedook]

No you didn't.
Your last post said ok.

[pat english]

haha....ok

[Damfino]

Wow! $16,999.00! Reserve met.

[BeSeeingYou]

alright.ill shut up..i guess i just dont get it...

I am with you, Pat.  Because they have a camel toe on the seat and 9 screws in the muffler belt cover vs 10 in the later bikes they are the bee's knees.     It's all to much of a geekfest for me.

[Gordon]

alright.ill shut up..i guess i just dont get it...

I am with you, Pat.  Because they have a camel toe on the seat and 9 screws in the muffler belt cover vs 10 in the later bikes they are the bee's knees.     It's all to much of a geekfest for me.

It is possible to understand something but not agree with the mentality.  I understand why certain people will pay that much money for something they want, even though I may think they're crazy for doing it.  I just can't figure out if Pat doesn't agree with the mentality or flat-out doesn't understand it. 

[BeSeeingYou]

alright.ill shut up..i guess i just dont get it...

I am with you, Pat.  Because they have a camel toe on the seat and 9 screws in the muffler belt cover vs 10 in the later bikes they are the bee's knees.     It's all to much of a geekfest for me.

It is possible to understand something but not agree with the mentality.  I understand why certain people will pay that much money for something they want, even though I may think they're crazy for doing it.  I just can't figure out if Pat doesn't agree with the mentality or flat-out doesn't understand it. 

Oh, I forgot about the crinkle in the tank.

just yanking the chain, Gordon.

[pknopp]

 It's a great bike. It's 4 months older than mine and worth many times more. LOL
 
 I wouldn't pay the money but I understand those that want the best. I'll likely have more fun with mine though.

[Hannibal Smith]

It's the flip-flop. I am into Harleys (especially Shovels) but even I know they are junk. The Harley thing got way saturated, and the brand has lost it's luster- kids nowadays hotrod Civics, not Camaros.
The racist prejudice is fading out.
Hondas are hot, and getting hotter. It's about time!

[Greggo]

Hondas are hot, and getting hotter. It's about time!

+1 

[bluezboy]

 Sold for $16,999!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Duke McDukiedook]

Alright, this is getting out of hand, at this rate I'll never be able to afford the <K2 stocker I have been wanting to get for a while.

[pat english]

alright.ill shut up..i guess i just dont get it...

I am with you, Pat.  Because they have a camel toe on the seat and 9 screws in the muffler belt cover vs 10 in the later bikes they are the bee's knees.     It's all to much of a geekfest for me.

ahhhh,thank the lord..