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1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:45 pm
by Manxman
1992 Yamaha fzr400rr bought 3 years ago for £200 to abuse around the TT course. A bit rough and ready but good fun to ride.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:20 pm
by Jbrebel
I like them
RR...
Just needs a tidy
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:19 am
by Manxman
Jbrebel wrote:I like them
RR...
Just needs a tidy
There such good fun to ride and rev bloody hard and as for the handling
brilliant!!!!!!
TBH i'm not going to bother giving it a tidy. All it ever does is get a thrashing round TT course or do the odd track day, so
if it does get binned, oh well!!
And i've got too many others in need of tidying up.(and worth a lot more than a couple of hundred quid)
I'll post pictures soon.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:15 pm
by Beamish
Friend of mine had one from new. It had a carbon can on and sounded like nothing else! An absolutely beautiful noise.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:18 am
by sirch345
Manxman,
That must be bargain of the decade at £200
Chris.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:34 am
by tony.mon
How about a VFR750 at £275?
Latest blag- builder working next door doesn't trust himself or his license on it, I said I'd do him a favour
They're out there if you look hard enough!
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:02 am
by sirch345
tony.mon wrote:How about a VFR750 at £275?
Latest blag- builder working next door doesn't trust himself or his license on it, I said I'd do him a favour
They're out there if you look hard enough!
Tony,
I have been looking and the best I've come up with so far is a CBX750 for £250 no mot or tax and needs work, but does run.
Depending on condition (although I believe you said somewhere the VFR750 is in too good a condition to break) you could also be in that bracket "bargain of the decade".
I know what it's all about, it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time
I'll keep looking.
Chris.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:05 pm
by tony.mon
OK, I've just picked up a one-owner Honda Cub.
90cc and pushrods, 10,150 miles and on a C plate.
But I paid........
Nothing
Isn't anyone else playing?
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:19 pm
by Manxman
tony.mon wrote:OK, I've just picked up a one-owner Honda Cub.
90cc and pushrods, 10,150 miles and on a C plate.
But I paid........
Nothing
Isn't anyone else playing?
I'll play......
1948 Douglas T35..................Nothing
1927 BSA deluxe....................Nothing
1983 BMW R65......................Damn....... i paid for that 1. (well £150)
Is there anyone else out there with some bargains.
Come on we can make a great game out of this.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:22 pm
by tony.mon
Yeah, but out in the island all you have to do is wait for the leaves to drop and look in the hedgerows
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:31 pm
by Manxman
tony.mon wrote:Yeah, but out in the island all you have to do is wait for the leaves to drop and look in the hedgerows
During the summer there is plenty of bikes in the hedgerows and there is also some flowers aswell.
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:08 pm
by paulo
97 storm for £100
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:47 pm
by tony.mon
Result!
How bent were the valves?
Re: 1 of my many steeds
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:14 pm
by paulo
They are fine I believe I wrote the story in the welcome thread.
But it comes down to me hearing about someone trading it in and making a cheeky £100 offer.
Cue being told where to go. Then a couple of weeks later I get a phone call saying he was only offered £250 trade in and rather I had it. To be honest I have yet to start work on it as we are looking to move house and the last thing i want is to move with a bike in bits as I know I would lose something (like an engine)
