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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: Moto63 on September 11, 2022, 05:43:17 PM
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There’s a little piece on a Yam SR500 that’s still in its crate on bike exif site if anyone fancies a read.
It’s in the speed read section
Cheers, Michael
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Interesting story, thanks, here's the link;
https://silodrome.com/yamaha-sr500-in-factory-crate/
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Yes isn’t it just. Thanks for posting the link up Matt 👍👍
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Wow, sold for $12,000 😮
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Never seen the point in buying something like this - as soon as you take it out and ride it it's just another old bike. Of course if it's bought as an "investment".......
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Worth more crated-up?
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Not to me, or I suspect to most of us here. You could get 3 perfectly decent SR500s for that price. One to ride, one to polish and one to dismantle.......
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Hear, hear!
But in terms of a purely financial investment - its crated, isn't it?
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Not to me, or I suspect to most of us here. You could get 3 perfectly decent SR500s for that price. One to ride, one to polish and one to dismantle.......
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I fully agree. I get the crated investment thing, but for me it just seems to be such a waste of a lovely machine with the potential to take its rider anywhere. Surely that is the point of a bike? Maybe for a museum as an exhibit to show how bikes were shipped, but even then I would want to get it out and ride it.
I once read an article in some classic magazine or other that made the point that when buying a classic bike the one to look at is the one with a little oil mist around as you can be fairly sure it is ridden. Ok there may be some flaws in this argument but I understood what was being said. This pristine, never run bike might be more trouble to get going than a slightly scruffy runner.
Ian
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Yes, aged and hardened oil seals and so on, petrol pipes not E10 compliant, tyres neeeding replacement etc. Plus the fact it's been in a crate doesn't mean it hasn't been exposed to damp conditions.
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But in terms of a purely financial investment - its crated, isn't it?
Nah! Your better off with whisky! ;) At least if that goes out of fashion, you can drink it and drown your sorrows! ;)
Why do you think the aristocracy hord old wine, claret, port, champagne etc? ;D ;D ;D
I'm with Easy Ian, buy a good one and run it, no to the polishing and a maybe to the restoration job; but I would rather be riding the ruddy things.
Toodle pip, Bill
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; but I would rather be riding the ruddy things.
Toodle pip, Bill
Hear hear.... every time 👍🥃😉
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Yep, me too 👍