Stupidly overpriced motorcycle for sale thread

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Please contact me if you're interested low ballers will be shot down real quick don't come here thinking you're going to get Chinese part prices for original Kawasaki equipment

Do not even ask me for the engine if you're not willing to pay $1,200 for it it comes complete ready to go either for a transplant into a Kawasaki or used as a go-kart engine.

Anyone who messages me up thinking that there a mechanic was going to straighten me out on the processes of running an engine you will be ignored and maybe even put on blast.
 
GreyGhost said:
How cheap is is supposed to be? What is the bottom price for a (mostly) complete bike with ownership?
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It looks fairly complete, but from the rust on the chain hasn't run in quite a while.
Getting parts would be a horror show - $500 bike at best (IMO).
 
TK4 said:
It looks fairly complete, but from the rust on the chain hasn't run in quite a while.
Getting parts would be a horror show - $500 bike at best (IMO).
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I don't think it's that far out of line really. It looks complete and original aside from the samsonite side panels, which you'd likely never find.

Parts aren't unobtainable as there's a solid fanbase and plenty of parts swapping possible.

They were quirky when new, and not renown for reliability (as you are aware) so someone who didn't ride one 40 years ago will be greatly disappointed in the experience.
 
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TK4 said:
It looks fairly complete, but from the rust on the chain hasn't run in quite a while.
Getting parts would be a horror show - $500 bike at best (IMO).
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It's $500 bike WITH a 40 year old green plate reg. That ownership adds $500.
That's a deal.

TK4 said:
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1989 FZR250R 3LN1 - Needs Overhaul - motorcycles/scooters - by owner

Rare inline-four screamer, 18500 rpm redline. Has sat for outside over 10 years, and needs...
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That too is a deal. I'd be all over that if I had any room to store it.
sweet little track bike. a real screamer that doesn't eat tires. PERFECT practice bike for Grand Bend or Cayuga.
Someone buy it and I'll build the motor for you. Those things are COOL. The pistons are about 1 1/4" diameter.
 
TK4 said:
Here's a peach -
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That's a deal. I had a couple of those as farm bikes, they were tough, relatively easy to work on, not so great if you raced them.

They are becoming collectible, that think will get scooped up in a heartbeat.
 
Oh, and in case you didn't know...
The "Can" of "CAN-AM" is Canada.
That's a rotax powered, made in CANADA, Bombardier. They called them CanAm so they would sell better south of the border
 
Mad Mike said:
That's a deal. I had a couple of those as farm bikes, they were tough, relatively easy to work on, not so great if you raced them.

They are becoming collectible, that think will get scooped up in a heartbeat.
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I rode a friend’s mid-70’s model with the much nicer paint scheme. Two things I remember: always had trouble kicking it over with the left, so had to stand beside the bike and kick it with my right foot...and it had no brakes so when someone wanted off, they had to slow down enough so the group could run beside them and catch the bike and rider . Surprisingly, no one got hurt.


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:LOL: I remember those days, dirt bikes had **** brakes so you just throw it sideways and it stopped much faster.
 
I don't think that Can-Am is too far out of price. Pretty cool piece of Canadiana for grand, there were enough built that getting parts would be hard but not impossible.

The yamaha screamer shown would be a really cool restoration, it wont sit on the market long. Hope whom ever buys it up puts it back right and it doesn't end up a track monkey, but either way I'd just love to hear it running. How many km's between rebuilds on a thing like that??
 
I don't think anyone is debating an FZR250R is cool. But given they will all be grey market imports, and generally everyone who owned one here knew what they were doing, that is probably one of if not the roughest FZR250R in the country
 
That Can-Am a mild steel frame, Rotax motor, Betor suspension
nothin rare or hard to find there. Pretty generic stuff
 
That FZR needs ALL new un-obtainable body work. Good luck with that. (There IS aftermarket stuff available in Japan)
I don't see any way to make it a "nice" bike economically.
It's useless as a "race bike"
Make a good track day bike or a practice bike for a racer with generic Yamaha body work.
 
why don't these guy at least roll the bike out of the rhubarb to take a pic?
maybe wash the thing?

nothing says ****** owner like a pic that announces you don't own a weed wipper
 
In the photos all the body panels appear to be there , really badly beat up, but its all restorable. Cracks , splits even missing pieces can all be rebuilt. I costs a lot of money if your cant do it yourself. I was just getting out of autobody when plastic panels started to take over from fiberglass. Whether or not its worth doing, thats for the owners wallet to decide.
 
crankcall said:
In the photos all the body panels appear to be there , really badly beat up, but its all restorable. Cracks , splits even missing pieces can all be rebuilt. I costs a lot of money if your cant do it yourself. I was just getting out of autobody when plastic panels started to take over from fiberglass. Whether or not its worth doing, thats for the owners wallet to decide.
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ABS is relatively easy to restore if you know how to work with it. It takes paint and bondo nicely, a heat gun can reform dents, it's also cold moldable so stitching cracks/tabs/bosses and patching missing bits is relatively easy.
 
I havent used Bondo on anything since I discovered 3M two part fairing filler, vinylester resin so its waterproof, sands beautifly to a feather edge , and sticks like poop to a wool blanket.
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