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I think the pipes look quite neat.
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Weirdo.
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inewham wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 5:14 pm Burns on the back of the right thigh ? :o
Bet he only ever puts his left foot down
To be fair, the ad does say:

Real heat Turner. Lovely exhaust system.
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Oh my fucking word...

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derek badger wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 3:15 pm Oh my fucking word...

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What is it? Or rather - what was it? :wtf:
Blundering about trying not to make too much of a hash of things.
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Lutin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:02 pm What is it? Or rather - what was it? :wtf:
A Hyosung GV650

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No great waste then.
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cheb wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:02 pm No great waste then.
To be fair they made it even worse looking which took some effort :thumbup: Unless that wasn't the goal :?
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cheb wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:02 pm No great waste then.
How much do early rare Japanese bikes go for nowadays?

Ok, it may (probably won't) never meet the same level of desirability, but I doubt there are few of these about.
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Flagship rare early Japanese bikes go for a chunk, sandcast CB750s come to mind. They were pretty market breaking at the time too, a mid range Korean knock off of a mundane modern Japanese engine isn't quite as iconic.
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cheb wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 6:01 pm Flagship rare early Japanese bikes go for a chunk, sandcast CB750s come to mind. They were pretty market breaking at the time too, a mid range Korean knock off of a mundane modern Japanese engine isn't quite as iconic.
They'll have some rarity / interest value. I'm not suggesting one as an investment :D
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Horse wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 6:04 pm

They'll have some rarity / interest value. I'm not suggesting one as an investment :D
I see a good future for it here:

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I'll put it here...

I quite like it. Plenty of bike for the money.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153851143143
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Dodgy knees wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:52 pm I'll put it here...

I quite like it. Plenty of bike for the money.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153851143143
For similar money, I'd rather...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-GSX-1 ... Swi8ZfCuhq
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Wow.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda-motorbi ... 1380420593
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Not a lot of Firestorms get the street fighter treatment because of the side mounted radiators, it looks like that one has one of the two radiators relocated and the other removed, I bet it overheats!
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I just spotted the forward controls too, aces!
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I have a weird affinity for a side mount radiator. No idea why.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 2:37 pm I have a weird affinity for a side mount radiator. No idea why.
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