A keeper or not?

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A keeper or not?

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A bloke won this in one of those competitions Tinpan likes. Would you keep it or sell it?

I think it's quite well done,but very blingy for my tastes.

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Re: A keeper or not?

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If you can get 70 gee gees from a 350, it ain't gonna last long :D
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I'd set it on fire.
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No matter how good it is to ride I wouldn't want to be seen on it in public.
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Re: A keeper or not?

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I wouldn't even enter.

I'd say immediately sell it, but in reality I'd sell it at a massive knock down after trying for about 3 years.
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I'd sell it to someone who would be more readily able to appreciate it.
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What's the nose fairing from, it has the look of a CCM R30 but I think they used the lights from another bike. Aprillia possibly, they seem to be popular for borrowed parts.

I'd keep it but use it as a base for a project. Sell off or paint the bling. And then sell it.
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I like it, and I would keep it and ride it. Sod the value, I never had a lairy 2 smoke, now I can enjoy it.
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Cousin Jack wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:34 am I like it, and I would keep it and ride it. Sod the value, I never had a lairy 2 smoke, now I can enjoy it.
For a few days till it blows.
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Chuck it back in the sea, hideous.
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Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:27 am If you can get 70 gee gees from a 350, it ain't gonna last long :D
Should do a bit more than 120, too, with a genuine 70 hp, I would have thought.
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cheb wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:04 am What's the nose fairing from, it has the look of a CCM R30 but I think they used the lights from another bike. Aprillia possibly, they seem to be popular for borrowed parts.

I'd keep it but use it as a base for a project. Sell off or paint the bling. And then sell it.
Looks like cheap aftermarket tat that melts if you use 55w bulbs.

I'd keep it, but ditch the fairing and tone the bling down.
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Re: A keeper or not?

Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:27 am If you can get 70 gee gees from a 350, it ain't gonna last long :D
You can get 70bhp from them, the crank doesn't last long, and they do a lot more than 120mph with 70bhp, a standard one will do somewhere between 115 and 120, and they've got 50ish bhp.

That one is truly hideous, I'd sell it to which ever fool is willing to buy it.
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Re: A keeper or not?

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Love it but then I really like restomods. Plus it'll crackle and spit through its spannies. If you don't like that you must be well bent! :D

I didn't buy tickets for it as I've no where to put it and as fun as it probably is, the mighty MT-09 would slay it in every way possible! 8-) :thumbup:
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I'd ask for my entry fee back.
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KungFooBob wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:27 am I'd set it on fire.
I'm with him.
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weeksy wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:13 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:27 am I'd set it on fire.
I'm with him.
Yeah but he'd get paid to do it.
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KungFooBob wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:27 am I'd set it on fire.
Insure it and leave it somewhere undesirable surely 🤔
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Dickyboy wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:25 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:27 am I'd set it on fire.
Insure it and leave it somewhere undesirable surely 🤔
I've never done that. Oh no, not me ;)
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Re: A keeper or not?

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I literally hate everything about it.