How To Make The Big Cheese Cry?

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:06 pm

Just show him these prices

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Dickyboy · Post by **Dickyboy** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:47 pm

What years that from then? Think I paid £250 for my then 3yr old xt250

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 10:54 pm

I paid £150 for an X7, and £60 for a pair of GT185s, only bikes worth buying on that list are the LCs and the GSX11s

maccecht · Post by **maccecht** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:51 am

Dickyboy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:47 pm What years that from then? Think I paid £250 for my then 3yr old xt250

Got to be early 80's 82 at a guess

Post by **Skub** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:18 am

Pah!
I remember a 350 Yam was 25 cheaper than the 250. The 250 cost around £575. This was early 70s.
One of the apprentices in my intake bought a new Honda 750 four,it cost him £800 an incredible amount of money to us. He totally wrecked it within a month and spent the next number of years paying off the loan.

Post by **Scotsrich** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:54 pm

I bought my xj650 in 1980 (one of the first in Scotland) for about that price.

I did have a bit of a wobble going to pay for it as there was a Reliant Scimitar on the forecourt of a garage just along the road for about the same price. But sense prevailed and I bought the bike.

GuzziPaul · Post by **GuzziPaul** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:12 pm

I'm saying 1981, as it's got 250 and 350 LCs and DT175MX. I think 250LC came out in June 80 and 350s sometime later. Last year for DT175MX was '81. I had a June 80 250LC and have a Y reg DT in the garage which is 82 but it was one of the last ones available.

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:08 pm

81, the GPZ1100 just out of shot is a B1

Post by **The Spin Doctor** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:37 pm

It's not just prices... look at the CHOICES available...

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:05 pm

The Spin Doctor wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:37 pm It's not just prices... look at the CHOICES available...

6 different 400s and 4 different 1000/1100s from Suzuki

Post by **Scotsrich** » Mon Feb 01, 2021 6:58 am

I’ve had a look at a couple of bikes to try and narrow the year down a bit (cos I’m a geek like that) but can’t pin a year down.

The TR1 was introduced in ‘81 I think so it’s at least that.

Post by **Supermofo** » Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:46 am

Looking at the inflation calculator price

RD350 for £4308
GS1000 - £6660
GSX1100 - £7444
Katana 1100 £10384

Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:20 am

Supermofo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:46 am Looking at the inflation calculator price

RD350 for £4308
GS1000 - £6660
GSX1100 - £7444
Katana 1100 £10384

Big difference between the Kat and the GSX considering the Kat is just a GSX11 in a fancy dress

fatgit · Post by **fatgit** » Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:28 am

Hi
I bought my 350LC in late 81 and paid £975 for it from Ham Yam in Chester me Street which was one of the cheapest around at the time so I’m going with 82
Cheers
Steve

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Sat May 01, 2021 3:20 pm

I used to take great care of my bikes

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Le_Fromage_Grande · Post by **Le_Fromage_Grande** » Sat May 01, 2021 5:25 pm

Get you with your fancy early paddock stand

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Sat May 01, 2021 9:37 pm

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 5:25 pm Get you with your fancy early paddock stand

I think we shared that one. 4 of us riding LCs.
Normally milk crates.

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Sat May 01, 2021 9:38 pm

Yorick wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 9:37 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 5:25 pm Get you with your fancy early paddock stand
I think we shared that one. 4 of us riding LCs.
Normally milk crates.

Aha. I remember it broke when someone sat on the bike.
It was originally built with a cross piece, but that stopped the tyre moving, so was chopped out,making it weak.

Post by **Bigyin** » Sat May 01, 2021 9:55 pm

I see the GS125ES was 612 quid, i think i paid about that for a 3 year old one in 1984 when i got my first pay packet from my first proper job and got my first road legal bike as a 17 year old

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