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"It's meant to be like that". That's why it's £2500.🤔
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I kind of like it.

The bronze paint on the calipers and engine would have to go, and I'm not keen on the exhaust.

The price is the most wtf thing though. 1k is the most I'd pay, 2.5k is just a fantasy
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175405037521

Brown grips, but missing the brown seat.
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Being black and yellow almost saves it.

Almost.
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I could be alright.

Better seat, proper plate, mudguard, some period style side panels.

I imagine it's probably entertaining to ride.
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I quite like that,needs proper mudguards,number plate relocating & a proper tail light though.
The seller's asking £4500 more than I would pay,& says it's running a little 'rough'.
Maybe it's time to rebuild the old XT600...
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Give it more of an early eighties enduro look and it'd be rather nice.

Thought it had race wets on but looked them up and they're street tyres made to look like wets.
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Not really “WTF:” just a bad photo of a slightly overdone Triton with shitty silencers.

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https://m.facebook.com/groups/419707808 ... 287313252/

The description is very WTF. From tapper roller through mushroom satellite tappet adjusters, to swanecks, I don’t think this is how you get £12,000 from someone.
Details of my triton.wide line frame special tapper roller swingarm was brand new complete roadholder folks propper Manx top yokes suzuki refurbished 4 leading from brake Manx replicer refurbed. Rear hub alloy rims ss spokes custom spindles every thing ss made by me new wiring all lucas switch gear etc hand made by me 8mm aircraft alloy engine plates hand made ss battery box extra support lugs on frame for plates etc brand new rair spares revcounter timing cover brand new rair spares inner outer chain cases with sliding oil seal they are not available now big bearing alternater mag crankcases late unit minus 10 ground crank later unit stronger rods new small end bushes she'll b end bolts sludge trap done etc new propper class crank bearings new special Norman Hyde cams followers tappet blocks alloy pushrod tubes new special order 10 stud unf thread barrels 9to 1 pistons to except a propper 10 stud t140 cylinder head all new valves guides springs and pushrods t140 window rockerboxes mushroom satellite tappet adjusters ss head bolts new morgo oil pump tickle carburettor spacers and exhaust cooling rings new pipes and silencers hand made custom mounts made by me new carbs stay up floats gearbox 5peed t140 cluster fitted by me new complete beit drive aii new clutch with a radial bearing àlloy clutch cover all new alternater roter etc new rear chain rear sprocket etc propper racing velocity stack bellmouths oo carbs new reconditioned competition magnetoe brass points steel racing mag drive gear new reconditioned cronometric clock's custom made rubber clock mounts finned clock covers damper knob etc all made by me and many 1off parts made by me I've just fitted a newly made lyta tank not in the picture same type the 1in the picture developed a weep on the weld easily fixed comes with the bike price 12.000 no tyer kickers please this bike was built by me many hand made parts you can't buy anywhere even the ss swanecks
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I passed out and died half way through having not taken a breath.
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But the bad spelling and poor grammar means he's a mechanical genius. Fact.
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cheb wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:18 am But the bad spelling and poor grammar means he's a mechanical genius. Fact.
“Magnetoe” is one of my favourites.
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I haven't read as I'm not interested enough in the bike to know about it, and reading badly written English is tedious.

One of my spawn won't read the Molesworth books because of the spelling and grammar. Fule.
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cheb wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:08 am One of my spawn won't read the Molesworth books because of the spelling and grammar. Fule.
He’s more enlightened than I am, having never heard of the Molesworth books. Count your blessings.
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By Ronald Searle and Geoffrey Willans:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ente ... 79927.html
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Sounds a bit like Feersum Endjinn.

That takes some reading too.
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cheb wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:08 am I haven't read as I'm not interested enough in the bike to know about it, and reading badly written English is tedious.

One of my spawn won't read the Molesworth books because of the spelling and grammar. Fule.
Said spawn is uterly wet and a weed it must pane yu to think yu ar of the same blud. Chiz.
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Not ebay but definitely wtf. :wtf:

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Skub wrote: Fri Sep 16, 2022 4:19 pm Not ebay but definitely wtf. :wtf:

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Wayyyyy cheaper than a nose cone for one of those tho!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Definitely detracts, even from a Bluebird!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I think Honda missed a trick there!