The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

General Category => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Melena on May 17, 2011, 05:28:33 PM

Title: R45 for sale in Portland OR
Post by: Melena on May 17, 2011, 05:28:33 PM

Just saw this on Craigslist.  Another R45 on the West Coast?  Although it looks like an R65LS to me.  

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/mcy/2381426277.html

What do you think?  

Title: Re: R45 for sale in Portland OR
Post by: nhmaf on May 18, 2011, 08:29:50 AM

Looks like a nice, clean R45 with the optional factory windscreen to me.    Given the rarity of these things over here, I think that it would get picked up pretty soon.    I like the windscreen - looks similar in shape to that which was on the KAwasaki GPz550 (another favorite of mine from the early 1980s)..

Title: Re: R45 for sale in Portland OR
Post by: Bob_Roller on May 18, 2011, 09:26:46 AM

If it was local, it would be tempting !!!!!!!

Title: Re: R45 for sale in Portland OR
Post by: RSMike on May 18, 2011, 10:11:00 AM

Its kinda the reverse over here R45's seem to be easy enough to pick up, but R65's are more rare, makes sense that the R45 was popular on our little island.

Have seen a similar very nice one for sale here:
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/motorbikes/2133995

but unfortunatey for you its a lot less local,  :)

Title: Re: R45 for sale in Portland OR
Post by: Barry on May 18, 2011, 11:49:32 AM

I can confirm the suggested 55 - 60 MPG (US) is realistic.  I'm getting those sort of figures from mine in the summer.

Title: Re: R45 for sale in Portland OR
Post by: Ed Miller on May 19, 2011, 02:31:22 PM

It's local but not tempting to me.  I can make do with 45 mpg.  That is not the same one that I saw at Steve Prokop's shop in Dundee, so that makes two in Oregon.