If anyone in Australia is up for a "project"

[Tony Smith]

Or perhaps just a little foolhardy.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1979-BMW-R65-bike-/281780430195?hash=item419b6c2573


Based on my own relatively recent experience in bringing a "far gone" R65 back from the dead my view is that the $1,400 "starting" price already represents the out limit off what this bike is worth, if neither the engine, gearbox or final drive needs major work.


Imagining for a moment that they do not, then I can see $2,000 worth of parts and specialist labour in fixing what I can see in the photo, there will of course be more that is not immediately visible.

Good buying at $400~$500 maybe in my opinion, but others may feel differently.

[MichaelSydney]

It is amazing. $1400 and still bidding with 5 days to go!

I suspect that it would not be destined to be restored but form the basis of a LAMS legal cafe racer or such. The current fashion seems to have driven up the "value" of older Beemers  substantially over the last year.