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Author Topic: Anybody else think this is expensive?  (Read 1459 times)


Offline montmil

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Re: Anybody else think this is expensive?
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2015, 05:57:15 PM »
Crazy money! W-a-y out there.  [smiley=thumbdown.gif]
Monte Miller
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Re: Anybody else think this is expensive?
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2015, 04:27:21 PM »
$20,606 AUD for an R/65? Tell him he's dreamin'! I could buy a Manx Norton and an AJS 350 for less than that.......or a fully restored 850 Norton Commando. For another $2,500 I could buy a Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica............or for $4,500 less, a brand new Triumph replica Classic..............or 5 Z-1R Kawasakis.......or..........
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Offline nhmaf

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Re: Anybody else think this is expensive?
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2015, 07:16:10 PM »
Much nicer looking than 99% of the chop job cafe racers out there, but still, WAAAAY too much money for what it is.  That would be too much money for an original R90S, which I would jump on way before someone's cafe project.
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Offline John M

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Re: Anybody else think this is expensive?
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2015, 10:21:56 PM »
Nicely done but absurd asking price.
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Offline Tony Smith

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Re: Anybody else think this is expensive?
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2015, 02:56:39 AM »
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$20,606 AUD for an R/65? Tell him he's dreamin'! I could buy a Manx Norton and an AJS 350 for less than that.......or a fully restored 850 Norton Commando. For another $2,500 I could buy a Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica............or for $4,500 less, a brand new Triumph replica Classic..............or 5 Z-1R Kawasakis.......or..........

Or the Krauser MKN1000 I let slip through my fingers......
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Offline wilcom

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Re: Anybody else think this is expensive?
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2015, 10:25:36 AM »
If it's a truly 1st cabin build, he's probably trying to break even. LOL
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Offline Burt

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Re: Anybody else think this is expensive?
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2016, 01:39:43 AM »
No doubt some hipster will buy it, ride it for six months, then park it and buy whatever next weeks fashion accessory is.   [smiley=thud.gif]
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