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Offline Laverda Dave

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Raging Inflation
« on: October 16, 2019, 09:48:13 AM »
Just come across an old full page advert in my 400/4 rebuild file for DSS from January 23rd 1991. Look at the prices for 400/4 parts! £18 for a kick-start with knuckle, £65 for an exhaust!
Times (and prices) change!
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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2019, 10:37:08 AM »
Around 1991.a full set of 500 exhausts. With brackets. Link tubes  gaskets.cost me £250.
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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2019, 12:26:07 PM »
1979

500/4 exhausts £37.67 each.

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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2019, 12:32:16 PM »
I posted these two in my 750 rebuild  :o



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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2019, 01:54:10 PM »
Everything has gone up, not just bike parts.
I bought a house when I was 18 years old, knocked them down from £12,320 to £11,800, sold it 3 years later for £25,000. Just looked it up on rightmove and it sold last year for £322,000  :o

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« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2019, 03:50:09 PM »
What your all forgetting in the mid 70's you were probably on £70 a week at the time.
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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2019, 04:07:26 PM »
Great thread! - I couldn't resist posting these two invoice from my 1972 750 K1, one on trade-in and purchase and the other for repairs when the camshaft let go:

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« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2019, 05:49:13 PM »
What your all forgetting in the mid 70's you were probably on £70 a week at the time.

Mid 70's Mick, I would of only been 10 so, still on pocket money  ;D

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« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2019, 05:55:48 PM »
Getting to much buy the looks of it.  ;D
I could just about pay for my fuel for the week at 18 never mind buy a house
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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2019, 06:29:40 PM »
PAUL G posted

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I posted these two in my 750 rebuild  :o

@ paul g

 i have the exactly the same price list picked it up in the nec bike show when i had my first cb750 about 1980
i still i have it somewhere really crazy prices even hadleigh's was a lot cheaper than honda
 i always thought i was skint because i had a mortgage   :-\

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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2019, 09:29:01 PM »
When i started on bikes(dinosaurs had spoked wheels) Petrol was 7shillings and sixpence a gallon and beer 1 shilling and 10pence a pint but my MONTHLY wage was £34 so i could still only afford to fill my Enfield 3 1/2 gallon tank once a month. Bike cost £15 with a bad big end , used bottom end £7, insurance £20:from memory.

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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2019, 11:49:37 PM »
A pint of Brains Dark was 37p in 1981
Where's that 10mm socket got to?

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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2019, 07:54:54 AM »
What your all forgetting in the mid 70's you were probably on £70 a week at the time.

Mid 70's Mick, I would of only been 10 so, still on pocket money  ;D
You must have had a paper round in the Himalayas then  ;D ;D
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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2019, 07:59:03 AM »
Great thread! - I couldn't resist posting these two invoice from my 1972 750 K1, one on trade-in and purchase and the other for repairs when the camshaft let go:

Insurance £214  :o :o :o
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Re: Raging Inflation
« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2019, 08:11:08 AM »
I thought that too.

I'm sure i paid £70-ish in the 70's
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