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Offline royhall

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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2019, 03:03:13 PM »
Nice bikes but they really aren't worth that sort of money.
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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2019, 05:04:10 PM »
Nice bikes but they really aren't worth that sort of money.

The problem is that donor bikes are also over priced because there are so few and demand for projects so high. For me, there is also only one type of restoration too and that is one to bring it back to the condition it was when new and I'd say that this is typically around £10k and in many cases much more. If you add to that the invisible costs like the time the restorer has spent and sometimes the shock can be how low the cost is rather than how high and I doubt anybody accept a dealer makes anything except a huge loss. For me though, people who do it play a very important conservation role in keeping some iconic and historical bikes on the road. Not as good as modern bikes in function but a real pleasure to their owners, to those who get to see them and in the many cases of people who buy having an emotional attachment of having owned one maybe 40 years ago. In the case of 2T's, these are bikes that will likely never be produced again. For sure the asking price of some bikes is far too high but the market sorts that out I guess.
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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2019, 05:08:41 PM »
I agree. I spent about 4 grand on the 125.and it's certainly not perfect. Or worth it.

I did it because I wanted a "fun" toy  from the  70's.



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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2019, 05:45:50 PM »
I was recently looking for an RD250C as that was my first real bike in 1976. In a way I am glad they were way too expensive as I really don't have room for another bike. They were wanting 4k for a rough one, not for me.
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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2019, 05:47:45 PM »
I have always been a 4 stroke man and hated stink wheels. A mate of mine had an off at a track day on an Aprillia RS250 and bike came off better than him! I reluctantly agreed to ride it from Donnington to Bristol. Man what a buzz! Addictive. I've ridden 350Lc's etc but the little prilla was something else!
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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2019, 06:28:25 PM »
I have always been a 4 stroke man and hated stink wheels. A mate of mine had an off at a track day on an Aprillia RS250 and bike came off better than him! I reluctantly agreed to ride it from Donnington to Bristol. Man what a buzz! Addictive. I've ridden 350Lc's etc but the little prilla was something else!

I had an RS250 and they are just the most amazing bikes. You have to be able to ride very well to keep them in the power band and the power on around corners to stop threepenny bitting. 4T's are lazy rider bikes in comparison. I don't mean in a bad way but an RS250 has to be ridden very well and if it is then there is not much that would touch it off dual carriageways. The return on good riding is very high.
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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2019, 06:43:28 PM »
I have always been a 4 stroke man and hated stink wheels. A mate of mine had an off at a track day on an Aprillia RS250 and bike came off better than him! I reluctantly agreed to ride it from Donnington to Bristol. Man what a buzz! Addictive. I've ridden 350Lc's etc but the little prilla was something else!

I had an RS250 and they are just the most amazing bikes. You have to be able to ride very well to keep them in the power band and the power on around corners to stop threepenny bitting. 4T's are lazy rider bikes in comparison. I don't mean in a bad way but an RS250 has to be ridden very well and if it is then there is not much that would touch it off dual carriageways. The return on good riding is very high.
"you have to be able to ride very well" - Nuff said :P
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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2019, 07:51:41 AM »
I have always been a 4 stroke man and hated stink wheels. A mate of mine had an off at a track day on an Aprillia RS250 and bike came off better than him! I reluctantly agreed to ride it from Donnington to Bristol. Man what a buzz! Addictive. I've ridden 350Lc's etc but the little prilla was something else!

I had an RS250 and they are just the most amazing bikes. You have to be able to ride very well to keep them in the power band and the power on around corners to stop threepenny bitting. 4T's are lazy rider bikes in comparison. I don't mean in a bad way but an RS250 has to be ridden very well and if it is then there is not much that would touch it off dual carriageways. The return on good riding is very high.
"you have to be able to ride very well" - Nuff said :P

Ruled me out unfortunately :)
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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2019, 08:57:24 AM »
Just finished this...Had one as a pup

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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #24 on: December 11, 2019, 10:29:20 AM »
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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #25 on: December 11, 2019, 01:17:19 PM »
Beautiful! and quite rare, don't think I've seen one before....  8)

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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #26 on: December 11, 2019, 01:26:34 PM »
This is the closest I have to an RS250... a few years earlier but not a million miles away technology wise. Sure it would take a much better rider than me to get the most out of it (think Luca Cadalora for example).. but it handles superbly, never gets out of shape, soaks up the road, brakes on a ha'penny and goes like a rocket.. Though it does tend to goad you into riding faster than say the CB750 would.

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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #27 on: December 11, 2019, 01:28:20 PM »
This is the closest I have to an RS250... a few years earlier but not a million miles away technology wise. Sure it would take a much better rider than me to get the most out of it (think Luca Cadalora for example).. but it handles superbly, never gets out of shape, soaks up the road, brakes on a ha'penny and goes like a rocket.. Though it does tend to goad you into riding faster than say the CB750 would.

Delightful.

A gem.



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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #28 on: December 11, 2019, 01:38:17 PM »
Though it does tend to goad you into riding faster than say the CB750 would.


It certainly looks faster than a CB750 :)
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Re: Another 2T project
« Reply #29 on: December 11, 2019, 06:46:04 PM »
Nice job on the NSR. Very pretty thing.

For info mine is a 71 T350 Rebel.

 

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