This guy doesn't know what a UK 500K1 should look like

[AshimotoK0]

Its posts like this that make me glad I decided that I  am just sticking to the anorak techie stuff in the future !    ... Hmm the Lab calls ... got to go Igor is getting restless   

[toucheturtle]

You can do anything you like to personalise or improve your motorbike, that isn't the issue, trying to ask £8000+ for a CB500 is the issue. I don't know if any CB500 is worth that kind of money but one which isn't totally original and mint certainly isn't

[kevski]

You can do anything you like to personalise or improve your motorbike, that isn't the issue, trying to ask £8000+ for a CB500 is the issue. I don't know if any CB500 is worth that kind of money but one which isn't totally original and mint certainly isn't

Well don't bid on it then! all the parts on it are original maybe not honda originals but originally from somewhere.

[Trigger]

I started this thread for a good reason and, that was to educate people on what is going on these day with regards to the prices that some people are asking for bikes that are not correct. It was not to slag off the people that build these bikes, either to the correct spec or not.
I do get annoyed with every Tom, Dick and Harry jumping on the bandwagon claiming to be a restorer or bods on ebay trying to sell incorrect spare parts. I have restored every SOHC/4 (apart from the 650) to a very high spec and built a few non STD ones as well.
What I have learnt over the years is every customer is different and requires different things, which is why us humans are all individual.

And if you members out there would like to carry on arguing, then start your own bloody thread 

[Tomb]

I do get annoyed with every Tom

Hey! What have I done!!?

[mike the bike]

Just as well your name's not Will.  You get people firing at you.

[kevski]

Sorry Trig, we don't need educating, the listing has been pulled now, owner probably read this thread, this sort of nit picking happens on every forum and it sometimes stops people from joining and supporting the clubs.

[Trigger]

There is a lot of people out on the web that use this forum for information on a bike they are interested in buying. Information is education 

[Bryanj]

I agree with Trigger, its incredibly annoying when somebody tries to pass off something as being what it patently isn't to us but not necessarily to Joe public. I always try to be scrupulously honest with descriptions which is probably why I don't get as much as other sellers!!

[matthewmosse]

That basically sums up the objections to the listing, it's asking a steep price and saying the bike is highly original / correctly restored, it ain't, it's still nice, it's just miss described and overpriced. I'm all for a bike evolving to meet the owners requirements and even customs, my first cb550 was a handtail chop project, more non original parts than correct. Personally I'd not know most of these differences but also my most expensive cb500 was £800  not 8k so originality wasn't being claimed or inferred.

[kevski]

What actually needled me is the thread title, the guy that Reconditioned and Not restored it was not concerned about a factory restoration, it's a nice looking bike, and whatever price it's up for is non of my business, it will only sell for whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

[toucheturtle]

You can do anything you like to personalise or improve your motorbike, that isn't the issue, trying to ask £8000+ for a CB500 is the issue. I don't know if any CB500 is worth that kind of money but one which isn't totally original and mint certainly isn't

Well don't bid on it then! all the parts on it are original maybe not honda originals but originally from somewhere.

This forum is for Honda four enthusiasts and telling potential bidders why it isn't worth the asking price and what to look out for is part of the advantage of being on the forum. If you bought that bike and found it wasn't worth half what you paid you'd be pretty gutted

[hairygit]

Not quite correct, any SOHC Honda is welcome for discussion here, from the humble C50 to the magnificent CB750.

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