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Offline Rozabikes Tim

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Offline SteveD CB500K0

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Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2023, 04:39:38 PM »
That description is a bit of a “stream of consciousness” isn’t it.

Is punctuation extra on eBay?


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Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2023, 04:45:55 PM »
I had trouble reading that. Iv’e not previously seen a motorcycle with mecano wheels before now🤔

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Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2023, 05:29:33 PM »
Oh, come on Steve - he has got a full stop at the end (albeit with a space)

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Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2023, 05:47:42 PM »
Leave the lad alone....he stopped twice for directions, twice for coffee and cake, and once to go and pick his Kids up from school while he was scribbling his advert !

You need to go on some of the US Bike Forums if you like a really good laugh though.................
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Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2023, 06:04:48 PM »
I like the colour scheme / fairing - description lacks details of the battle scars - he missed out viewing essential.

I'm thinking it might be nice to ride a single cylinder 500 - a stroke between lamp posts at 60 mph in top gear?
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This is a neat 500 restoration in the USA.
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Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2023, 06:36:04 PM »
The fairing is horrible! It might look better with the wall-light in place of the headlight, but I doubt it.

That aside, I've always thought I would like to ride one and at this distance it looks pretty clean.

Ps - for a badly written advert read the rusty CB550 one in another current post....
'This is your classic barn find..' - no, it's yours.
'I've not tried to even turn it over..' - might be worth more if you did tip it ovet.
'Brought to do up...' What? Brought where...etc.
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Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2023, 06:37:01 PM »

You need to go on some of the US Bike Forums if you like a really good laugh though.................


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Punctuation is the least of their worries.

We may have small disagreements on here, but there’s a good reason I don’t allow politics or religious threads.

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Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2023, 07:10:11 PM »
Don't get me started on brought vs bought and don't you dare say 'going forward'. Where the hell did that start?

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Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2023, 07:15:57 PM »
I think that, over all, the bike looks quite good and reasonably priced. I do like these little 500's
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-1979 Seeley 750 Classic, now sold
-2007 Triumph 900 Scrambler, now sold
-1978 Phil Read Replica being rebuilt
-1976 Ducati 900SS project
-2005 Kawasaki ZXR10, my one modern bike

 

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