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Serious money for a 550....

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Bryanj:
I think the clutch cover apparent shape could be shadow and I know the 550 US had different striping to the 500(with gold in it) but i would have to go and get out my NOS Boss maroon Mettalic one to be certain what it should be.

The US 550 had 374 exhaust pipes but the only difference to the 323 ones, to the best of my knowledge, is a load of "blurb" rolled into the inside edge about not changing the exhaust or you break federal rules---again I could go and get one out and photo it if i couls be arsed!!

All in all, personally I think it went way over the top and as Oddjob said for that money should be 100% original and perfect

UK Pete:
WOW i just took a look at it, the seller must be happy, infact we should all be happy that these bikes are comanding such good money as it means we should all have a nice little nest egg to cash in one day
pete

Lobo:
In reply to Pete's posting... alas I suspect, if you did the bloody sums... it's a dubious nest egg.  Especially you Pete... you're obviously a perfectionist!

I vaguely know what I've spent on my 400F/750K2 and pretty much realise I'll never see it back.

But hey, I don't care... it's an absorbing & satisfying past time, which makes me 20yrs young again. Other people throw it all at golf, gardening, etc... old man's stuff.

And as Bitsa rightly points out.. you can't take it with you...

Just a thought to throw out there... as we 50+s who grew up with these things 'fade away'.... will the interest (& value) in the machines of our youth (SOHCs etc) do so too?

SteveD CB500K0:

--- Quote from: Lobo on May 26, 2014, 03:37:07 PM ---Just a thought to throw out there... as we 50+s who grew up with these things 'fade away'.... will the interest (& value) in the machines of our youth (SOHCs etc) do so too?

--- End quote ---

I don't think so - look at the popularity and value of decent 50s and 60s Brit iron.

s7paul:
Wow; I might have to reconsider re-negotiating the agreed value of mine now.  It's not quite as highly polished, but arguably more original, and it's a genuine UK model. 

It's great to see them fetching good money (not that most of us would sell, I suspect), and although this one may turn out to be a bit of an oddity (in terms of what it sold for), I don't see why the Fours shouldn't keep increasing in value.  After all, look what the Suzuki & Kawasaki triples are selling for these days, and they turned out to be technical dead-ends. 

Our bikes are the forerunners of all the inline fours that followed, and their significance should be recognised.

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