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corromant:
Hi guys, looking for a bit of advice, I've been offered a CB500 four 1975 which I belive to be a genuine UK bike, has about 41000 on the clock, has had the frame & the singing arm stoved, looks as if the engine cases etc. have been painted & generally looks very clean & tidy. It also has a new set of genuine pipes which I'm told were the last available set in the UK at the time. There are a few little minor issues, more tidying up which I would need to sort, the only real issue is it has mag alloys fitted which look ok but I would want to return to spoked wheels which would potentially look to be quite an expensive job
The bike was rebuilt by a guy who passed away about 4/5 years ago, he never road it & it has been stood since then. Also don't know exactly what was done to it during the rebuild. The chap selling it for the widow is currently stripping & cleaning the carbs as the petrol that was in has gone off, so I will be able to hear it run & give it a try on a short private road before making a decision.

They are asking £2500 for it and have said they won't take less, does that sound a reasonable price? Looking at the price that is being asked for some basket cases on eBay I would think its probably fair.

Sorry for rambling on & thanks in advance.

Conrad

JamesH:
Conrad - the pipes alone are probably worth £2000....probably a good buy even just for the pipes....

matthewmosse:
Sounds a fair price based on description given. I am not in the leauge of people who spend that on a bike, no matter how nice but if I did have that kind of disposable then it does sound like something that would float my boat.

corromant:
Thanks for the replies, perhaps a little background on me would not go amiss.
In the late 70s I had a CB175, CB750 F1 & a CB500 K3.

I recently returned to biking after a break of about 35 years buying a rather tatty Yamaha XJ900 Diversion for the simple reason that it was cheap & very local. On my first outing I nearly gave up, but after putting it off for a few days I ventured out again & got on much better, certainly not confident but a lot more comfortable, now have about 300 miles under my belt & am beginning to enjoy it again.
The CB500 is exactly the sort of bike that I would love to have, couldn't belive it when this one virtually fell in my lap.

SteveD CB500K0:
Hi Conrad and welcome.

Put you location in your profile so that we know where you are.

If you've had 35 years out, maybe you should look into some advanced training. I did (well, actually my wife insisted).

:)

Steve

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