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Woodside:
I've seen a few nice bikes from these guys go for what I think are very reasonable prices recently
This could be another

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-Honda-CB500K2-Four-Unregistered-US-Import-Barn-Find-Classic-Restoration-/331748836288?hash=item4d3dc583c0:g:A3gAAOSwHaBWjo0Y

Woodside:
 well that auction is going well. ...
These 500's seem to be getting more and more popular and of course valuable....
but then I guess a good low mileage example will always be in demand

AshimotoK0:
The  '69 350K I bought off them was like that .. obviously dry stored for years but nobody bid on it because the carbs and a few minor bits were missing, so I did a 'deal' on it afterwards. James put me onto this as he had noticed that , for some reason, they will sometimes list a bike and nobody bids, then they relist it and it goes for a lot of money.

Their spares policy is very variable though ....  they sometimes want top price for a small part and a really low price for larger bits. Plus they send you stuff unchecked, so you have to get a refund...which they do no problem but why have all of the hassle in the 1st place?

Another tip is now they don't always have a best offer but if you contact them they will send you best offer and change the listing. You put in the offer they quote you and it's rejected but they send you  a counter offer higher than they quoted you but you then offer the price they quoted you,  as a new offer,  and it's accepted ...WTF is happening there?  Plus, whilst all this is going on and you are waiting for emails, some tw*t may buy the part because they changed the listing to allow you to do a best offer. This happened to me this week .. although it was slightly different as someone bought it at their spares counter. I was totally p*ssed off about that but then they sold me a 500K0 front wheel and rear mudguard in nice condition a day later...so a love hate relationship going on there.

They have massive stocks though (you have to visit the place to appreciate it, definitely worth a visit ... National Holidays should do weekend trips there for us  ;D) and really your only chance other than the States, quite often.

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on January 08, 2016, 07:55:43 AM ---The  '69 350K I bought off them was like that .. obviously dry stored for years but nobody bid on it because the carbs and a few minor bits were missing, so I did a 'deal' on it afterwards. James put me onto this as he had noticed that , for some reason, they will sometimes list a bike and nobody bids, then they relist it and it goes for a lot of money.

Their spares policy is very variable though ....  they sometimes want top price for a small part and a really low price for larger bits. Plus they send you stuff unchecked, so you have to get a refund...which they do no problem but why have all of the hassle in the 1st place?

Another tip is now they don't always have a best offer but if you contact them they will send you best offer and change the listing. You put in the offer they quote you and it's rejected but they send you  a counter offer higher than they quoted you but you then offer the price they quoted you,  as a new offer,  and it's accepted ...WTF is happening there?  Plus, whilst all this is going on and you are waiting for emails, some tw*t may buy the part because they changed the listing to allow you to do a best offer. This happened to me this week .. although it was slightly different as someone bought it at their spares counter. I was totally p*ssed off about that but then they sold me a 500K0 front wheel and rear mudguard in nice condition a day later...so a love hate relationship going on there.

They have massive stocks though (you have to visit the place to appreciate it, definitely worth a visit ... National Holidays should do weekend trips there for us  ;D) and really your only chance other than the States, quite often.

--- End quote ---

Just watched the video ... pretty stunning condition ... Surprised it has allen screws in the covers though. Nice touch is it has the original spare fuses in the tool tray .. told you I was getting anoraky over these bikes. That's Neil from DK making  the video... nice bloke to deal with, as is his colleague Mark.

Sgt.Pinback:
That's a nice bike! Will it go to 4.000 - 5.000 ?

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