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Title: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: Rozabikes Tim on April 05, 2023, 03:02:20 PM: These are often mentioned on the forum. Seems a good start.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145021692047?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ThT-vNhJQ8S&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Wwl4JSf7QJi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Title: Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on April 05, 2023, 04:39:38 PM: That description is a bit of a â€œstream of consciousnessâ€ isnâ€™t it.

Is punctuation extra on eBay?

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Title: Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: Sesman on April 05, 2023, 04:45:55 PM: I had trouble reading that. Ivâ€™e not previously seen a motorcycle with mecano wheels before now🤔
Title: Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: Orcade-Ian 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)

Eats shoots and leaves

Ian
Title: Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: MCTID 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.................
Title: Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) 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?
Title: Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: andy120t 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.
Title: Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on April 05, 2023, 06:37:01 PM: Quote from: MCTID on April 05, 2023, 05:47:42 PM

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

Iâ€™m a moderator on sohc4.net

Punctuation is the least of their worries.

We may have small disagreements on here, but thereâ€™s a good reason I donâ€™t allow politics or religious threads.

Plus they have guns.

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Title: Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: Orcade-Ian 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?

Ian
Title: Re: XBR500 seems a good buy
Post by: Billd 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