Re: Help!!! Identification Appreciated

Posted by shinyribs on
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Help-Identification-Appreciated-tp4038405p4038569.html

If I were close enough to you to buy that bike I would. Admittedly,I'd try and buy it at a price where I could flip it and turn a profit. That might sound horrible,but it's true.

That is not a home made,back yard frame! Frames like that haven't been manufactured since the 70's. They are only getting rarer and more desirable as time goes by.

For price reference, I recently sold this bike for $3,800 USD. ---> LINK

It was mechanically sound and 100% road-ready,but you get the idea compared to what you have. And I had three guys waiting in line to buy it. It came down to who got the money there first. Like I said,I would love to buy your bike if I were closer! Just for that reason:there are two guys I know of willing to drop $4k on a bike like this.

Non-running it's a gamble for any perspective buyer and the price will suffer for it. I bought that bike I linked to above for $800 USD for that exact same reason. But the motor was free and it seemed to make decent compression when I tried the kick starter.

Personally,non-running and needing fresh tires,chain,etc...,I would take absolutely no less than $1500 USD for it just because of the frame itself. That oil tank is also a factory built piece. It was made by the frame manufacturer just for that bike. Anyone with one of those frames that needs THAT oil tank would give up $200 for it. I've seen it. They just aren't for sale anymore!

If you got the bike running- $2,500

On fresh rubber,seals,chain,etc...100% turn key-I'd ask $4k and take no less than $3,500

Of course,your area may vary,but that's my honest opinion of what it's worth.

That truly is a great bike. Like was said before,you might wanna consider keeping it. It would be very hard to get your hands on another bike similar to it.