What am I gunna do with these?

[p38arover]

And what am I gunna do with these?

Suzuki V-Strom

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Honda CB350 Four
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

The new Yamaha XJR1300

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Here's my son on the CB350 Four after he bought it!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

...and the Yamaha RZ500 V4 2-stroke on loan to the National Motorcycle Museum in Nabiac - it's the one on the right)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/03/403.jpg

[feraldisco]

ah yes, the RZ500 - a humorous ride...

I also took an RG500 for a test ride once...foolishly in the wet...I thought I had missed a gear when I changed down and wound on the throttle at 60kph and didn't go any faster...the rear wheel was just spinning on the wet road...:eek:

[disco2hse]

Not really for me to say Ron, except that I would not be in a hurry to pass them on just yet. I have seen people do this before and then wish they'd held onto things for some time longer.

In the meantime, that CB350 is an excellent looking piece. Amazing little machines those, quite light and lots of grunt (like their bigger 750 cousins).

[hodgo]

I love that CB 350 I would hate to part with it if I owned it
Just wish I had the money to have such toys

Hodgo

[RonMcGr]

I love that CB 350 I would hate to part with it if I owned it
Just wish I had the money to have such toys

Hodgo

Too true, I had a CB400/4, years ago.
Great little bike.

[RonMcGr]

And what am I gunna do with these?

Suzuki V-Strom

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Honda CB350 Four
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

The new Yamaha XJR1300

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3299/bikes009rc8.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1500/bikes010sx3.jpg

Here's my son on the CB350 Four after he bought it!

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5512/bikes012cu7.jpg

...and the Yamaha RZ500 V4 2-stroke ( this has now gone on loan to the National Motorcycle Museum in Nabiac)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/03/403.jpg

Hi Ron,

You could always lend them to a MC Museum.

Cheers,

[Landy110]

Doesn't the honda look old!!
It's probably worth good money though I'm no bike expert.

As has been suggested, probably find a museum or something for the Honda and mothball the rest but retain ownership until you have had time to think clearly, 6 months to a year.
Steve.

[UncleHo]

G'day P38arover :)

Ron that is a Brilliant little CB 350/4 Cafe Racer in true 70's style :D and in original colours too, complete with "Dunstall Long Megas" on it as well as those wonderfull Clip On handle bars ;) that bike would have been the "Bees Knees" in the mid 70's and not a lot of 4 strokes would have caught it:coplight: Eer! I know Nothink!;)

Keep it as it is now Vintage and registerable as such,

See Ya @ Cooma

[disco2hse]

Doesn't the honda look old!!
It's probably worth good money though I'm no bike expert.

Steve, mate, some of us look older ;)

I know some should be put into museums with a good dose of formalin, but recollections of riding those things are relatively recent. :rolleyes:

Give it another 10-20 years, you'll know what I mean ;)

[UncleHo]

And some of us ARE old;)

[disco2hse]

And some of us ARE old;)

hehehe

Guess I meant some of us just look old and others are due for the museum :D

[DirtyDawg]

Ron, being a motocyclist and a son I would want my dad to keep the Honda and once a year just go for a ride on a nice spring day and feel the wind in his face the open road ahead and for an hour two enjoy what I had, the way I had......

Take time to reflect before you dispose of them as once their sold there is no getting them back.....
Take care
Nigel

[RonMcGr]

Ron, being a motocyclist and a son I would want my dad to keep the Honda and once a year just go for a ride on a nice spring day and feel the wind in his face the open road ahead and for an hour two enjoy what I had, the way I had......

Take time to reflect before you dispose of them as once their sold there is no getting them back.....
Take care
Nigel

Mate,

That is why the Museum is a good idea.
They keep it clean and look after it and if you want to take it for a run, it's yours :D

[p38arover]

From the Two Wheels forum:



Went through Nabiac last week and found the RZ has company:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5419/dsc00182oj0.jpg

That's Bucko's on the right - with the sticker on the screen.

[Blknight.aus]

you build a big shed somewhere ,hermaticaly seal it and mothball them all.

Its what I'd do in your situation.

[weeds]

And what am I gunna do with these?

Honda CB350 Four
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/



i normally don't give bikes a second look but this ones kinda cool.......is it irginal or has it been modified

[p38arover]

i normally don't give bikes a second look but this ones kinda cool.......is it irginal or has it been modified

Modified to a cafe racer.

It would have looked like this:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/04/180.jpg

[sclarke]

I want a Katana 750....... i love them...
No Girly Windscreens.... Just pure Widow making material....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/04/151.jpg

[p38arover]

I want a Katana 750....... i love them...
No Girly Windscreens.... Just pure Widow making material....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/04/151.jpg

My neighbour had his restored one for sale. Dunno if it still is.

[disco2hse]

Geez I didn't think there were any left. It's been years since I last saw one.

[Redback]

Geez I didn't think there were any left. It's been years since I last saw one.

That's a new re-introduced model, not a restored 1980s one.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Have they changed the 'bars?

or am I thinking of the 1100,,,,

[crump]

the bars are higher then the original clip ons and its missing the screen, looks poxy without it imo.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

the rake on those front forks is VERY retro:D

[disco2hse]

The gas tank has changed shape too, I think. I remember it being bigger, or maybe that was because the clip-ons got you real close to it ;)

[crump]

I remember the cover of Two Wheels magazine when the first Katana was released, the headline read, "Meet the clever bike disguised as a Hunchbacked Spaceman." I had a Kat 750 years ago, the one with the pop up headlight and "Katana' written backwards on the screen so you could read it in your rear vision mirror:eek:, looked good but a fairly gutless and boring motor.The 1100 was the one to get, a genuine 250kmh motorcycle way back then, nearly bought one but got a Honda CB1100RC instead, the one built to win the Castrol 6 hour, 120hp and a frame made of spaghetti, fun, fun, fun.:D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

CB1100RC.

Classic:cool:

[crump]

CB1100RC.

Classic:cool:

yeh, sold it 15 years ago in immaculate condition for 7 grand, their pulling mid twenties now,dammit.:(:mad:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

settle Crump,,

over 15 years you would have spent a fortune on chains and tyres,, engine rebuilds, etc etc etc,,,

mind you-- would have been a fun 15,,,,:twisted:

[crump]

Hmmmm....mid 70's Honda's.....I used to fall off the back of this motorcyclist quite regularly in the mid-70's

Honda 500


:eek::eek::eek: C'mon NM, keep it clean!!!:p:p:D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

:eek:,, I think I know where that hill is!!!


not to sure about the bikie chick;)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I used to fall off the back of this motorcyclist quite regularly in the mid-70's


:eek::eek::eek: C'mon NM, keep it clean!!!:p:p:D


silly me,,,
I've just never seen you in full leather NM,,,,

[Pedro_The_Swift]

nope!

The "Gong???


well there ya go:D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Its the motorcyclist I used to fall off the back of...:D:D;)


The first rule of "Doubling" is---
the person on the back holds onto the BIKE--

and in your case---

did he have a skinny back??:angel:

[HAK]

thats easy mate as suggested keep them till your ready to decide

I love the old honda its in your face ducatti hehehehe

[UncleHo]

G'day Numpty's Missus :)

That rego number does look a vaguely familiar, he's name wouldn't be Andrew Dickenson or Dickson by any chance ;) as the 500 4 looks very familiar, if it is his I have ridden it quite a few times:) and he had a wicked clutch hand:D


use be a competion years ago "Dump the Chick off the Back" regularly played in the "+"


cheers

[muddy]

If you think Berkeley (sp?) nr Wollongong....you'd be right :D
Pat
I though those homes looked familar (hc) beside Berkeley ,Unanderra Fairy meadow etc

[Tombie]

I want a Katana 750....... i love them...
No Girly Windscreens.... Just pure Widow making material....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/04/151.jpg

I had one of these...!!!!

It was my first bike... I loved it to death....

I wish I had kept it....

Thats why I got the M109R, the nose styling lingers (loosely) back to my days in Sydney and my Kat:)

[timaus13]

I agree with the idea that u hang onto them, u will regret passing them onto a new owner in no time at all, as suggested find a Secure Museum for them to Be Seen and appreciated, add a plaque to each bike with some personal history as part of the display, dedicated of course.
Cheers.
Tim

[p38arover]

I'm riding the new (now with 5000km on the clock - bought in December) Yamaha XJR1300. :)

Noice!

I have had a a number of offers from my son's friends to buy the Honda 350-Four.

The RZ500 is in a museum.

The pocket rocket will be sold!

[Pedro_The_Swift]

The 350/4 is a serious bit of history,,


as for the XJR,, that'd be my 'keeper


put the rest on show somewhere--;)

[p38arover]

Well, we've put the CB350-Four up for sale on the Two Wheels forum. The prospective purchasers (who had put down a deposit) have split up and we don't think it's fair to hold them to the sale. Others who said they wanted it have dropped out. Now to put it in the Markets.

See twowheels :: View topic - CB 350 (http://www.twowheels.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php't=11640)

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