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I'll never understand the "I just like to restore them" but not actually doing the work yourself, instead paying someone to restore something just to look at it and sell it afterwards.
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swiss1939 wrote: I'll never understand the "I just like to restore them" but not actually doing the work yourself, instead paying someone to restore something just to look at it and sell it afterwards. |
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kmf wrote: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/mcy/7522729600.html not bad for an original paint round-tail 150 |
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kmf wrote: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/mcy/7522729600.html not bad for an original paint round-tail 150 |
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FridayMatinee wrote: Looks nice but it's not a '64 with it having a round tail still. That puts it at early 1962 or earlier. |
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sdjohn wrote: the deal maker/breaker will be the title status for a CA resident. $700 in back fees - forget it. title and on non-op? good to go. nice body on that. |
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kmf wrote: i missed the the part about the title. and the no-op. and the back fees..... Some bikes are up to date, some have back fees, and some have "disappeared" from the system, allowing them to be registered again without fees. Until you get a VIN and run it through the fee calculator, you don't know what you have. But you'll also need to know the last plate number as well...
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Bought this GTS 250 off eBay classifieds a couple of weeks ago for £850 sold as seen. Found some welding needs doing on engine case where the side plate sits for exhaust and shock due to bodgery. Been quoted £60 for that. Still think it's a good deal for what I see them advertised for in the UK.
Needed a starter clutch to but I knew that so engine removal was anticipated plus a Mallossi transmission kit with Variator clutch and belt came with it. Can't quite work out how that pic of me appeared on my phone of me working on it. ![]()
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grahamlml wrote: Bought this GTS 250 off eBay classifieds a couple of weeks ago for £850 sold as seen. Found some welding needs doing on engine case where the side plate sits for exhaust and shock due to bodgery. Been quoted £60 for that. Still think it's a good deal for what I see them advertised for in the UK. Needed a starter clutch to but I knew that so engine removal was anticipated plus a Mallossi transmission kit with Variator clutch and belt came with it. Can't quite work out how that pic of me appeared on my phone of me working on it. |
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Touring300 wrote: Looks like a great project you have there Graham. I'm envious of the workshop facilities you have at your disposal, especially the motorcycle table. Is it a automotive garage, and is that the original 250 colour?, I don't remember seeing any 250's in that shade before. ![]() ![]() |
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Typical cheap factory connectors. Plastic gets old, cracks and then you are sitting on the side of the road
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Getting back on topic:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/797087048299142/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A05523aac-688e-4309-9bb1-ca1c327cc698 Not a great deal at the asking price, but it's been up for a bit and O may take less getting it into "deal" territory. |
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Birdsnest wrote: Getting back on topic: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/797087048299142/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A05523aac-688e-4309-9bb1-ca1c327cc698 Not a great deal at the asking price, but it's been up for a bit and O may take less getting it into "deal" territory. |
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$2500 for a VNB in pieces, with no title.
Interesting. That's like the baseline price for any Vespa in CA now, apparently. It looks nice, and has lovely patina on the original paint. But it's like another $2k easy to just get it put back together and registered. |
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hjo wrote: $2500 for a VNB in pieces, with no title. Interesting. That's like the baseline price for any Vespa in CA now, apparently. It looks nice, and has lovely patina on the original paint. But it's like another $2k easy to just get it put back together and registered. If it were a DOD at $2k, it wouldn't still be up.
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sdjohn wrote: If it were a DOD at $2k, it wouldn't still be up. I guess that's why people might think the prices are higher. The listings that stay up for two weeks are like this one. |
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grahamlml wrote: It's at the car garage across the road who let me use the ramps when not in use. They have given me a key to come and go as I please and a space in the corner so I have just installed a motorcycle lift but not working yet as need a ram for it.
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not a bad deal, kinda running with title - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1450182355447265/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner
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Tierney wrote: not a bad deal, running with title - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1450182355447265/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner |
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Tierney wrote: not a bad deal, running with title - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1450182355447265/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner |
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edited a little too late for the responses. This time I actually read the description - runs with starting fluid. Still, not bad.
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Tierney wrote: not a bad deal, kinda running with title - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1450182355447265/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner hell, that rear rack/backrest set up is worth about 1/2 the asking price to start. but I wouldn't touch a thing. probably do seals and gaskets, cables, tires, all the general and just leave it as is and roll it.
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hjo wrote: $2500 for a VNB in pieces, with no title. Interesting. That's like the baseline price for any Vespa in CA now, apparently. It looks nice, and has lovely patina on the original paint. But it's like another $2k easy to just get it put back together and registered. you see P's listed for 4K plus, are they getting that? who knows? same with allstates at $3500 and other poorly "restored" bikes-- not even bodges, straight up American market ragged out 100 sports are trading hands at 2K all day. but then a rally pops up at 4K and it's gone in hours. the market is weird. especially more so now. it's like everybody found out that it's okay to stay home and find new hobbies and suddenly have disposable income from not going out so they're snapping up all kinds of recreational stuff- pedal bikes, motorcycles, dirt bikes, scooters. so 2K for a pile of parts? if I was close, could run the numbers and it was clean, and I didn't have 5 million other projects? I might gamble on something like that. if it was a round tail, even more so.
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greasy125 wrote: so 2K for a pile of parts? if I was close, could run the numbers and it was clean, and I didn't have 5 million other projects? I might gamble on something like that. if it was a round tail, even more so. |
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greasy125 wrote: I'd jump on that like a bird on a June bug. hell, that rear rack/backrest set up is worth about 1/2 the asking price to start. but I wouldn't touch a thing. probably do seals and gaskets, cables, tires, all the general and just leave it as is and roll it. |
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Tierney wrote: Yeah, I was trying to set up a local on this one. New to scooters, but likes the old stuff. 150 miles one way, I would jump on it myself if I was still riding. |
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Baudler wrote: That poor Stella, but there's easily more in parts there than $700. or it can be revived. the engine with reed valve and EFL gearbox is the prize, but there is a lot more there. |
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like John says, the real prize is the motor and hydro fork.
there's an easy 1K-ish in parts there if you blew it apart and were patient selling them off. but I'd go 500 all day on that. |
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sdjohn wrote: it's had a few bad turns, unfortunately. someone spray painting it and not covering things, the run in with the scooter shop that left the owner high and dry, etc. but there's easily more in parts there than $700. or it can be revived. the engine with reed valve and EFL gearbox is the prize, but there is a lot more there. |
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orwell84 wrote: I like that little reed valve too. |
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