the ridiculously priced ten grand plus katana collection.

[johnr]

and a new leader, and its a thou, £13,250 note the 'perfect' machine has less than perfect cracks in the screen, and have a watch of the video, listen particularly at the end to the traditional gsx rattling clutch basket, still, its not like youre gonna ride it. this is an investment right?

oddly the advert lists the 1000 as a copy of the 650???

https://www.earlclassics.com/copy-of-gs650g-katana

[johnr]

whilst its not in the ten grand club, i feel an honourable mention must be made for sheer ballsy cheek for the idea that a 400 kat is worth 5 grand, its tidy and has an mot, albeit it also has a fugly red seat and home sprayed tailpiece for some reason? and in spite of the pricetag, he doesnt feel he should replace the fucked rear shocks. but hey, 5 grand, fair play to you fellah, i stand in awe at your audacity.........

and just to cover all the superlative titular bases, its not just a katana, no its a retro vintage rare cafe racer custom special, and then in the description , he ups the ante to ultra rare!! yes, thats correct, its not just rare, it isnt scarce, or much sought after, its ULTRA RARE, why, if i didnt think all 400s should be burned, id buy it myself....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Retro-Vintage ... Swi2ZZ4jll

[fossie]

Surely he means 4950 yen! No one could seriously be asking nearly 5 grand for a 400 with a fugly seat tail combination. Yep got to agree this chap. Is chasing the dreamer award for for 2017


As for the thou .......if it is a US IMPORT .....Why has it got slide carbs?
Muppets? This is how same crowd that bought H's SD for peanuts and did nought and shoved it up for sale at 5x what they gave him. Investment, see!

[johnr]

investments are for bankers. and we all know what the rhyming slang for that is dont we children,,,,,,,,,,,

[johnr]

another honourable mention should go to the 750 pop up listed here for 4500 quid, although tbh by comparison to the other bikes here, this seems quite reasonably priced.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1984-Suzuki- ... SwImRYIwCo

note the traditional use of a sticker to cover up the traditional pop up sidepanel cracks...

[johnr]

and it might be me, but that paintwork doesnt seem pearlescent to me. which is a shame becaus its the one thing about the pop up that i like.

[Nicky Dodds]

John the old Torquay one is back up and it's a veritable snip now...only 8k.

[johnr]

bargain, i'll take a gross......

[Uncle Bob]

My Katana Ebay search email brought up a set of original pipes at a mere £655 and when I clicked the linked (just to see what £655 priced pipes look like), they had already ended. I can't believe it was ended cause someone bought them...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-GSX11 ... 7675.l2557

[johnr]

tbh, the torquay one, whilst a bit steep, is at least an honest bike that doesnt seem to have been restored, exhaust looks like its corroding from the inside by the way its swelling under the footpegs, and the seat looks odd, but it might just be the light. so, is it worth it? probably not, but by comparison to th 13k one, its a fucking steal!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-Katan ... SwR6RaDaJk