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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha
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PostPosted: 17:01 - 24 Feb 2013    Post subject: 'translate' this eBay description for me! Reply with quote

Please comment on and/or 'translate' this eBay item description (fun, serious or 'other' contributions all welcome). Here's the text, and a link to the listing:

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1981 SUZUKI 200GTX5 CLASSIC MOTORBIKE.

A MOTORBIKE FOR A COLLECTOR OF CLASSIC BIKES.
IT HAS BEEN IN DRY STORAGE SINCE 1999 AND IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN REFURBISHED.
THE REFURBISHMENT INCLUDED RECOVERING THE SADDLE, A NEW BATTERY, FITTING STAINLESS STEEL FRONT PIPES, NEW HANDLEBARS AND MIRRORS PLUS MANY OTHER FEATURES.

IN EXCELLENT CONDITION


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1981-SUZUKI-200GTX5-CLASSIC-MOTORBIKE-BLUE-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/321073668957?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item4ac17b635d
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PostPosted: 17:04 - 24 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you like classic bikes... or are a collector, this is the bike for you.
It's been sitting for over a decade but has been refurbished.
These features are what has been done recently.
Great condition.

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PostPosted: 17:20 - 24 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Old bike been in the shed for donkey's years mice ate saddle and the pipes rusted through. Absolutely no idea if it runs but I fitted a battery and the lights came on. Caveat Emptor.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha
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PostPosted: 18:55 - 24 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ariel Badger wrote:
Old bike been in the shed for donkey's years mice ate saddle and the pipes rusted through. Absolutely no idea if it runs but I fitted a battery and the lights came on. Caveat Emptor.
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"Absolutely no idea if it runs" - haha, yeah.
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PostPosted: 17:22 - 25 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Probably not a bad little bike which appears to be in good nick. Don't believe what the seller says as gospel but if you're decent with spanners etc it could be a great little bike. From the 'Collectors' point of view the 200cc bikes of all manufacturers tend to be neither fish nor fowl as they were an 'in the middle'of engine capacities. These things came out when 125s were commuters and 250s were pretty 'hot-snot' so I doubt that they'll ever be much more than interesting usable bikes but will never appreciate much financially.
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PostPosted: 17:34 - 25 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

On the 2nd photo, there seems to be a zip tie holding the clutch lever in Thinking
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PostPosted: 18:32 - 25 Feb 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

The zip tie is probably holding the clutch lever in to try and free up stuck or sticking clutch plates, as often happens with bikes that have been sat unused for a long time.
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