eBay's Most Miserable Bike

[Nobby the Bastard]

[blurredman]

May as well not have a number plate attached at all
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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k.

[that_impulse_guy]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134562227620?hash=item1f5488a5a4:g:9e8AAOSw3b5kVtBR

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9e8AAOSw3b5kVtBR/s-l1600.jpg
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Gone: Yamaha DT50lc, Suzuki DR500, Suzuki A100, Kawasaki z250ltd, RD350YPVS, Suzuki DR Big, Kawasaki AR125, Kawasaki KMX200, Suzuki GS1000S, Katana 1100, GS550M, Suzuki RGV250
Now: Suzuki GSX400X, Suzuki RF900R, NS400R

[Nobby the Bastard]

Edit: Apparently it's a cat C/D. I really cannot see what is broken but by the same token it's blinding me with its ugly.

Unless the insurer thinks it was crashed through a branch of Claires....

https://mixdownmag.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/featuredglam.jpg
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[slowasyoulike]

Form. And function. This has neither.

https://i.imgur.com/mhYyK0E.png

Everything fits where it touches, and it's broken. What more could you ask for?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266192237585

[Bhud]

[P.]

[Easy-X]

[A100man]

Japan's most miserable offering made miserabler..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295690840122

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xFYAAOSwb~ZgWNT6/s-l800.jpg
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Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600

[Polarbear]

[Bhud]

Nah, I see similarities in style with 1930s Indians and 1930s HD Shovelheads, but not with that 2-wheeled car (which is, admittedly, probably a brilliant cross-continental tourer).

As for the GPZ305 - questionable bike even in its original form. I think Kawasaki (unlike Honda) didn't really give a shit about its smaller bikes in the 70s and 80s. It competed at the top, and sold the image by styling its "affordable" products to vaguely resemble the good bikes (GPZ 550, 750, 900, 1100, etc.) My Z200 came with a (factory) formed elastic band rather than a bolt to hold the tank to the frame... I think that says it all.

[virus]

Id rather shit in my hands and clap than touch a gpz305 again.
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own: 81 xs1100g...
owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[Robby]

The frame on the 305 looks ideal for an experimental electric conversion. Nice big area inside, two rails at the bottom to mount the motor and enough space left for some batteries and a controller.

Even better, if the whole project never gets finished, you've only taken a 305 off the road.

[Easy-X]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266268371860

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CS0AAOSwbxdkbJRL/s-l800.jpg

[Nobby the Bastard]

It should be given an award for the most optimistic speedo ever.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[A100man]

[WD Forte]

[WD Forte]

No number plate light I see and I don't think its old enough to qualify for
a silver/black plate which AFAIK should be on the offside if not centred
the last MOT in 2011 shows it had done 44 thou back then.
its a load of crap anyway
My old bike was historical, but I stuck an MOT on it anyway pre selling it
to prove it had been independently checked for road worthiness.
I wonder how much crap like this is sold unfit for purpose.
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bikers smell of wee

[slowasyoulike]

[WD Forte]

I noticed the builder swapped the original lovely lovely Comstar wheels for spokes
When A100man sees that travesty he'll lose his shit.
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bikers smell of wee

[slowasyoulike]

"Hello, can I help you?

"Why yes. I'd like a pig's breakfast please."

"Certainly Sir, that'll be two thousand pounds."

https://i.imgur.com/9Ypsv7c.png

[slowasyoulike]

Oh, and I know trike projects are pretty low hanging fruit for this sort of a thread, but I thought it worth posting this as a fantastic example of a photo that actively encourages you not to buy the machine on offer:

https://i.imgur.com/QasRRoI.png

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275909420446

[Polarbear]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[A100man]