Small Classic(ish) Bike Anyone?

[Vincent]

You could do worse than this, don't let the looks put you off, they're actually OK to ride. Exhaust was prone to corrosion so this one must have been looked after.

www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C394378
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[pepperami]

Nice little bike.
Would not be ashamed to have that in the garage.
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[Vincent]

I picked up an old KE125 for £100 a couple of years ago and one that was nowhere near as good, (as in; it was a wreck), fetched £340 on the Big Bad Bay last week - there's also a restored one, that I can find loads of incorrect parts on, for sale for £2,600 so they're deffo an investment these old bikes - the not so pretty as well as the popular. In fact, as a lot of the less popular bikes weren't looked after and rescued in the 90s - they're even rarer.

EBay KE:-

https://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/Drewskovitch/Jap%2070s%20bike%20toys/_1_zps5ef26c5d.jpg

Restored jobbie:-

www.autotrader.co.uk/bikes/motorcycles/kawasaki/ke/125cc/1978-kawasaki-ke-125-cc-wigan-bfpa-201237485124983?logcode=p
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[pepperami]

I like some of these older Japanese bikes.
For example I like the old Honda CD 250 and the like.

That said , I have enough on my plate making my 1980 Superdream good
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[Vincent]

I remember having a go on the old CB200 - the one that had a slilly pretend leather panel on the tank - and was quite surprised how much fun it was although I came off it due to awful tyres and nearly took half my head off with the screen but yeah...another classic no doubt.

https://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/Drewskovitch/Jap%2070s%20bike%20toys/4997642556_6f10cd72a6_z_zpsdfee3cc4.jpg


I'm always completely bewildered at how many Superdreams are still going - 'never saw that coming. There are probably as many 250/400 strokers around but most of them are trailered around and don't see the light of day. My mate had a brand new Dream, (the one before the superdream with the rounder tank), and it did have a nice finish I must admit - but dreadfully slow compared to the two strokes. You could tell the lads who's bikes were paid for by their parents as they had nice, sensible, quiet Honda Dreams
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[Vincent]

If you don't like the Z200, there's always this...slightly rarer Kwaker:-

https://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/Drewskovitch/Jap%2070s%20bike%20toys/4273719_zps1a410cc5.jpg

www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C456653
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[Kickstart]

Hi

If you want to play around and make something that looks a bit Bimota ish then there are these replica parts:-

https://www.motocicliveloci.it/inglese/catalogue/replicabimota_uk.htm

All the best

Keith
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[Vincent]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[Kickstart]

[-Matt-]

Definately prone to corrosion - tank particularly in my case. I got a similar mileage '82 SB200 for not far off the price of that. Would really recommend it or similar to novices interested in 'older' bikes though.

Had a good time buggering about with it the winter before last. Certainly not one for longterm investment , but as you say to get a bit of 'classic' feeling on a budget its does the job.

Parts have been a problem with a few things due them being totally unavailable anymore used or otherwise, but i've got by bodging similar bits n' pieces onto it.

Never had it out on the road since fixing it up a bit, and probably never will as I have no where to store it long-term now so its SORN'd n stored and likely to be sold in the next year, but as a relative young'un whos been on newish bikes generally it was really fun having something a little old toy about withhttps://i44.tinypic.com/2r5reqd.jpghttps://i40.tinypic.com/rs4kd3.jpghttps://i40.tinypic.com/111qr86.jpghttps://i42.tinypic.com/jr8hkz.jpg

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[garth]

Not as spaff as this on ebay at the moment.

https://i.ebayimg.com/t/Yamaha-YR5-R5-Classic-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/IBkAAOxyVLNS2DeN/$_57.JPG


Edit - It's ended now. Just as well.

[mudcow007]

RD250/ 350 for me

not the LC though as they are are for shmucks

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[pepperami]

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Yeah that's crazy talk. The LCs ruled.
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Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[bezzabsa]

Z200 ok until the cam eats the head. then its new top end time!!!

[N cee thirty]

Rxs is the cheapest small bike you could probably have the most fun on, x5's not far behind.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[stevo as b4]

I've always mainly been a Yamaha and Kawasaki man most of all. Have owned a Honda or two, but never spunked all over them in the same way.

I have to say though that for road bike's I'm a bit anti Yamaha these days, simply because any air or liquid cooled Yamaha 2stroke has for ages had massively inflated value's due to collectors pulling themselves silly over them, and the opinion that Yamaha make the greatest 2strokes.

I'd rather have one of the less over inflated value other brands when I'm looking for a 2stroke road bike these days.

I know that Honda 2strokes are very expensive for some models (NSR MC28) etc, but all Yamaha 2strokes seem expensive compared to the equivalents.

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