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A100man
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PostPosted: 13:55 - 18 May 2022    Post subject: Curious, bargain, FZ750? Reply with quote
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144558550782

Repurposed fuel tank is unusual.. Some nice bits on there exhaust alone is worth 150 I'd say..

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PostPosted: 16:38 - 18 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like a pile of junk to me. Junk I throw away. I don't throw away good money to obtain more. Could make a good project to never finish I suppose, give the spiders in the shed somewhere new to make a home.

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PostPosted: 17:14 - 18 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lost me at...

Rear subframe has been altered to carry petrol tank/seat

In otherwords, fcuked.
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PostPosted: 08:14 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you already had one, it might be worth the current bid of £205 as a source of spares, but not much more. I certainly wouldn't entertain trying to return such a shitter to the road.

A100man wrote:
exhaust alone is worth 150 I'd say..


That exhaust looks suspiciously like one of those cheap generic Chinese stainless jobs - I had one that looked exactly like it on a 400 Burgman - with a Micron sticker added for extra BHP?
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PostPosted: 08:49 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
If the carbs are fine I reckon it must be worth £150 for those alone.
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PostPosted: 09:44 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Polarbear wrote:
Rear subframe has been altered to carry petrol tank/seat

https://canduh.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/but-why-meme-generator-but-why-84103d.jpg
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PostPosted: 12:11 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
OK its shabby but could still be useful if the engines OK
and the price stays low.
Don't understand the shock and outrage over the rear subframe
Its a mono shock and the only load on the sub frame is for the riders arse.
The existing support could easily be reinforced.
This is different to when feckwits chop a twin shock into a mono.
Having the tank/fuel under your arse isn't any more dangerous than
having it under yer bollox/belly.

Buy it
Buy it now!
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PostPosted: 13:07 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
WD Forte wrote:

Don't understand the shock and outrage over the rear subframe
Its a mono shock and the only load on the sub frame is for the riders arse.


Because once you have done that the frame, in my view it's pretty much trash. If I bought a bike of that age and it wasn't as a spares source I'd want it back to original spec. For that you need an unadulterated frame.
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PostPosted: 13:39 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
WD Forte wrote:
OK its shabby but could still be useful if the engines OK
and the price stays low.


The likelihood of it being OK isn't all that great, I suspect. People who make the sort of ghetto modz suffered by that FZ are usually potless bodgers who wouldn't be caught wasting what cash they have on servicing and maintenance, and their name is usually the last to ever appear on the V5c.

It's a couple of hundred quid pile of spares, maybe a bit more if the engine could be heard running (in a way that didn't suggest imminent demise, obviously).
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PostPosted: 14:07 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
SOLD 256 quid! and I reckon it IS a bargain (for someone)

Micron Exhaust - 150
Engine - 100-150
Carbs - 50-100
17" wheels and (FZR?)rear swing arm conversion - 200
Hagon shock - 100
Forks - 50

Other stuff, well meh.
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PostPosted: 15:42 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
A100man wrote:
SOLD 256 quid! and I reckon it IS a bargain (for someone)

Micron Exhaust - 150
Engine - 100-150
Carbs - 50-100
17" wheels and (FZR?)rear swing arm conversion - 200
Hagon shock - 100
Forks - 50

Other stuff, well meh.


Nah, you have to stip it down, clean up the individual bits and deal with the pond life on FB market, gumtree and ebay to sell and make at most a couple of hudred profit. Then get rid of the rest of the junk no one wants before the wife emasculates you for doing it in the kitchen. I'm not at that stage of desparation yet. Wink
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PostPosted: 16:31 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Freddyfruitbat wrote:
Polarbear wrote:
Rear subframe has been altered to carry petrol tank/seat

https://canduh.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/but-why-meme-generator-but-why-84103d.jpg

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PostPosted: 19:35 - 20 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Original petrol tank full of rust I suspect.
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PostPosted: 18:48 - 21 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Polarbear wrote:
.. get rid of the rest of the junk no one wants before the wife emasculates you for doing it in the kitchen


'Wife'.. ha, ha, ha, Laughing
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PostPosted: 21:26 - 21 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
A100man wrote:
Polarbear wrote:
.. get rid of the rest of the junk no one wants before the wife emasculates you for doing it in the kitchen


'Wife'.. ha, ha, ha, Laughing


Well, look on them as a rather over rated and expensive optional extra in life. Then go and strip your bike down in the kitchen with no worries of retaliation. You'll feel better. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 11:05 - 22 May 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Polarbear wrote:
A100man wrote:


'Wife'.. ha, ha, ha, Laughing


Well, look on them as a rather over rated and expensive optional extra in life. Then go and strip your bike down in the kitchen with no worries of retaliation. You'll feel better. Thumbs Up


That does appear to be where it's heading..the feeling of liberation is hard to challenge.
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