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Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 9:33 am
by JonW
Im sure a vast amount of work went into this and I saw pics of Phil's bike at a show parked next to this one so I know its being ridden/shown. But why do all that work to make something perfect for yourself and then try to sell it... They always sell better standard and I fear the next buyer will want it back to the OEM look.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/323200461641?ul_noapp=true
Re: Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 8:59 pm
by matty
Yeah, I'm with you Jon.
You can't charge the moon when your selling your custom build.
Re: Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:49 pm
by JonW
Well you can if its pretty and well thought out... not all of them are tho, just sayin. lol
Re: Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:22 am
by Antman
But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Nothing to do with the above Rz
Every ones doin the Rgv thingo these days personally I think it makes an Lc look quite bulky and long, I don't see the point in making it look like a modern bike.
Id rather see an Lc with period mods personally.......................................then some guys like stock Lc's .
Re: Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:16 pm
by JonW
Dont think many guys are doin RGV parts on their bikes now, the RGV stuff is circa $1500 to buy now...
FWIW If you put more power into an LC, lengthening the swinger is a good plan. slows the steering but also stops you ending up flipped.
Re: Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 8:31 pm
by Antman
That’s true Jon re swingarm length, plenty of fellas out there racing on stock swingarms tho going faster than the average road punter.
I had a chat to the owner of that RZ when it was advertised for $6,900 on ebay strangely it disappeared the next day so I messaged him his reply was a punter came to look at it and dropped it in the driveway upon return.
He said the punter purchased it , but the add sounds like it’s the original Builder.
This is all very strange.
Re: Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 1:11 am
by OzzyElsie
Maybe 7/10
I'm not a big fan of the Streetfighter style. I like the blue frame and fork legs, the yellow highlights. The seat tail piece is wrong and the mismatched decals make it more wrong.
Custom resto are always hard to sell and even hard to 'get your money back'. But it is still a case of buyer and seller having a meeting of minds and wallets - ya never know your luck in a big city..