eBay 'specials' and other junk finds

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Re: eBay 'specials' and other junk finds

Post by bikemonkey » Sun Mar 09, 2014 11:18 am

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-vfr400- ... 4ad1a0abca

Certainly a special. I wonder what a 500cc two stroke engine in the NC30 frame would be like....

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Post by squirrel_hunter » Mon Mar 10, 2014 1:26 am

Most interesting.

However, bought and moved on quickly rings a couple of alarm bells. May well be genuine, or a big problem has been discovered. I'd want to look at it in the flesh first. But for that price it is tempting regardless. Would be nice to see what else has been done to get the engine in there. It looks like there are some engine mounting brackets that are new but what else was needed? Also where is the 2Stroke tank, or is it premix? And the pipes, 2Strokes need good pipes to work well, I cant see how they look to get a rough idea of the quality of work.

But overall very interesting and a good project for some one...

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Re: eBay 'specials' and other junk finds

Post by GeeTee » Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:45 pm

Bit of a mess

Nice job on the exhaust :stupid:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-vfr-400 ... 6016.l4276

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Post by NGneer » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:30 pm

Full race exhaust system ................ complete with rear manifold and oem front downpipes :?

Also I think this should get special attention in the Emerald Isle, as according to the description it comes with a "Paddy Daddy " end can :grin:

(http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VFR400- ... 2338459ed9)

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Post by Drunkn Munky » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:36 am

Not sure what to say about this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-FZR400 ... 27e151e532

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Post by bikemonkey » Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:04 pm

Drunkn Munky wrote:Not sure what to say about this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-FZR400 ... 27e151e532
Death trap?

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Post by VFRkieran » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:11 pm

Bloody hell can you imagine if you blew that up, you'd have a conrod sticking out the back of your head!

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Re: eBay 'specials' and other junk finds

Post by willandrip » Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:55 pm

Badly thought out and engineered heap of shite.
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Re: eBay 'specials' and other junk finds

Post by bikemonkey » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:27 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/honda-nc30-vf ... 3a8e64c3a1

How has this reached that price already?

I know it looks well done, but an original bike would struggle to fetch much more than that.

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Re: eBay 'specials' and other junk finds

Post by jim157 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 8:43 pm

I imagine the looks of a CBR600 coupled with the insurance costs of a 400 will appeal to the youth of today.
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