OzVMX Forum
Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rosco400 on November 20, 2007, 09:35:55 pm
-
heres a clean example in Vic for sale, sure a forum member wanted one not that long ago,
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/OSSA-Phantom-1974-original-unrestored-low-hours_W0QQitemZ110195990376QQihZ001QQcategoryZ102690QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
-
Let the fun/whinging/posting/bidding/cat fight begin. ;D ;D
-
I know jack about Ossa's apart from owning a MAR250 for a couple of years back in the day as our US friends say!
That Phantom seems like a reasonable deal given it's all there and ready to go save for the gearbox problem.
Lets see if all the guys who say they are desparate to get racing go for it ???
See you at the back of the pack in 08 ;)
-
a mark 7 pursang in similar condition would be similar in $$$$,s i guess , along with the suziki rh (is it ?) good competitive pre 75 bikes aren,t that easy to come by , especially ones of low run production numbers , so i hope it sells easily , possibly a good chance it will go off shore do u think ??
-
I heard that this bike was actually sold to a guy in W.A. paid the money up front and organised transport etc but bike didn't show up.
The guy then had to fly to VIC and chase his money up.?????
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o
The expression 'buyer beware' comes to mind. ;)
Did he just collect his money or was there some 'car park' counciling administed as well. ::) ;D
-
Out of curiosity I looked up the ebay sellers list of other items and looky looky whats there - a subject of discussion and some amusement a little while ago (starting price was $12,000 IIRC). I think it's the third time its been listed.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/mx250a/9720_1.jpg)
This guy is a trader (probably buying cheap(ish) in the US and importing) - nothing wrong with that. But portraying himself differently, as an enthusiast "...regretable sale, selling to finance new project..." I have a prob with that. Buyer beware. ;)
-
Any forum members living close to or know the seller in Shepparton Vic who can suss the seller out :-\ Buyer beware does come to mind or if the WA bloke is forum reader and if it true is out there, any comment would be appreciated i'm sure
-
I have had no drama's with the seller, and I imagine neither will you. He is in fact a racer and like the rest of us, occasionally buys and sells, which most of us have to do to help fund the ones we want to keep. These are few and far between, and if I didn't already have one this would be mine!
Cheers,
K
-
Thanks Michael,more reassuring is a good thing, cheers! :)
-
The height of gearlever in relation to foot peg may have something to do with the occasionally missing gear changes .
-
I live about 70ks away .I know this seller as a gentleman and VMX Racing Champion..,that helped my boys and me heaps when they started the junior VMX class years ago (remember one meeting around 1991/1992 at Whaia near Shepparton the boys raced a Hodaka Super 100 and a modified SL125 against the then latest !! OK they were a the rear of the field BUT everyone even the announcer, was watching the two young blokes on them old "shitters" having a rough and tumble bloody ball. Oh and the sound of of the little Honda's megaphone on full song was so different then to all the KX,YZ,RM,CR,KTM etc two strokers ;) I"m sorry I digress. John Has my backing and the machines should be of fine quality. Tim 754
-
My sources in W.A. have confirmed to me that it is a different person who was selling a Phantom in a simalar region in VIC.
The bike they were buying was around the simalar price range $5000.oo and condition also.
I have emailed the seller for some more detailed pic's I see if he emails them to me and post them up.
I asked a few questions in regards to a buy it now price but he want's to let the auction run it's corse as he has had a lot of interest etc.
As you would.
I would love this model of bike but you can only ride one at a time but it would look soooo good next to my yz250a and yz360a yamaha's.
Oh well let the bidding begin. :)
-
Hey paul sell a Maico and buy the phantom.
-
I understand the publicity, and agree the frame and swinger look light and trick euro parts and touches and stuff, but the motors still look a bit umm agricultural to me. But then like the mona lisa each sees it in differant light.
-
mmmmmmmmmm ;)
-
Small world this. Just bought a OSSA fuel tank off BigK. Arrived today. :)
I've found that with the gearbox you have to be very firm in shifting and move the lever in its full travel.
I wear size 11 boots and its still a reach to the lever. Some blokes have shortened the gearlever to make it easier.
Lyndon
-
Ahhhhhh go on Paul - it's only money. One decent tree felling job and the Ossa's yours, lol :D
-
Hey paul maybe I should sell that skateboard deck to MR T.H. and that would be a good deposit on that Phantom.
This might be a sign as that deck is called the "PHANTASMAGORIA".
1974 Phantoms are in my top five pre 1975 vmx list:
1: yamaha yz360a
2: twinport cz
3: ossa phantoms
4: maico 501
5: 1974 kx250 tossing up between a falta CZ.
Cya
-
adam im preety sure you dont have to sell any thing if you want it but i think i would take there offer in case
the bird dropped of the perch , you can only tempt fate so many times then you never get a sighed one for the your young bloke
-
1974 Phantoms are in my top five pre 1975 vmx list:
1: yamaha yz360a
2: twinport cz
3: ossa phantoms
4: maico 501
5: 1974 kx250 tossing up between a falta CZ.
Cya
Is that VMX'ers to race or VMX'ers to invest in?
-
MX250 IN MY OPINION,
TO RACE, INVEST, TO LOOK AT. :) (MAICO 501 MAYBE NOT TO RACE).
CYA
-
We have a Texas racer-Joe Busby who not only races his 501 Maico, but it is the excact bike he owned in 1973- he found it and bought back in 1993. Bike works very well, runs great too. Then again, it is not a zero hr original.
-
HERE'S ONE THAT JUST FINSHED IN THE USA THIS MORNING READY TO RACE.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120184049369&rd=1
THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A FEW ON EBAY IN THE US AND ALOT GO ALOT CHEAPER THAN THIS.
YOU ALSO SEE THE 125 AND 175 FROM TIME TO TIME.
I'M JUST A BIT SUSS ON THE GEAR BOX DESCRIPTION FOR THE AUSSIE ONE.
CYA
-
Yep that one was the one to get.
Nice colour. he has done a good job on setting it up as it looks porn, much better than the blue orange look.
and a rebuilt motor has to be big bonus.
-
Yep, good memory Rosco, I'm still looking, thanks for bringing this one up. Last few days I've been busy chasing the one in California. Had been raced fairly hard but care taken to get it back into shape. Emulators in the forks, good shocks, Mikuni, and big engine rebuild including Yamaha rod and modified gear selectors. But someone over there really knows how to handle an Ebay bid - nailed the reserve exactly in the closing seconds. ??? ??? Maybe next time, eh ? Cheers, T250
-
thats a snipe thats all, you can use em too. the software drops the bid with 7 seconds to go ( or whatever you set) sign up get 3 free, rest are a pissy percentage, and youll never miss an overnight close again, or pump up an auction before it closes.
'http://www.auctionsniper.com/?how=baggypants69'
Easy eBay bid sniper solutions ;D
-
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1979-Ossa-Phantom-250cc-Motocross-Dirt-Bike_W0QQitemZ280177616185QQihZ018QQcategoryZ6719QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
-
I'm back :D
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:VRI&item=110199005783
Passed in with no bids at $6500. Now back starting at $1000, "reserve not met"
-
The way the bidding is going it would of been easier to win it the first time round. Up to $5300 with a day or so to go.
I think I've got wind of another one locally...have to wait to find out... :(
Lyndon
-
Check out ebay u.s. they have a gp 1, 2 and 3 all listed at the same time. Now where did I put that money for a rainy day?
-
I dont understand why Ebay motor has to be different to ebay. It would be easier to search if they weren't.
My work finishes at xmas so I can't buy any more OSSA's this year( got 7 this calander year anyhow).
Lyndon
-
I found that money that i had stashed for a rainy day and now I'm a member of the ossa owners club, and all for just over a grand to my front door (well nearly) I have to get it from the Gold coast to Brisbane.
Woo Hoo!!!!!!