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Marque Remarks => Honda => Topic started by: Rossvickicampbell on May 12, 2010, 12:05:00 am
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-KSI-Thumper-Frames-410-MX-/230471714053?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item35a92f4505
cheers
Rossco
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l was wondering how long it would take for someone to spot this bike and put it on the forum.
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This is the second time it's been on ebay in the last fortnight and it's hard to believe it hasn't sold.
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YUK!
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Not a fan then K man :D
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Who likes KSI's????
Not I. They look very home made.
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This is a rare piece of kit. There's a fairly lengthy thread concerning Cheneys and the KSI and their similarity somewhere else on the forum. I may have seen this bike before. I recall racing at an event in Corona in or around '77/78 and being pitted next to bar one from these guys with a KSI with red guards instead of the correct yellow. It may be a different bike but the fenders do narrow it down a bit. In my opinion these bikes are the ducks guts as far as early Honda XL conversions and I'd love one. With a bit of a resto, this bike would look far less home made and more like the designers intended. Where's KSI Derek?
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/KSI_4.jpg)
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I'm with Firko they are nice,typical Lady Bradalot your taste is in your arse.....along with your husbands you know what :-*
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The fact that Marty Moates rode one in the GP's makes them cool and an important part of history for me.. and i've always had a soft spot for 4 strokes.
Pommy bikes have always looked a bit 'homemade' but they do the job.
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I love the "home made" comment ;D Bloody right they were, in the coal shed behind my house. I've got a huge pile of cash waiting for this baby. It's a shame US customs wont let it go without a title. I dont think John, the owner will break it down taking the title out of the equasion, so I'm a bit stuffed. I'm guessing the reserve is quite high on this one so your probably going to have to be very keen to win it. There is another one I have my eye on that isn't being advertised at the moment, and it's in the UK. That alone would save at least 25% in taxes and freight on the price. The reason I want one is because I made them. With only 14 left in the world geting hold of one is going to be fun.
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Derek how many KSI's were made originally?
Wouldn't it be possible to buy it and send to a shipper who specializes in bikes and have them break it down and send to the UK in parts?
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We made just 44 in total. Most went to the states and Sweeden. Do you have any details of companies that will strip and send as parts? If they will that could make a deal possible.
I'm always seeing nice bikes for sale in the states and have been warned many times not to even think about it without the right paperwork.
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I'm always seeing nice bikes for sale in the states and have been warned many times not to even think about it without the right paperwork.
Never heard of a problem shipping an off road bike. Be nice to have the real deal instead of having whip one up from an XL250/ ;D
As for Big K he has an aversion and is in denial that they actually won GPs.
I think it says it all that Bengt Aberg actually found that slipping a TT500 into a Husqvarna frame was a huge improvement.
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I love the "home made" comment ;D
:-[
That will teach me for shooting from the hip.
The #43 pic looks great (back pedal) compared to the one for sale.
Very cool to have a great such as Marty Moates ride and win on one.
We both have made things. You made a cool bike and I made.... a mess in the shed!
Hey Johhny O, time for my next history lesson!
Its times like these I feel it was a bummer being an 80's guy. A lot of cool stuff happened in the 70's.
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Bengt Aberg came and sat on the bike in the states after Marty Moates beat him in a national four stroke race. He wanted to ride the bike but Allen Greenwood was a bit concerned about all the contracts involved and said "no". The bikes handled well enough but they wern't cheap. The other problem was always the cost of making an xl350 go fast reliably. Add this together and why spend such a lot of money on a bike when you could spend half as much and get something that was just as fast right off the peg.
Looking back I know a lot of the big teams around at the time had a real good look at the bike. I think if nothing else it demonstrated that you could make a lightweight modern fourstroke that could keep up with the best two strokes around. With all the emissions issues going on in the states at the time I know at least one of the big four started spending a lot more cash on four stroke development. They might have even given us a bit as well ;)
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Another view of the Moates works KSI
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1062154/moatesthumpa.jpg)
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That KSI on ebay got to $8722 and didn't make the reserve!!
Last time it was listed it only got to $1600.
Marty Moates bike looks cool..the one on ebay looks like it's been looped out with the arse sticking up in the air.
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hey 090 cool stuff did happen in the 70s but i cant remember what- god they were the days
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Stunning bike. My garage is full, but there is always room for one (or two) more.
The KSI is one that will definately find space.
The 43 bike is Dick Tett's in the UK. Seeing him fly round on it at Farleigh a few years ago is the reason I would like one.
Open pipes flat out, mmmmm tasty, what a mega noise!
I want one!
If I knew how to post pics I would stick up some nice KSI bits and bobs.
How is it done? Do I have to link to a remote site (cant be doing with that) or can I just insert an image from my PC, please let me know
Cheers
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You can't post pics directly here. Either host them elsewhere (like Photobucket or Flickr) and then insert them here using the IMG button, or upload them on the main OzVMX site (http://ausvmx.ning.com) and then insert them here, again using the IMG button.
And I agree, beautiful bikes those KSIs.
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oh.
Thanks for the quick reply. I've never done that before, so may be a while sussing it out.
Will post some images of some bits and bobs that may be of interest when I have worked it out.....