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Marketplace => For Sale => Topic started by: NGK on May 07, 2012, 03:05:49 pm
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hi guys
im thinking on selling my 250 bultaco astro.
i was told the motors healthy and the frames real nice and been powder coated & has excel rims.
looking for $6500
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Hmmmmmm nice but a bit out of my self funded retiree price range!
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NGK is that astro the same bike cj from mainjet rode at broadford dt
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classic lines the Astro, the 2 ( 250 & 360) restored on display at broady were top notch.
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location??
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Can I please ask a question, not necessarily of the seller either but anyone who can respond and teach me.
Simply put, why are this bike so expensive. I look at the bike and just struggle to see where the money is in it. That's is not a smart arse question, I sincerely wish to learn what it is about this bike (any maybe Bultaco Astros in general) that makes them so expensive. Is it just that they are really rare?
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Not really rare, well maybe over here. but that what people ask for them and thats what other bully lovers will pay for them. As always you can find dearer ones and you can find cheaper ones. it is what it is.
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I don`t think the frame is much different to a Mk5-6 MK7. MK8 frame other then the rear loop.
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It all comes down to what floats ya boat. For me they were a purpose built racer that swept the field in the day, so they have their place in history. They have clean lines and go like stink. I race a mk6 (which every 'officianardo' tells me is a pursang) and I love it. Couldn't afford the fancy duck tail model but to me the mk6 is the evolution from pursang to duck tail so it's even more expensive (ha ha ha!).
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They dont grow on trees thats for sure. If you really want one (or indeed any bike!) do what it takes to raise the cash and grab it I say! J
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They now run a class/race in the states call "astro cup" maybe that helps puts them in the "wanted" list ! their a very fast and cool bike with a lot of history going right back back to the early 70's at the astrodome where blokes like Ronnie Rall,Mike Kidd,Todd Houston,,Jim Odom,Tom Rapp blitzed allcomers on 1/4 -1/2 mile ? ,another golden time for Bultaco ;)
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Would almost take my suzuki tattoo off---- almost :o
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My longtime suzuki tatt sits just fine alongside a my few other favourite brands - all having their time in the sun ;)
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DBA,the frame is completely different to the pursang 6,7,8 type.Look at the tubes under the engine.The tank is shorter than a pursang.The tubes under the seat are different and also smaller in diameter.
I think the headstock is angle is steeper, not to mention the bolt on adjustable footpegs.
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Sure is priddy......the only time sqare number plates look cool....what where the Aussies thinking when they made that rule? 8)
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There is 4 available on vft.org for $8k
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Any luck with the sale NGK?
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That's a really nice little Astro NGK. It's a shame you have to sell it but if you do I hope it goes to NSW as both modern and vintage short trackers are about to get a class of their own at Nepean Raceway. Quite a number of Champions, Trackmasters and Astros have come into the country over the last couple of years so the more we can get onto the track the better. Right now the short track moderns will be running in conjunction with the speedway bikes on Nepeans speedway track and I've been told that as soon as enough vintage trackers start to appear, a vintage class or two will be created to cater for them. The advantage of owning one of these bikes is that they fit into the vintage dirt track class criteria just by fitting a front frake so you get a fair bit of bang for your buck.
Below: My cheap as chips Hindall Yamaha 360
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/flattrackhindall.jpg)
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Stunning Bulto Flat tracker.
I have a 250 motor that is surplus if anyone wants to build a replica. It is a 250 motor that was designed for a go cart, so would be a good option for a flattracket I would have thought. Nice and clean, sat wasted in my garage.
(also a Sammy Miller High-boy trials bike that needs a new home, but that is another story...would also needa bug jiffy bag to post that!)
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ive decided to keep the astro..
Good decision. If you'd have sold it not a day would have gone by when you didn't regret it. ;)
I once sold a Champion framed Yamaha SC500 short tracker and started regretting the sale before the bloke had even left my driveway with the bike in his ute. :-\
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I totally agree with Firko.
My father had a bike shop through the 50's, 60's & 70's and the stories he told me about the bikes he let escape make me want to cry.
I rarely let anything go but there have been a few exceptions, now all ya gotta do is ride it, the Classic DT titles are in the ACT this year, not too far away from home? ;)
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Jeezus NGK, I've had more than my fair share of injuries but 40 hours of surgery has me pegged, only by about 10 hours.
I know how you felt, I've been to see my Surgeon today and without elaborating I'm not real happy with his prognosis, when I walked out of the surgery I felt like selling everything, getting a divorce and moving to Russia.
The Astro really is a DT Icon and I reckon you'd be mad to unload it, unless you really have to.
Happy sliding, Steve
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Good stuff enjoy it
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Shit you've been through the hospital wars NGK, I hope the foot eventually returns to something close to what it should be.
I love these flat trackers and have acumulated a couple of bikes and enough odds and sods to build a street tracker myself. Mine's a very long term project using a 650 Benelli Tornado motor, Trackmaster frame, Yamaha R6 forks, Morris magnesium wheels and who knows what else. Shown below is an early mock up using my Trackmaster frame.
(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m392/cherie_jones/IMG_5868.jpg)