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Marketplace => eBay Finds => Topic started by: firko on July 17, 2013, 10:00:57 am

Title: LOP Swingarm
Post by: firko on July 17, 2013, 10:00:57 am
Here's just the ticket for those who want to avoid the optional alloy swingarm controversy. Cheap at half the price ::).   http://www.vintagemx.us/cgi-bin/largephoto.cgi?C=q2cqUe8yMjKcCGro&w=2  (http://www.vintagemx.us/cgi-bin/largephoto.cgi?C=q2cqUe8yMjKcCGro&w=2)
                                                                              (http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/lopswingarm_zpse0089891.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/lopswingarm_zpse0089891.jpg.html)
                                                                                                                                                                             FOR SALE
Ad # 3219772 July 15, 2013
 
LOP swingarm for suzuki rm 125/250
i think it fit's 76 and ?
$750.00

     Lee Mccollum
Corona, CA
Phone: 951-545-9242 | Email

 
 
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: Ted on July 17, 2013, 12:38:41 pm
Yep avoid the controversy and land right in the middle of it front and centre. This swingarm is made for a 1978 RM 250. Hardly eligible for Pre 78
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: bazza on July 17, 2013, 01:48:18 pm
I can see mark Dot Com twitching in his south Auckland mansion.
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: oldfart on July 17, 2013, 05:09:42 pm
Teds  .... onto it.       
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: crs-and-rms on July 18, 2013, 06:48:16 am
price has gone up sent seller a mesage about postage and he told me the price is now 1,000 usd for the arm
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: Vintmxman on July 18, 2013, 08:44:17 am
Well now isn't this interesting. He sold it to me yesterday for 750..we agreed on the deal and today he said someone offered him 800 and I was out of luck because he sold it them instead after we agreed..another freakin idiot to stay away from...what a complete asshole...seems like the world full of them as of late..tell him to keep the thing...I did
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: Vintmxman on July 18, 2013, 08:55:20 am
By the way I have a real LOP arm and it is in my opinion this one is not the real deal but a fake copied from mine that was for sale here a awhile back....this same fellow quizzed me for detailed pictures and measurements wanting to buy and then disappeared and low and behold he now has a brand new looking one..

Total crap !
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: Tahitian_Red on July 18, 2013, 08:55:49 am
How about the guy who offered him more after he had agreed to sell to you?  

I love when you are working on a deal with someone and then the second guy, who thinks he is out of the running, tells the guy the part is worth a lot more.
 >:(
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: Vintmxman on July 18, 2013, 09:38:25 am
The guy that actually bought the arm just called me asking me not to give him , the seller(Leeroy Mccollum , holeshot199 at hotmail .com) bad press..Problem isI didn't give him bad press, he did that to himself...the guy said he paid 1000 US for a fake LOP arm...jokes on him I guess. I feel bad for him..turns out the seller is a mechanic for a very famous US MX star (JS7) ..He is .fabbing  up fake arms and screwing over people while working in the industry at a high level...
I'm over it but still beware I'm sure he's built more than one...looks like a KLP arm with a LOP plate welded on to it...easy to do..
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: KB171 on July 18, 2013, 09:55:03 am
                     KLP arm, Beautiful welding  8)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/loparm_zpsbdb120e4.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/loparm_zpsbdb120e4.jpg.html)

                Original LOP arm undergoing crack testing at KB'S
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/photo_zps465b6f17.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/photo_zps465b6f17.jpg.html)
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: TM BILL on July 18, 2013, 09:55:45 am
While the seller is lacking in morals without doubt  ::)

Weather the arm is genuine or not is IMHO irrelevant , Original or copy really who gives continental   ::)

Back in the day they were a cool addition and to this day to us who remember them they are still a cool part . $1000.00, US if hes happy paying that good on him .The reality is in 10 yrs time all this stuff original or copies will be worth five eighths of fork all, when silly old forks like us have relived the past and are more concerned where were going to live out are days than about old bikes the lot will be worth fork all  ;D do you really think the kids will want it  ::)

If its a copy its less likely to be bent , cracked, or plain worn out so its probably a better option  ;) Im off to look at retirement brochures  :)
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: TM BILL on July 18, 2013, 09:57:50 am
KLP arm, Beautiful welding  8)
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/loparm_zpsbdb120e4.jpg) (http://s1260.photobucket.com/user/KAB171/media/loparm_zpsbdb120e4.jpg.html)

Shit KLP are actually reproducing something that resembles something from back in day  :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o rather than something in the builders imagination  ;) Still be worth fork all in 10 yrs though  ;)
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: Vintmxman on July 18, 2013, 09:58:58 am
All good points...he still a Dick , that didnt change...was the point...KLPAre super nice arms...
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: Davey Crocket on July 18, 2013, 10:00:06 am
You could tell it was a fake as the welds where too good looking and it had too good a shine/finish to it....Those KLP arms are beautiful pieces of work but most are his design and not "in the spirit of the sport" in my opinion. A mate here has bought a few but there not legal in our rules so cant use them. I feel for old mate who bought it (the LOP), but unless you name names, this sort of thing will keep happening.
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: KB171 on July 18, 2013, 10:14:33 am
  Well worth a look  8)

http://www.klpracing.com/
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: the stig on July 18, 2013, 10:15:44 am
While the seller is lacking in morals without doubt  ::)

Weather the arm is genuine or not is IMHO irrelevant , Original or copy really who gives continental   ::)

Back in the day they were a cool addition and to this day to us who remember them they are still a cool part . $1000.00, US if hes happy paying that good on him .The reality is in 10 yrs time all this stuff original or copies will be worth five eighths of fork all, when silly old forks like us have relived the past and are more concerned where were going to live out are days than about old bikes the lot will be worth fork all  ;D do you really think the kids will want it  ::)

If its a copy its less likely to be bent , cracked, or plain worn out so its probably a better option  ;) Im off to look at retirement brochures  :)


        :D :D :D   Spot on What we consider a work of ART the Kids call Junk..
                      The Kids have not got a clue as to its Value not that a lot of
                      Parts that we are paying big $$$ for are realy worth what we
                      are paying for it any how..
                      Unless its Genuine Nos Stuff  and some of that is over inflated
                      
                       The Stig
                      
                      
Title: Re: LOP Swingarm
Post by: firko on July 18, 2013, 11:45:45 am
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Shit KLP are actually reproducing something that resembles something from back in day  rather than something in the builders imagination
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Those KLP arms are beautiful pieces of work but most are his design and not "in the spirit of the sport" in my opinion. A mate here has bought a few but there not legal in our rules so cant use them
;D ;D ;D I was thinking the very same thing Bill and Joan. Karl's fabrication skills are some of the best I've ever seen but sometimes his grasp on period authenticity leaves a bit to be desired.