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Marque Remarks => Suzuki => Topic started by: MX? on July 21, 2009, 05:54:58 pm

Title: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: MX? on July 21, 2009, 05:54:58 pm: Anyone following this one (dumb question no doubt ::))
AUD$13,000 and a long way to go. :o

(http://i.ebayimg.com/02/!BWq7CbgBGk~$(KGrHgoOKkIEjlLmVgL3BKYjVGWbOQ~~_12.JPG)
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: AjayVMX on July 21, 2009, 06:19:16 pm: Thanks for letting us know about this one. It will certainly be interesting to see where it ends up. :o
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: JohnnyO on July 21, 2009, 07:11:24 pm: There's another one on Mark's swapmeet for US$27,000. Are they really worth that much?
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: cyclegod on July 21, 2009, 07:19:05 pm: Quote from: JohnnyO on July 21, 2009, 07:11:24 pm
There's another one on Mark's swapmeet for US$27,000. Are they really worth that much?

It's the same one.
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: JohnnyO on July 21, 2009, 07:24:49 pm: Quote from: cyclegod on July 21, 2009, 07:19:05 pm
Quote from: JohnnyO on July 21, 2009, 07:11:24 pm
There's another one on Mark's swapmeet for US$27,000. Are they really worth that much?

It's the same one.
We know what his ebay reserve will be then.
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: VMX247 on July 21, 2009, 07:27:56 pm: I've seen that bike before ??? ring a bell anyone ???

Fair bit on the Rh67 if you do a search back on the main page...
looks like everyone voted and wants one- as the best bike :o ;D
cheers
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: Hoony on July 21, 2009, 07:31:32 pm: this maybe a question for Doc, how many RH67's were made and were they available to the general public ?
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: DR on July 21, 2009, 09:07:28 pm: yes they were available to a 'select' public but you had to be quick, cashed up, and a very serious competitor as only 200 were ever built. Price was about $1000US but this included the spares kit which consisted of a new barrel, spare piston and rings and a couple of sprockets, hence there's a couple of homeless barrels still floating around in VMX wilderness these days. This particular egay bike was spotted a few days back and mentioned in a previous post but no-one took the hint of 'an oldie' ;)

http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=8724.0 (http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=8724.0)
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: brent j on July 21, 2009, 09:49:59 pm: I wonder if that's Wes's old bike ::)

Sorry, couldn't resist
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: DR on July 21, 2009, 10:23:43 pm: ;D can't let it go can you Brent :D you were just jealous! :P
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: AjayVMX on July 21, 2009, 10:48:58 pm: All I can say is that for the Suzuki freak, they are the holy grail.... ;)

other than Joel's 1972 Works bike of course. ;D
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: firko on July 21, 2009, 10:57:46 pm: For that knd of money, that Suzuki isn't original enough for me, I'm a bit picky here but 27k is a lot of money. For that I'd expect a 100% complete and original bike. I can get a 100% original Monark 500 with GP provenance with enough change left over for a second hand WR450F for that kind of money. Sorry but I, and a number of US collectors I've spoken to who know the bike reckon it's way overpriced and will only sell to someone with so much dough they won't care....or a Japanese collector.
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: AjayVMX on July 21, 2009, 11:05:58 pm: The only factor there Firko is that as time goes on, the rarity of such bikes is increasing, not decreasing, evne if they are not 100% original. Maybe $27K is too much (I agree, it is), but who knows, it may be within someone's budget?

No doubt we'll find out soon enough. ;D
Title: Re: "First" TM 250 on ePay
Post by: MX? on July 25, 2009, 06:36:47 pm: Hmmm, stopped at $15,300, still a lot of loot for an old Suzi. ;D
Seems what people want and what people will pay are two VERY different things these days.