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Offline Tahitian_Red

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They come out of the woodwork.....
« on: March 13, 2013, 06:00:50 am »
Like sharks sniffing blood in the water, whenever some bike "similar" to theirs is going for big money they think theirs will too.  Two tank stickers, a seat cover and a pair of Fox Air Shox and voila you have a Moto-X Fox Factory Race Bike.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1979-HONDA-CR250R-ELSINORE-MOTO-X-FOX-FACTORY-RACE-BIKE-/330887932644?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item4d0a752ae4   

To quote him, "There aren't many of these out there!"  Based on the number of seat covers, tank stickers and Fox Airs for sale on eBay each week there are potentially hundreds of them.

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« Last Edit: March 13, 2013, 06:05:33 am by Tahitian_Red »
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Re: They come out of the woodwork.....
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2013, 01:14:16 pm »
They must have been out of the alloy chain guides when they built this bike ;),the black crankcases are different,some factory bikes had all black motors :)

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Re: They come out of the woodwork.....
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2013, 03:49:04 pm »
Wants to grow up like this one, his big brother!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978-Honda-CR250R-Elsinore-Moto-X-Fox-Factory-Racer-/151008408603?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item2328cd741b

You pay a lot for a swing arm and Fox forks and a tidy up!!!!!!!!

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Re: They come out of the woodwork.....
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2013, 04:40:32 am »
This one has Simons forks, but no triples and could use a Thor arm to be an early Fox replica.  At least he doesn't claim there aren't many of them around (this week).

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-CR-moto-x-fox-ahrma-vintage-suzuki-yamaha-kawasaki-honda-1978-1979-simons-/171009188320?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item27d0f121e0#v4-41
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Re: They come out of the woodwork.....
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2013, 08:56:41 am »
Oh my gawd, my eyes.  yellow fork protectors, red hubs and black rims :o

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Re: They come out of the woodwork.....
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2013, 10:52:32 am »
You pay a lot for a swing arm and Fox forks and a tidy up!!!!!!!!
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Shit you are not wrong, there is nice CR250RZ sitting about for 5 K Kiwi for ages now, I would start with that and add the good shit. 17" shox are everywhere, forks would be $2000 and you could probably find a swinger if you look hard enough.

17K is real deal 360 territory.
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Re: They come out of the woodwork.....
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2013, 12:14:30 pm »
set of Fox Forx on Mark's this morning - but $3K though.
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Re: They come out of the woodwork.....
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2013, 12:47:06 pm »
set of Fox Forx on Mark's this morning - but $3K though.

theres a set on Trademe for 3K NZD at the moment, they seem to have gone up 50% in the last couple of years
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Re: They come out of the woodwork.....
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2013, 03:18:25 pm »
set of Fox Forx on Mark's this morning - but $3K though.

Hey, you can have one of mine for that money ;)
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Re: They come out of the woodwork.....
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2013, 03:32:00 pm »
set of Fox Forx on Mark's this morning - but $3K though.

theres a set on Trademe for 3K NZD at the moment, they seem to have gone up 50% in the last couple of years

Gee, $3K NZ; thats not bad.....about $4.75aud! I'm onto them!
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