Nobody loves a trick bike more than moi and I love it when someone goes to the trouble to replicate his dream bike but I do wish they'd advertise them as tribute or replica and not alude that they're the real thing.
But back to the Pro Tec Yamaha, in this case it is the real thing, the Pro Tec is just as much an HL500 as the NVT bikes or whatever you like, actually given that the Aberg bikes that were raced were Pro Tec frames then you could say that they are the real HL500s, the Hallman bikes ditto as they were Pro Tec, the NVT bikes not as they came off a different jig, but however they were advertised as HL500s by Yamaha.
So I would say the advertiser is totally accurate, it is Pro Tec Aberg rep and a very special one as it has racing provenance and highly developed engine. Regarding the price, his bike he can ask what he wants. As I mentioned given that the other Pro Tec HL had a 50K price tag it is not out of the park, RH250s are up there as are CCM, this bike has a better pedigree than some of the CCMs that come up.
Good Post
HLs are HLs,
Excellent Copies of the TORSTEN HALLMAN RACING "Bengt Aberg Replica".
I have had mine for over 30years I have never called it a HL because it's not,
Back then I payed twice the price of a brand new TT500 for it so in today's currency say $20,000
And that was a bike with no real history.
I rate the RN400 well above the RH250 because there was far fewer of them,
And CCM if they could have seen the forest not just the trees..
