HAd a guy offer me a 480cr 1982 - whats the go there ?

[Hoony]

I agree JohnnyO, always more expensive to build than to buy in 95 % of cases. but then most of the fun is in the build.

[STW996]

I have a pretty clean 82 480 and I have the advantage of owning a metal fabrication shop so saved a bit of money on some of the items, It cost me the following to rebuid an 480,

Purchase price was 1500 (1450 to much at the time!)
Sandblast frame 80.00
Powder coat (do my own but charge 70.00 per frame)
Powder coat hubs and brake backing plates (25.00 each including bead blast) 100.00
New rims and stainless steel spokes and fitting 900.00 (exel rims in this case)
re-bore and new piston kit 310.00
New gasket set (complete) 90.00
New crank seal and bearings/ gearbox bearings 180.00
New tyres, rim locks tubes 220.00
New plastics (couple of years back now) 300.00
New seat cover plus fit 100.00
New bars and gips 100.00
Air filter and other parts 200.00
Shock re-build and fork referb 250.00 (now have fitted new Ohlins 1200.00)
Brake shoes 90.00
Re-zinc all bolts and steel items 60.00
new chain and sprokets 220.00
Lots of time (over 80 hours)
Total cost 4770.00 but this is without and outside labour costs (biggest cost was the wheels so can save some money here if a bike has good ones)

Just to give you a general idea of costs

Shane

[Freakshow]

Wheels and stuff are good, tank is shitty as is the blue (83) seat and the frame seems to be very veru orange and the plastics very red. Kinda hurts your eyes to see the miss match.

[pirie593]

Colours can make the bike go faster, you know......

How much you want to pay for something depends on what you want to do with it and how you want it to look when you are doing that.

Having grown up with no money for racing, I recognise that I have a long entrenched mindset about my bikes....as long as the suspension works and the engine runs, I don't care too much about the looks (a bit similar to my attitude towards my body).  Even now that I can afford a bit better in the looks department (there is life after kids), I still find it hard to part with the extra dollars that go towards making the bike look so good....and that is despite appreciating great looking machinery every time I see it.

Close you eyes, Freaky.  The colour sounds terrible, but the engine, exhaust etc looks great.

[JohnnyO]

The '82 was a deep red and the '83 an orangy red..just paint the frame the deep red and it's all good.

[shorelinemc]

will have an 83 cr480 for sale next week should be thru aqis this week

[Freakshow]

Pirie i think the pipe looks good cause its a DG  with a DG can.

[TT]

So have you bought it, Freaky?
If so, how are those girly arms of yours going to hang onto it?? 

Sorry, I got given 10 litres of port last week........................... 

[Rossvickicampbell]

dont be sorry - Freaky deserves it