Yes. Be vewy, vewy quiet. Don't let the cat out of the bag by letting people know that some people on one side of the world are buying bikes from other people on the other side of the world.....
...and if anyone posts up any links to those forums I'll log in with a clever alias and try hard not to make it totally obvious by playing a complete stranger who happens to be very passionate about the subject and by using the exact same style of grammarless communication as I usually do...
Anyway, in-jokes aside, I'm negotiating with the import guy who usually imports car parts for me for my Subaru. The bike is in Japan and he's the only bastard I know who could deal with the seller. It's a good price, but the shipping could be the painful bit. How much does it cost to throw it in a container full of turbos, busted supras and oversized exhausts?!
Thanks for the input folks, I guessed it was an 85 as my old man's CR250 of the same year (which he sadly no longer owns) had the same graphics... it really does look like a great little bike.