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Offline firko

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Shell OW79 Yamaha
« on: December 09, 2011, 03:13:41 pm »
This is the brother of Klub Kevlar's Edgar Phipps Shell OW79 Yamaha TT bike. Eds bike was ridden by Eddie Lawson and this bike by Wayne Rainey and others. If I had a lazy 25k it'd be already on its way here as genuine works bikes with this bikes history don't come this cheap very often.
Shell OW79 Yamaha



Here's the bike in Shell Thuett colours, the same as Phippsy's. The old bloke is Shell Thuett himself, the man who did more to turn the humble XS650 engine into a racer than anyone else.
http://vft.org/Memorial/Shell/ShellThuet.html

This was Shell Thuet's personal bike. It was ridden by many of Shell's riders including Wayne Rainey.
Fresh OW79 750 engine, Ceriani forks, Works aluminum shocks, Grimeca Brake, quick change wheel.
Comes with extra set of original orange Shell glass.

$25,000

Bike can be crated and shipped.

Tom Horton  Palmdale, California

661- 273-1533   Tue-Sat 9am-6pm Pacific

661 618-1674   [email protected]

December 7


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Re: Shell OW79 Yamaha
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2011, 04:58:29 pm »
That's HORN . . . . shame i dont have some spare quids . . . . . farking wedding . . farking houses . . . . farking hell!

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Offline steve234

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Re: Shell OW79 Yamaha
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2011, 05:25:19 pm »
Don't Tom Horton get to ride some nice bikes! just look in the background, a husky a maico an astro a norton..........

 ;D Lucky bugger!
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Re: Shell OW79 Yamaha
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2011, 06:10:49 pm »
What a full life Sheldon Thuet had, right up till 98.Celebrate life to the full I say !!

Looks like its the little 250cc Anniversary Win coming up on the 18th..Not sure what year 8)



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Offline Davey Crocket

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Re: Shell OW79 Yamaha
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2011, 10:05:54 pm »
Love those bumble bee Yammies.....have to be the best color scheme of the 70's, didnt matter if it was an MXer, Road racer, flat tracker, or whatever, they sure looked fast and beautiful.....love that 55 bike.....just had a tank painted for a customer like that.....looks horn.
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2011, 07:36:20 am »
That doe's look trick your right, and lm with you when you say that yellow and black paint scheme is the best of the 70's, very nice....
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