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Offline BAHNZY

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Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« on: September 21, 2010, 10:51:48 pm »
Is the early alloy tank PE250 any more desirable than the later plastic tank models or are the alloy swing arm 79/80 models more sought after?

Have been watching quite a few different versions on Flea-Bay of late and what seems like clean decent bikes don’t seem to fetch much more than $900 to $1000. Whilst I haven’t seen an alloy tank bike for sale for a long time which got me to thinking that perhaps they are being held onto, or their simply not around.

Bit of a loaded question as i have a 77 PE250 and dont know wether i should move it on or keep it.
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2010, 11:00:30 pm »
I have 2 "B's"...one I'm VMXing at the moment....cool bikes and I think they will probably be the most collectable as they where the first....bit like YZ A's etc. Shitters seem to pull about $1500. I also think people are hoarding them or just hanging on to them.
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2010, 11:25:48 pm »
 just swapped 30 pack 4x gold,& litr bottle of JD for 2/77 PE 250 ,runner with missing tailite, 8),(miss the JD but  ;D), :P
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2010, 05:49:40 am »
a good  PE250B has the most character of them all. To find one with all the original bits is getting a bit hard of late.

Many PE owners love their particular bike(s) but the 250B is generally seen as the most special/desireable, given its impact at the time.



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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2010, 07:58:41 am »
I got given a 78/250 , headlight missing/new guards otherwise all original. ;D
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2010, 10:00:57 am »
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Is the early alloy tank PE250 any more desirable than the later plastic tank models or are the alloy swing arm 79/80 models more sought after?



79 model isnt alloy swing arm.

I do think the 77 250 B is quite desirable as its the first model and the model that started it all, it also has an alloy tank which to many people means it has a more 'classic' or 'Worksy' look/feel about it

My 82 PE250 is desirable to me because it is such a rare bike and many people at first didnt believe me when i said they existed and i had one.

The 1980 PE250T is also more desiarble to me as there was a lot of improvements over the 79 and had a totally different new look.
The 1981 PE250X is not as desirable to me as its only a refinement of the 81

If i had to choose a 77, 78 or 79 model then it would be a 77 for sure, stock standard 78 or 79 models dont do much for me, i would only like one of them if could have one with every single piece of period trick aftermarket gear available at the time like what Luke has with is 175 N. In stock form, 78/79 250's dont do much for me.
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2010, 01:05:57 pm »
Geoff Udy from Toowoomba way raced them all in the day and has the B as his fave for sure.

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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2010, 06:54:48 pm »
just swapped 30 pack 4x gold,& litr bottle of JD for 2/77 PE 250 ,runner with missing tailite, 8),(miss the JD but  ;D), :P
just had  another good look at it's compliance plate,it's 9/73 model!!,oops ::),22583 frame ,whats 1st model,73 seems early for PE's, :P
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2010, 07:00:14 pm »
You must be taking drugs...PE's didnt start till 77..."B" was the first...sounds like you have a "TS"....sounded to good to be true ;D ;D 
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2010, 07:06:13 pm »
I have a 250b Bahnzy a couple of weeks ago I split the cases to rebuild the crank they are a hard to find bike I have almost enough to build mine bar pipe and muffler they do look very nice and most stuff is still available to do them up but if it isn't your thing I'd onsell I have a 175n aswell but I don't know if I will get around to rebuilding it so it is hard to justify keeping you don't really 100% need. :(
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2010, 07:22:16 pm »
the PE250T/X/Z lacks character, but the B oozes the stuff. A way cool bike  ;D

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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2010, 08:14:01 pm »
You must be taking drugs...PE's didnt start till 77..."B" was the first...sounds like you have a "TS"....sounded to good to be true ;D ;D 
ok back shortly (for another look), ???, :P
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2010, 08:20:48 pm »
maybe you have a 78 7 doesn't usually look like 3 you may have missed the other side of the 3 and have a 78 more likely.
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2010, 08:24:32 pm »
frosty's nailed it  ;D,just had look it's 9/78 not 73,(don't know where i got the 2/77 from either  ::)),not enough drugs i think  ;D, :P
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Re: Desirable PE250's (Is there such a thing?)
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2010, 08:32:17 pm »
78 is still a nice bike main difference is the plastics probably physically tougher than the alloy tank and on 77 being desirable it is a nice bike but I'd swap it for a 250z no question the 250z is alot rarer.
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