TT500's coming out of the woodwork.

[Marc.com]

Not NOS or in popular color..... that won't get the true TTista going..... now NOS muffler or Yam road kit and you are into $$$$ .... make it orange TT tank and they would tear your arms off.  So how many years has that motor been in production, 35 perhaps as you can still buy a new 2011 SR400/500.

[crash n bern]

I saw an NOS white and red tank go for $1,200 a few years back.

My mate restores old harley's, they pay for an aircleaner what we would pay for a bike.

[Marc.com]

My mate restores old harley's, they pay for an air cleaner what we would pay for a bike.

Yep you move into old Harleys or the other old Yankee bikes like Indians, Excelsior, Hendersons, Cyclones etc and you need to have Jay Leno's budget to keep up. Cyclone board tracker sold for USD 550 K last year.

Back to TT500s seems the parts that broke or were binned first like the speedo bracket  and muffler get good bucks. NOS you can triple the whatever you would expect to pay/

[crash n bern]

Yeah in 2000 I paid $2,200 for a tidy TT500c  had to umm and ahh a bit but thought shit it was the first one I'd come across in twenty years of on and off looking.  It came with a stock muffler, it was used to round up cattle on a hobby farm.  The muffler is now worth near what I paid for the bike.  Well... not quite but..

[Marc.com]

Yeah in 2000 I paid $2,200 for a tidy TT500c  had to umm and ahh a bit

Rare and desirable model ...... a lot of TT500 guys want all the models so that makes the TT500C and the TT500H quite sort after.

[Mick D]

Lots of repo stuff, click on the pic.

[Marc.com]

Yeah you can pretty much do the whole road kit out of repro or TY stuff, I think someone is also producing the speedo bracket which was the Holy Grail for a while.

Hell who wouldn't reproduce it when it got retardedly expensive. I think if you are building one better to start from pile of good bits rather than donor bike. I picked up NOS TT500 frame for $300, very low km SR500 motor for $200 and mint tank for $300 so it is possible like with all VMX projects to do something good without breaking the bank.

[Mick D]

Yes that's the way. Although I can't help feeling your best bargain yet was the Ducati engine.

[Marc.com]

You can also save a bit by doing a couple of bikes at once.

[Marc.com]

Yes that's the way. Although I can't help feeling your best bargain yet was the Ducati engine.

Swings and roundabout mate, I have had some 'bargains' turn into unholy cock ups along the way. The 4 grand I have in my F1 is not bad, I seem to do much better on the Ducati stuff.

[VMX247]

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