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XR1000 on trade me
« on: June 22, 2011, 03:21:39 pm »
Now heres a good toy for a run round the oval or some fun on the lifestyle block ..... price is even in the ball park

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/classic-vintage/auction-386154988.htm
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Re: XR1000 on trade me
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2011, 03:36:07 pm »
Somebody slap that man  ::) Marc you gotta get over this broken tractor fetish  :) surley you have a picture of the RM with the dodgy swinging arm or the YZ A beating MX250 or even one of those Pom bombs your building to post rather than those gawd awfull tractors  ;D

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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2011, 04:26:15 pm »
Somebody slap that man  ::) Marc you gotta get over this broken tractor fetish  ;D

Phillistine ...... you can eat my Storz  :D .... anyways XR1000 is quite rare, exclusive and the closest thing you will get to a factory Harley race bike in that price bracket. Real mans bike that will put hair on your chest.
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Re: XR1000 on trade me
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2011, 04:37:50 pm »
Though personally I would much rather ride this version

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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2011, 04:41:00 pm »
Marc, It will take more than that to put hair on my chest at my age.  

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Re: XR1000 on trade me
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2011, 05:12:52 pm »
Don't listen to the knockers Marc. XR750 Harleys have more racing pedigree than almost everything that is ever written about on this forum.
I'm sure that there wouldn't be any more highly developed 2 valve engines in the world.
I love them.
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Re: XR1000 on trade me
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 05:40:43 pm »
I'm sure that there wouldn't be any more highly developed 2 valve engines in the world.
I love them.
Cheers, Grahame

Yeah don't worry Bill's bikes racing pedigree's were mostly presented at Crufts.

One of the guys I know in Tokyo has an ex Springsteen XR750, it snaps off the throttle like a top fuel dragster, seriously you would need balls of cast iron to wring it around an oval. Most people don't realise just how hard HD engines can go with the right head carb and pipe.
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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2011, 06:11:30 pm »

One of the guys I know in Tokyo has an ex Springsteen XR750,

A few here saw the 2 factory XR750's race at Parklands longtrack some time back (late 90's?) and 'eFF me did they haul ass and sound awesome.

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Re: XR1000 on trade me
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2011, 06:49:24 pm »
yummy .... all alloy and all business

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Re: XR1000 on trade me
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2011, 06:52:15 pm »
I saw Jay Springsteen riding one at the Redcliffe showground about 10 years ago and it ran like a backfiring Massey Ferguson on 1 cylinder with a shit load of noise and no go!

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« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2011, 06:59:25 pm »
Though personally I would much rather ride this version


If you're thinking what I'm thinking, I certainly would rather ride that version 8). A lightweight, lean, mean thrashing machine by the looks.;) ;D

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« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2011, 07:36:03 pm »
Though personally I would much rather ride this version


If you're thinking what I'm thinking, I certainly would rather ride that version 8). A lightweight, lean, mean thrashing machine by the looks.;) ;D

Oooh yeah ... and then when you've finished you can leave on the bike  ;) ;D

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Re: XR1000 on trade me
« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2011, 12:05:55 pm »
Yes I rode a very similar model for a couple of years, exceedingly good performance but very very high maintenance, finally I decided it was probably faulty from the factory and traded on a different brand and newer model.  ;D
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Re: XR1000 on trade me
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2011, 09:19:14 pm »
Nice Bikes, i would love either... wats an XR worth like that
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Re: XR1000 on trade me
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2011, 09:12:15 am »
Nice Bikes, i would love either... wats an XR worth like that
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The price of 25-30K NZD is pretty much ball park for what you would expect to pay for XR1000. It was only produced briefly in 83/84, production run was not much more than a couple of hundred. Was not famous for its reliability ..... 67 hp but could be kitted to get 100hp.
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