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Offline AjayVMX

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$12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« on: August 13, 2007, 10:08:36 am »
Hi everyone, check this out....

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110157726050&ru=http://search.ebay.com.au:80/110157726050_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40QQfviZ1

$12,000?  :o

It will be interesting to see if this transaction is completed or not... ::)

Anyone know the seller or buyer? :)
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2007, 02:19:33 pm »
There goes my guess Ajay. I thought it would be you.
Just shows you can still be surprised in this day and age.
Oh well!
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2007, 02:28:40 pm »
the sellars had a few different  bikes on in the last 12 month
 a cr 250  and when that was on  i check what he had been buying an he had bought a nicer one  from the us + a husky 125 in recent times   i think he was selling a brand new never ridden kx 500 to  a while ago 
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2007, 03:09:08 pm »
No, I was blissfully unaware of this bike (thank god) until after the auction finished. ;D

But I'm not in the market for one of those anyway... KX250s are my meat... ::)
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2007, 05:37:02 pm »
thats it im definetly buying that KX250a5 for $900....after seeing that im goin green allover... :o
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2007, 05:56:00 pm »
Actually, I'm pretty damn happy with my eBay KX250A5.... ;)



and it cost a great deal less than $12,000, let me tell you! ;D
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2007, 07:04:05 pm »
Ah hope your budget allowed for a new rear guard AJay..I have seen a NOS item for about..ummmm..$14000US  :P 'tis a nice bike all the same ;)

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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2007, 07:46:40 pm »
It just so happens that a NOS rear guard is for sale on eBay at the moment...oops!  :o shouldn't have let that cat out of the bag.... ::)
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2007, 09:41:47 am »
Wow... $12000! That IS impressive.

You know, in 1991 when I first came to Canberra, I was into road bikes and not at all interested in old dirtbikes beyond a sort of 'wow, lookit that'. I remember that the local Suzuki dealer here had a section down the back for all the old dirtbikes he couldn't shift. There was a battered old 82 XR500, a few nondescript things I can't recall, a Montesa of some sort, and a reasonably tidy KX450. I remember checking it out cos I had never seen one before, all I could recall of them was a DirtBike test where one had shredded its rear wheel. I thought it looked great. I think they wanted a few hundred bucks for it. Hmmmm... if only I knew then etc.

Keep posting pics of that A5 Ajay, that is beautiful.
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2007, 12:12:15 am »
I can see prices increasing over the next few years for vintage motocrossers in a similar way astute collectors pay big bux for old muscle cars,look at GT falcons,HDT Commodores or even VL walkinshaws,70s and 80s stuff is cool.
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2007, 12:17:23 am »
nope you got me. whats so special about that model other than being old ?

or is it just anything pre 74 ? geeze then im a milionaire  ;)
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2007, 12:21:30 am »
Find the right buyer for a classic in good condition and you might be richer than you relize..
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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2007, 12:09:50 pm »
I'll beleive $12,000 when the money is in the bank. ;)

There something suss there isn't there?; the bids going from 4,000 to 12,000 all with the same bidder?

Not withstanding, unless its someone with a special interest in the KX (maybe Kawa Aus, a museum???) there's no way an unrestored KX450  is worth $12,000 maybe around the $4000. I don't think this sale reflect the VMX market or the KX450 market.
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Re: $12,000 KX450 on ebay?
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2007, 01:22:33 pm »
A little birdy told me that the "sale" for $12,000 was just to prove a point (although I'm not sure what point it proves, actually) and that there is no chance that the money will change hands... ::)
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« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2007, 03:10:19 pm »
Quote from: mx250 on September 18, 2007, 12:09:50 pm
There something suss there isn't there?; the bids going from 4,000 to 12,000 all with the same bidder?
Looks like the reserve was set at 12000, and the buyer kept bidding til he reached it.
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