Bultaco sherpa

[vandy010]

i'm just throwing this one up for a freind and all inquiries should be forwarded through the ebay advertisement.
i know this bike pretty well and rode it a few years back and personally, i think it's a real gem and a great example of this model


http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330243520156&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014

[Wombat]

Hey Vandy (and any e-bay Gurus), I followed your mates Sherpa and it came in under reserve both times it listed.
I believe it started at $1000 and passed in at $2550.
Next time it passed in at nearly $2800 give or take.

I've only just signed up for e-bay so I don't know shit, but I'm wondering if $1000 is too low a start price if reserve isn't reached at nearly $3000?
Is there a guide or some rule for a start price comparative to a reserve price?

Anyone, anyone... somebody?

[Quicksilver]

Nah mate. Start a $1 and watch the fight till your reserve is meet, if meet.
 If your reserve is $3000 no point starting it at $2500 will just cost you more in listing fees plus the $10 whack they hit you to use a reserve.

[vandy010]

every auction is different Wombat and it all depends on who wants what and how much they're prepared to pay.
i'm yet to speak to my mate to see what he's decided to do. he had it in the back of the trailer at CD5 and recieved a good amount of positive interest in the bike then. it's his call really.

[Wombat]

I bid on that Sherpa (through a friend) on both occasions; highest bid first time and second highest next time.
This is what convinced me to join up on the e-bay thing.
I see more and more items I'd like to buy but I can't keep asking my mates.

So anyhoos, I've jumped into the e-bay world and I'm trying to deciper 'the system'...  

[VMX247]

I have just spent 20 min looking for this Bultaco sherpa thread, as I have just placed my eyes on the one in this quarterly VMX mag,yep i know its a 200cc  1965 in the mag, from a girls view this bike has got to be the easiest looking bike to work on.The simplicity is incredible.
Well, I'm happy & will now go and read the write up about this little beauty..
What a gem

[Tim754]

Alison just to confuse I will tell you that Bultaco used the "Sherpa" Name for some of its mid to late sixties Motocross bikes as well as the trials mounts. Surprisingly the trails were "Sherpa T" and the scramblers "Sherpa S " Tim

[VMX247]

Thanks Tim,but she is still so easy on the eye.

[VMX247]

Read the artical in the vmx#34.
what a history,they didn't make enough  :'( and I still WANT ONE.

[David Lahey]

Alison just to confuse I will tell you that Bultaco used the "Sherpa" Name for some of its mid to late sixties Motocross bikes as well as the trials mounts. Surprisingly the trails were "Sherpa T" and the scramblers "Sherpa S " Tim

and don't forget the Sherpa N trail bike

VMX247, which Bultaco is it you are seeking? Is it that particular model Sherpa S featured in VMX or are you just enamoured by the minimalist design of early Bultacos in general?

[Tim754]

Oops OK Does anyone have a piccie of an "N" series machine.I cannot locate the couple I have.
N must be that the Spanish confused Trails with Nails........... Cheers Tim

[VMX247]

yes some more photos of the T, S and N would be great.

feetupfun,,,yes enamoured by the minimalist design of the early Bultacos in general..
What the heck, if ya have a spare S like the one in vmx34!
well I'll take it off your hands

[David Lahey]

I do have a M3 Sherpa S but it is in pieces awaiting lots of TLC so does not look impressive at all at the moment, but will look nice eventually. It is an earlier model than the one in VMX the main differences being that it is a 125 and has a low pipe.
Here is a photo of a 1960s Bultaco that I have gone as far on the cosmetics as I am likely to go. It is a series one M49 Sherpa T, made in 1968.

[David Lahey]

Having a bit of difficulty adding more than one photo per posting

[David Lahey]

And the last photo