All the cool kids want one it seems, when I was younger these bikes were 10 high at the tip! Now the going rate for a complete bike that can be ridden but probably wants some lovin' is upwards of a grand. I will continue to lavish heaps of funds into my resto just because I have an affinity with the model and era. I like to hear of guys keeping these models alive, but I am familiar with the cost of doing so. When I was hunting down bits for my resto about 6 years ago, I came across a fellow in Brisbane who had a garden shed full of queens of all makes, restored immaculately. At the time he offered his 250H for $3K - NOS everything inc plastic, much too nice to get dirty and I thought it was tempting but I dont own a museum to keep it in. 6 years on, I regret not spending the money to procure that bike as the cost in time and parts has escalated beyond ridiculous, much more than I had originally bargained for by the time you rechrome forks, rebuild forks and shock, repair rusty frames, replace the fragile g/box components, re-bush the swing-arm, and thats before all the common wear items such as rims, sprockets, tyres etc. I am committed now, and I thoroughly enjoy the project. Pay day will be glorious when I fire it up for the first time. Just out of interest, how much could you buy one for in 1980/81?
