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R90S For Sale, eBay
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R90S For Sale, eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/283959646271?s ... Track=true
IMO it will be interesting to see if it sells for that price.
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Re: R90S For Sale, eBay
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Re: R90S For Sale, eBay
I always get a big kick out of how many "recently restored" bikes come with huge asking prices.
The current belief I hold is unless the person doing the restoration is someone who A, does it professionally, B, has an established reputation for excellence, C, has done more than one bike, The higher price of a "restored" bike is no more than that of any average bike on the market.
Over my years of hanging around an airhead shop, I have seen what kind of work so called experts can do to bikes either though ignorance, stupidity or cheapness.
Airheads are fairly easy to work on and to yes, rebuild, restore, but still, the chance to screw things up is still there.
An example I would make is to watch Ted Porter's video available on his website about how not to have airhead heads rebuilt. Someone well meaning, could have just restored a R90S, spent a thousand dollars on head work and destroyed the heads because the shop they had do the work didn't know what they were doing.
Oh yes, the bike might look pretty and run well for a short while but still might be an overpriced bit of junk.
I speak from my own experience having just sorted out a bike I purchased used. I now call it my soiled dove. The bike was very pretty with supposed low milage when I bought it from the possible 2nd owner. Now after a rebore, head job, and a lot of other expensive work, I have a bike that I can ride as an airhead should be ridden. It won't win any shows but it does the job.
Ok, I am blabbing on here, it is a free market and anyone is welcome and able to ask any price for any object for sale. Anyone is able to buy any object at any price they are willing to pay.
I does the airhead community no good to be goofy in setting unrealistic prices nor does it bode well someone bought the overpriced bike and then goes on to complain about the problems they have or buyer's remorse.
LOL, Look at me, I was just crabbing about buyer's remorse, Cheers, St.