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General Discussion / Re: IMPORTANT - ALL MEMBERS PLEASE READ!!
« on: March 24, 2019, 10:25:44 am »
Wayne, as a usually silent member, I wanted to speak up an say thank you very much for all of the work and effort that you have put in to help make the forum what it is today. The results of your work is appreciated by many of the silent and vocal members of alike. As a side note, it was also a great pleasure dealing with you personally.
Also, thank you Sam for grabbing the baton and offering your time and abilities. We all know that there is a lot more work involved in these endeavors than it seems on the surface. As another side note, I enjoyed  meeting you and spending a little time with you at the auction in Las Vegas.
Gregg

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Links to Auctions and Classifieds / Re: Sandcast 1447 at Mecum auction in January
« on: November 05, 2018, 07:21:11 pm »
I’m planning on attending the auction if someone is planning on phone bidding on it and wants some better or specific pictures.

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Parts Wanted / K0 head
« on: October 25, 2018, 03:34:32 pm »
I recently sent a complete K0 motor 11,xxx to Mark Paris (Hondaman) for a rebuild. He disassembled and sent me an email stating that the motor had a very early sandcast head. I sent him the link to MarkB’s restoration of #97 showing the head from E100 and he said it is the same type of head. So instead of burying an early head into a later motor, I thought I would look for an appropriate head for my motor and save or sell the earlier less than E563 head.

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Restoration of 1983 / Re: Bringing 1983 / 2005 back to live
« on: October 08, 2018, 06:30:06 pm »
Congratulations. Your bike looks fantastic.

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General Discussion / Re: The Brighton bike fully 'restored' ?????
« on: October 01, 2018, 07:34:50 pm »
I don’t think the jury is out on this anymore. Guilty of a bad decision to neither leave it as purchased or to restoring back as close to its original condition as possible.

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General Discussion / Re: What is your most harrowing ride? Quel est votre trajet le plus pénible?
« on: June 21, 2018, 05:24:11 pm »
Excellent story Steve. It was so well written I felt like I was watching happen live in person. I’m glad you got up and made it home. Not everybody did from those wild teenage rides.

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Links to Auctions and Classifieds / Re: PP Brighton Bike to be auctioned in UK..On Facebook spotted by James Harrington
« on: March 05, 2018, 08:15:31 pm »
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m no expert but I agree with some of the earlier comments about the values of the production bikes going up in a significant way. As I watched the action, I noticed it was not typical auction with two or three bidders with egos duking it out. There were many bidders in rapid fire progression from $70,000 right up to its selling price. There was a huge interest in this bike. But there are only two or three pre production examples out there. The next best thing is the first production VIN in existence to the last sandcast built, pretty much but not necessarily in that order. They are great bikes to own and they aren’t making any more of them. So far there hasn’t been a lot of public hype about the record sale price but as the news oozes out the interest in the production bikes should go up. I have seen at places like Barrett Jackson when a highly collectible car like a highly optioned camaro goes for a stunning price, it always seems to bring up the prices of the more run of the mill camaros. It’s kind of an apples and oranges analogy but it seems when people can’t get the best, they will usually pony up a little more for what they can get, in this case, any sandcast bike that becomes available. But who knows, that’s just my opinion. Sorry for being a little wordy.
Gregg

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New Member Introductions / Re: Sandcast 1794/E1822 in Germany
« on: February 28, 2018, 03:16:13 pm »
Welcome to the forum Michael. I sent you an email about a frame.
Gregg

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General Discussion / Re: 2017 Race Results
« on: February 05, 2018, 03:20:05 pm »
Congratulations to Team Swan. Corbin looks proud holding up his trophies and his dad should be proud too. Sounds like a lot of fun. Good luck this year.

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Links to Auctions and Classifieds / Re: FRAME 31
« on: January 22, 2018, 02:06:53 pm »
It would be very interesting to hear how much frame 31 sold for. The last time I saw it listed on eBay it was a little over 36,000, climbing fast and it had plenty of time remaining. If the bidding continued, you can only guess what it would have sold for, certainly way over $40,000.
It’s hard to believe that this bike had been displayed publicly for so long on a showroom floor, since 1997, over 20 years, and nobody educated the buyer a little bit about what his “orange” bike really was, especially since it appears he was in the motorcycle accessories business.
If in fact it didn’t sell, the only explanation that I can come up with is that there was a dispute over the true ownership of the bike. Why else would he shut the auction down without a sale with those bids in place?
I made a couple of inquiries to the seller about the bike, but like Steve’s experience, nary a word. How could the guy take an offer without first responding to all interested parties? Stranger things have happened I guess.
It would be nice to know what it did sell for if it did. We know there is a huge sliding scale of value for sandcast bikes but it would help everyone guess at a value for their own bike for curiosity sake, insurance valuation, establishing a number to sell their own bike if they ever cared to, or establishing a number to purchase one if another one like it ever came on the market. I can understand the new owner, if there is one, keeping the purchase price to themself, but if you know it sold and know what it sold for, let us know.

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Motorcycle's Wanted / Re: CB750 K0 Wanted
« on: November 23, 2017, 05:31:38 pm »
I don’t know where you are or if you found one yet, but I saw a rough 1970 for sale on Craigslist in Kingman, Arizona.

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Links to Auctions and Classifieds / Re: 3xxx ebay
« on: August 28, 2017, 06:01:51 pm »
Now I'm no expert, but it looks to me like that frame has been hacked in the 11th picture and the frame side rails have been removed from a point just above the carbs forward. The rest of the frame from that point forward appears to be re fabricated. With the non original fork tubes, tank, air box and broken fin, my guess would be some extensive crash repairs. But that is just my guess.

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New Member Introductions / Re: hello all! i just bought a sandcast. i want to sell it.(update - sold)
« on: August 01, 2017, 05:43:14 pm »
That's right, I'm the proud new owner. Unfortunately I didn't have a grom to trade for it. I had to use good old fashioned hard earned cash. After I had a little value appraisal help from an expert here, I believe it was a fair transaction for both parties for a bike that was exactly as described and as represented in the pics. It was a quick trip up to the piney woods of east Texas to check it out, load it up and take it home. I plan to bring it back to life and replace my once or twice a month K1 rider with it. Thanks Levi.
Gregg

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Parts For Sale / Re: package deal
« on: April 29, 2017, 02:04:27 pm »
Steve, I'd like to buy the whole package.
Gregg

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New Member Introductions / New from Houston
« on: April 28, 2017, 07:52:05 pm »
Hello, Since I bought my Sandcast over a year ago I have felt like an eavesdropper visiting this site because I didn't register. It's time to finally sign up. I have found it very informative and interesting. I have plans to eventually restore my bike but at the snails pace I'm moving at it is going to take a long time. I appreciate you guys for sharing you your knowledge that I have already learned a great deal from. To answer a couple of questions I've seen asked, I'm 56 and live in the Houston area.
Gregg

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