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The Older Gentleman

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:45 pm
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Man trying to flog an old CB400 Dream - item 140155069541 - and is
asking £1500 for openers.

"After this the bike returned to my home for another year or so before
I returned it to the Honda dealer again with a view to finding a buyer.
This would have been about 1997. Unfortunately while there were plenty
of people willing to give me a few hundred pounds to use it as a cheap
runaround, no serious offers were forthcoming. The bike remained stored
at the Honda dealer.

Last week I had the bike returned to me. The dealer has serviced it, and
MOT'd it again. For this a new battery, muffler and silencers were
required. (Total cost £400)Sadly the bike has aquired a dent in the tank
and a broken brake lever while in storage."

So nobody wanted to buy it then, and he's spent another £400 on it,
during which time the fuel tank has been dinged.....

You'd think he'd have worked it out himself by now.


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platypus2

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:45 pm
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The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Man trying to flog an old CB400 Dream - item 140155069541 - and is
> asking £1500 for openers.

"Power Performer. Comfort beater. Man's machine."

They don't write advertising copy like that any more.

It's actually quite clean. Interesting that the original 400 Dream only had
a single disc on the front.

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Pete Jones

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:04 am
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The Older Gentleman wrote:

> Man trying to flog an old CB400 Dream - item 140155069541 - and is
> asking £1500 for openers.

Looking at the receipt he part exchanged an RD400 for the Dream. I bet
he is regretting that now.

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The Older Gentleman

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:45 am
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platypus wrote:

> The Older Gentleman wrote:
> > Man trying to flog an old CB400 Dream - item 140155069541 - and is
> > asking £1500 for openers.
>
> "Power Performer. Comfort beater. Man's machine."
>
> They don't write advertising copy like that any more.
>
> It's actually quite clean. Interesting that the original 400 Dream only had
> a single disc on the front.

Yes. One reason why they added the second was to make it seem that the
400 actually had 'more' than the 250 apart from bigger holes in the
cylinders.


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The Older Gentleman

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:45 am
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Pete Jones wrote:

> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
> > Man trying to flog an old CB400 Dream - item 140155069541 - and is
> > asking £1500 for openers.
>
> Looking at the receipt he part exchanged an RD400 for the Dream. I bet
> he is regretting that now.

LOL!

I didn't see that. Well, that proves he's a complete twonk.

I see nobody bought the thing, too.


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Kevin Seal

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:45 am
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, The
Older Gentleman writes
>Man trying to flog an old CB400 Dream - item 140155069541 - and is
>asking £1500 for openers.
>
>"After this the bike returned to my home for another year or so before
>I returned it to the Honda dealer again with a view to finding a buyer.
>This would have been about 1997. Unfortunately while there were plenty
>of people willing to give me a few hundred pounds to use it as a cheap
>runaround, no serious offers were forthcoming. The bike remained stored
>at the Honda dealer.
>
>Last week I had the bike returned to me. The dealer has serviced it, and
>MOT'd it again. For this a new battery, muffler and silencers were
>required. (Total cost £400)Sadly the bike has aquired a dent in the tank
>and a broken brake lever while in storage."
>
>So nobody wanted to buy it then, and he's spent another £400 on it,
>during which time the fuel tank has been dinged.....
>
>You'd think he'd have worked it out himself by now.
>
>
Eeee... I had one of those, in that very colour. Twas a lovely machine
for what it was. Never let me down either.
Was a right pain in the arse to adjust the balance weight though. RHS
cover off job. On the later N they put it on the outside as it were.
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{walrus1 at gmail dot com}
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Grimly Curmudgeon

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:53 am
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Dr Ivan D. Reid

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:47 pm
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:53:44 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon

wrote in :

> It's just a fact he can't digest, that some bikes, even if they're
> pristine and low-mileage, are only worth 50quid at a push.

...especially the ones you *have* to push!

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