1984 Yamaha rz350

[RDryan]

I guess they don't come up for sale too often but...Big money bike,today's price a mere $27,500


1984 rz350

[dgorms]

Kaplan cycles, kinda says it all!

[SoCal250]

oh Kraplan

[m in sc]

yeah.. no.

[grcamna3]

Kaplan is in it for the $.
Sweet looking bike.

[RDryan]

Yeah I think it may be the first week of that bike being for sale. I've watched his auctions in the past and most of the time it seems like he never gets a sale with the first Buy It Now option at the highest price. Seems he just relist the auction with a slightly lower price offer again and again.

It's the lowest mile example of an RZ350 I've seen for sale. I just wonder what it's really worth?

[85RZwade]

It's worth whatever someone will pay. I have had my RZ forever and I enjoy it tremendously, but they're just not $27k special; not even the 10k they were getting a few years ago in my opinion.

[m in sc]

Just because somebody over pays, doesn't mean its actually worth it in the open market as a whole. thats what speculators fail to see. but they keep trying.   

[bitzz]

What I have a problem with, being Canadian, is the later, '85 and newer, Canadian model RZ is a better bike but nobody wants them. A mint, mint '89 sells for $10,000 CDN, to a Canadian, Americans don't want them.

$27 grand for a '84 RZ is stupid. I have a TZ350B in better shape than that RZ and there isn't a hope in hell I could get $27 grand for it. They made 4200 TX250/350Bs and they made a bazillion '84 RZs. I think the seller did better than the buyer. That bike was "well sold".

[1976RD400C]

Bid up to $18,800 and reserve not met. Mines the same year and color but without the original pipes, not as shiny, and 6500 miles that cost $4300 5 years ago.

[RDryan]

Bid up to $18,800 and reserve not met. Mines the same year and color but without the original pipes, not as shiny, and 6500 miles that cost $4300 5 years ago.

Yeah, interesting. I just took a quick glance at the link to the auction I provided in my original post and that auction has ended. It ended with 33 bids placed by 14 bidders and it seemed like a majority of the last 15 bids or more were placed between two bidders. I guess who knows how sincere/legit the bidder's intentions would be to follow thru with the bidding process.

So now the bike is relisted in a new auction and Kaplan knocked of $550 from the former buy it now price of $27.5k   

[TeeZee]

Yup, here it is - https://www.ebay.com/itm/396621336900?_skw=rz350&itmmeta=01JVN7JZM2APQD10CEJZAQAQBB&hash=item5c58795144:g:FwwAAOSw~3JoHlVG

And here is another one with HIGH price ... grab your pop-corn
https://www.ebay.com/itm/205445318431?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D285112%26meid%3D0d09cee2147e41a7affdfe3f590fefbe%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D396621336900%26itm%3D205445318431%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWebV9BertRefreshRankerWithSeedLeafcatFilterWithPriceFilter%26brand%3DYamaha&_trksid=p2332490.c101875.m1851

[grcamna3]

Yup, here it is - https://www.ebay.com/itm/396621336900?_skw=rz350&itmmeta=01JVN7JZM2APQD10CEJZAQAQBB&hash=item5c58795144:g:FwwAAOSw~3JoHlVG

And here is another one with HIGH price ... grab your pop-corn
https://www.ebay.com/itm/205445318431?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D285112%26meid%3D0d09cee2147e41a7affdfe3f590fefbe%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D396621336900%26itm%3D205445318431%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWebV9BertRefreshRankerWithSeedLeafcatFilterWithPriceFilter%26brand%3DYamaha&_trksid=p2332490.c101875.m1851

NLA now, Kaplan must have sold it.

[RDryan]

Yup, here it is - https://www.ebay.com/itm/396621336900?_skw=rz350&itmmeta=01JVN7JZM2APQD10CEJZAQAQBB&hash=item5c58795144:g:FwwAAOSw~3JoHlVG

And here is another one with HIGH price ... grab your pop-corn
https://www.ebay.com/itm/205445318431?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D285112%26meid%3D0d09cee2147e41a7affdfe3f590fefbe%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D396621336900%26itm%3D205445318431%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWebV9BertRefreshRankerWithSeedLeafcatFilterWithPriceFilter%26brand%3DYamaha&_trksid=p2332490.c101875.m1851

NLA now, Kaplan must have sold it.

Yeah I just noticed that too and I agree. It must've attracted some attention, a offered was made. Perhaps over the phone?...and it was sold. I used to follow Kaplan Cycles auctions a lot more than I do now. They just have a lot of interesting old two stroke dirtbikes as well as four stroke motorcycles besides the usual classic two stroke motorcycles. Anyways I have seen quite a few of the bike auctions that don't seem to sell. It just seems like if all they did was sell bikes thru Ebay auctions then they probably wouldn't survive. Just too much overhead. The tours he gives of the shop and the busy working crew with multiple bike projects, of course it makes one wonder,how is it possible to make money at this kinda business? 

However I've also watched Kaplan's YouTube channel,and that gets a lot of exposure as well as his Ebay store.I dunno it's interesting as he does maintain or rather it all started as an effort to restore an old rundown factory in his hometown and turn it into a motorcycle museum as well as the sales. He seems to attract a lot of private bike collectors. It just amazes me there are so many out there and I wouldn't have a clue unless someone gave a video tour or wrote a story about them.

[grcamna3]

Yup, here it is - https://www.ebay.com/itm/396621336900?_skw=rz350&itmmeta=01JVN7JZM2APQD10CEJZAQAQBB&hash=item5c58795144:g:FwwAAOSw~3JoHlVG

And here is another one with HIGH price ... grab your pop-corn
https://www.ebay.com/itm/205445318431?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D285112%26meid%3D0d09cee2147e41a7affdfe3f590fefbe%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D396621336900%26itm%3D205445318431%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWebV9BertRefreshRankerWithSeedLeafcatFilterWithPriceFilter%26brand%3DYamaha&_trksid=p2332490.c101875.m1851

NLA now, Kaplan must have sold it.

Yeah I just noticed that too and I agree. It must've attracted some attention, a offered was made. Perhaps over the phone?...and it was sold. I used to follow Kaplan Cycles auctions a lot more than I do now. They just have a lot of interesting old two stroke dirtbikes as well as four stroke motorcycles besides the usual classic two stroke motorcycles. Anyways I have seen quite a few of the bike auctions that don't seem to sell. It just seems like if all they did was sell bikes thru Ebay auctions then they probably wouldn't survive. Just too much overhead. The tours he gives of the shop and the busy working crew with multiple bike projects, of course it makes one wonder,how is it possible to make money at this kinda business? 

However I've also watched Kaplan's YouTube channel,and that gets a lot of exposure as well as his Ebay store.I dunno it's interesting as he does maintain or rather it all started as an effort to restore an old rundown factory in his hometown and turn it into a motorcycle museum as well as the sales. He seems to attract a lot of private bike collectors. It just amazes me there are so many out there and I wouldn't have a clue unless someone gave a video tour or wrote a story about them.

Is Kaplan's in CT. ?