Look what somebody did to this poor daytona

[m in sc]

Now, im not a fan of daytonas, at all, but ffs look at what they did to this one.

Yes, it started as a 79. yes, it was complete, and fairly decent.

Yes, i know the owner AND it was built by a 'pro shop' local. motor internals are stock. Yes, when i found out the front end was getting swappe dout to a drum I tried talking them out of it. I also know there's over 12k spent on this.



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ffs.

[2steve]

That red Honda looks very attractive.

[busa1300]

Bikes like that help keep the price of clean original's continue to rise just that much more, as it is one less original available.
Like the bikes getting parted out (basically in Japan) that are rare to start with, only get more rare with each bike getting stripped to bits and then stored on shelves throughout the world.

[m in sc]

there wer e lot of nice bikes at that show, for sure. I'll post them up later.

[SoCal250]

  [smack_forehead]

[85RZwade]

Not my cup of tea, but build what floats yer boat

[m in sc]

and have it reduce performance on the brakes? no. fuck no. dude saw a paycheck and the owner of the bike drank all his kool-aid.

[irk_miller]

Do we know what condition it started in?  Both of my RDs started as nothing more than bins of random parts, with the second being a frame I got from one guy and the engine coming from parts from the first one. 

[m in sc]

it was a 100% complete bike in decent shape. original paint, etc.

few years ago i had a bunch of daytona stuff for sale, which i got from the owner of THAT bike, so i know 1st hand, it was def not a bike that should have been cut up IMHO. I have my specials that basically started as bins of parts, I get it.   

[RDnuTZ]

looks like a bastardized version of the Street tracker idea Moto Carrera used to make.

[m in sc]

sort of. i never liked the del-mar either but at least it was tastefully done... but this takes it to a new level.

loong story short, bike shop owner fancied himself as a 'richard rawlings' type, about half way into this, he lost the wrench he was underpaying, and finished it himself and the owner of the bike has deep pockets, so he dug way in deep. I know, for a fact, the front end alone was over 2k.   

[The Red Scourge]

You're right, Mark.  That's gross.

[m in sc]

heres an article on it.  (full disclosure to form your own opinion). its sort of misleading as the bike was mostly together and complete.


https://www.bikebound.com/2023/03/26/bbrd/

[busa1300]

I know, for a fact, the front end alone was over 2k. 

Looks like a 4LS drum, they are not cheap....the carbon fender doesn't go with it as well as an aluminum one would.....or the primer for paint...or the....hopefully it has a rear drum to match, if it's a disc, that's definitely wrong.


Edit...I guess it is a drum...now that I see more pics..
I'd like those brakes on my TM/TS400 project

[STLMike]

heres an article on it.  (full disclosure to form your own opinion). its sort of misleading as the bike was mostly together and complete.


https://www.bikebound.com/2023/03/26/bbrd/

The title of the article says it's "rolling art" though.