https://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Yamaha-RD350/393243294405?_trkparms=aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200220090753%26meid%3D158e915ebe454a5f80d5adf1a85015ee%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D265120823857%26itm%3D393243294405%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDiscOrganicBase&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982
Kaplan :rolleyes:
1973? Pfft! Try again
Just sold my 74 on Sunday. Sad day indeed, but I had to make some space for the 82 Katana I just bought. Funny thing is that the guy who replied to my ad an bought the 74 was the same guy I bought the Katana from. Funny world.
museum quality. :whistle:
!!!! $9250 !!!!
if these prices keep up I may get the money I put in out of my bike after all...
But its the street series.
thats the rarest 73 ive ever seen.
:rant-1:
that seat looks like fucking ass.
missing the strap
engine covers aren't polished as claimed.
I swear its a repaint w some shitty orange peel
45 yr old crank seals
prob on the original points so the heels are all dried out.
shocks are completely wrong
these flippers sucks. fuck this guy.
rant off.
Engine covers have runs and some of the screws are painted black.
Why do they even try to call this "original" with so much obviously not. In what world is resprayed original. It's nice but can never be called original.
Another Kaplan special :umm:
"We just spent a year of our time and 4000.00" 😂🤣😂🙄🤪😤
Sounds like he updated the listing based on these comments and now is claiming original miles while noting things the changes and repaint while ignoring the 50year old crank seals.
My real issue is how NADA is running valuations with a massive jump in value from Very Good to Excellent, this is why everyone seems to think they all have more than they do. Repaint with repop decals, incorrect seat covers/shocks/tires/hardware does not add up to excellent. Maybe Very good but considering this guy has a bid of $4,950 and is not meeting reserve seems to tell me something...
still listed as a 73. this guy just keeps failing. I wouldn't order a cheesburger from him. Not that i don't like cheeseburgers but id probably wind up with a 27 dollar chicken biscuit. :bang:
Based on that NADA image above, now we know where he got the "Street Series" tag.
Maybe he picked 1973 because it shows the highest value in NADA? The 74 and 75 are less than half.
That clown actually had a TV show. I ran across it by accident. I couldn't bear to watch more than about 10 minutes because it was so stupid and I couldn't stand the guy (Mr ego-tough-guy). Just way too cheesy.
hopefully he just fades away from view like the occ clowns.
For quite awhile there were lots of RD's for sale at reasonable costs (not Kaplin) around, many sitting without selling. Recently spiked to higher than before covid, and good price ones like TNWillie's go unsold. http://www.2strokeworld.net/forum/index.php?topic=3116.msg27227#msg27227
Not enough money for kaps RD350 :dawg:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Yamaha-RD350/393243294405
:umm:Is my 2004 GMC Z71 Sierra worth the same amount of money that has been spent over its lifetime to keep it in good working order, plus its value as a vehicle? No. :twocents:
Not surprising it did not sell. Highest bid 5k and relisted with lower buy it now price.
only 25 minutes left on a previous Kaplin special. Tough to get your money back on those purchase prices.
https://iconicmotorbikeauctions.com/auction/1979-yamaha-rd400f-daytona-special/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=today-s-bikes-on-iconic-motorbike-auctions_5 (https://iconicmotorbikeauctions.com/auction/1979-yamaha-rd400f-daytona-special/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=today-s-bikes-on-iconic-motorbike-auctions_5)
I saw that Daytona at Iconic.
Personally, I wouldn't touch anything that Kaplan has monkeyed with. A "previous Kaplan bike" lowers the value IMO. :twocents:
96 hours of labor, must have been forging parts.
Either forging parts or doing the same tasks over and over due to messing it up the first time. Ask me how I know. :haw:
on the daytona:
im thinking 90 hours of labor was hand relieving the orange peel effect in the 'rattle can resto' paint on the clutch cover. the brushed paint on the frame vin is fucking mint though. :huh:
Sold for $7500! :shocked:
Looks like a $2500-$3000 bike to my eyes. I'm very suspicious. It was unsold at $5k last time.
It just isn't that nice...
IR8D8R
yeah. suspicious to say the least.
Quote from: m in sc on June 09, 2021, 02:45:48 PM
on the daytona:
the brushed paint on the frame vin is fucking mint though. :huh:
Lol
Very suspicious, it was at 5K and hadn't hit the reserve with 20 minutes left. I've seen plenty of late ebay jumps but they usually require more bidders jumping in late than I would suspect there would be for this bike. Then again the market is just nuts right now.
I noticed nobody mentioned the pod filters.
Quote from: m in sc on April 13, 2021, 06:38:44 AM
museum quality. :whistle:
this was a blanket statement that also included the pod filters.... :dawg: