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I do get the idea. If you move the pipes under the seat you get a lot of ground clearance. I myself probably couldn't drag my chambers on the ground unless it was immediately followed by a low-side washout. But I have seen plenty of race photos with insane lean angles. And plenty of scraped chambers.

The grinds on my kickstand probably have more to do with the overweight of the rider than actually being low... But let me keep my fantasy.

IR8D8R

OK. Just an idea... So they had problems with the airstream into the carbs changing the A/F ratio with speed and put an airbox over the carbs. Then the airbox was blocking the air to the cooling fins so they added a shroud with ram intake to cool the cylinders?

Does that make sense? But there doesn't seem to be a very large exit for the cooling air. Just some openings around the pipes. A couple of K&N pods or Unis would have probably worked. Or even just intake tubes with a remote filter that didn't grab air.

IR8D8R

I was watching the Mecum auction at a pub. Everything was WAY too high. $3000 bikes were going for $10k. It was just unbelievable. Some of the bikes were old and rare but many others were just everyday CL yawn. a CB 750 Four went for 14 grand! Not a Sandcast. Just a CB750. They made like 400,000 of them...

If you look at the top of the tank on this RD the paint was buffed thin until you can see through it. Someone took a pretty good example and detailed it and got $11k. This is how collector pricing gets inflated. This is nowhere near Concourse condition.

If you looked at this bike in person it is just a clean one. Not flawless, mint, and undriven. IMO...

IR8D8R

Someone worked overtime with a buffer on the top of the tank to get it to shine. I think they rubbed about $14k off the value.

IR8D8R

This is coming from the historic meth capital of California. Beautiful West Contra Costa county. Probably most of the parts would test positive...

IR8D8R

Man I was starting to go crazy watching Indian RD videos on YouTube.

IR8D8R