BSG Posted September 19, 2018 Share Mmmm I see on FB that BMW launched the new 1250 GS. Looks very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted September 19, 2018 Share Saw it too.. Just hate those gold rims. Looks like the African Twin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2wieltjies Posted September 19, 2018 Share Mmmm I see on FB that BMW launched the new 1250 GS. Looks very nice indeed.Ordered, hopefully by Nov already Hairy, sawystertrance and BSG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawystertrance Posted September 19, 2018 Share Perhaps it will mean a drop in price for used 1200s? Maybe some deals going. Calling Hairy.... Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starvin' Marvin Posted September 19, 2018 Share First quote for Spares R30k ex labour blegghhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawystertrance Posted September 19, 2018 Share Ouch. Doesn't look that serious but I suppose it all adds up. Insured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starvin' Marvin Posted September 19, 2018 Share Ouch. Doesn't look that serious but I suppose it all adds up. Insured?Hi Yup insured. Radiator is R5600 alone. The brake lever assembly is poked, screen etc.   Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawystertrance Posted September 19, 2018 Share Gee. Do you get a loaner while it's off the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted September 19, 2018 Share First quote for Spares R30k ex labour blegghhhWhat did you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spokey Posted September 19, 2018 Share First quote for Spares R30k ex labour blegghhhOuch, man, if I bin my dear old KLR, that 30 plus labour would buy me a new (to me) one!Hope you are okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted September 19, 2018 Share Eina, I realy like the red burglar bars on that 8GS. Mine is black and boring... Sorry about that eina. Starvin' Marvin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymann Posted September 19, 2018 Share Maybe you can expropriate it from him.....Don't laugh - I actually wanted to scan the article in and I reckon now I will - I was reading a few days ago about what happened in WW2 where motorcycles were expropriated without compensation by the Defence forces of the day - and if you refused to hand your bike over, then you could be sent to prison for 3 months. Can you imagine if we had another war in Angola and the SANDF put out a letter saying anyone with a Dual-Purpose motorcycle had to hand it over to the Army..... Tromp, Lexx, Steven Knoetze (sk27) and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted September 19, 2018 Share I have been asked to do a short talk at the Vintage Motorcycle Club next Monday on my TRX (because they are so scarce here in SA the guys are quite interested). So putting together my presentation and discussing how the TRX engine was based on the 1991 Paris-Dakar winning YZE750 Super Ténéré, something told me to check the pictures I took when I visited Yamaha in Japan in 2007. Sure enough I found this pic... Pity I didn't take as many close-ups of it as I did of the Road bikes :-( Always wanted a TRX but Yamaha sold so few in ZA i was worried bout spares...when i moved here i was keen to get one but they go for hellish money...some models just grab attention and retain and increase in value...good ones here go for around 3000 pounds...can get 3 CR600s from the era to put the price in perspective Steven Knoetze (sk27) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymann Posted September 19, 2018 Share Always wanted a TRX but Yamaha sold so few in ZA i was worried bout spares...when i moved here i was keen to get one but they go for hellish money...some models just grab attention and retain and increase in value...good ones here go for around 3000 pounds...can get 3 CR600s from the era to put the price in perspectiveYup and to make matters worse, they were so unsuccessful when they were new that in 1999 when they were discontinued the dealers in the UK were dumping them for next to nothing just to get rid of them. IceCreamMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allrounder Posted September 19, 2018 Share Don't laugh - I actually wanted to scan the article in and I reckon now I will - I was reading a few days ago about what happened in WW2 where motorcycles were expropriated without compensation by the Defence forces of the day - and if you refused to hand your bike over, then you could be sent to prison for 3 months. Can you imagine if we had another war in Angola and the SANDF put out a letter saying anyone with a Dual-Purpose motorcycle had to hand it over to the Army.....bmw dakar 650 for sale.... Andymann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymann Posted September 19, 2018 Share My entire talk is based on how sometimes Motorcycle Companies get it right from the start - they read the market properly, they get the design spot on and the pricing is perfect - and those models just take off - think BMW R80G/S (the original Dual Sport bike), Honda CB750, Norton Commando - there are many. But for every one they get spot on, there are also those that went horribly wrong - and those tend to end up in two groups - either they were so bad that no-one wanted them at all, both then and now (Triumph TT600, Bimota V-Due, Honda DN-01), or they were so far ahead if their time that only now are people realizing how good they actually were - bikes like the Buell 1125R, the Ducati 999, the GPZ750 Turbos and of course the TRX. And these are the ones that are becoming collectible. Wannabe and Grebel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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