View Full Version : just out the crate
husky03
26-02-11, 12:04 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-GSX-R-750-SRAD-2000-MODEL-YEAR-BRAND-NEW-/120690140340?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item1c19b164b4
lovely:D
radicalry00
26-02-11, 12:09 PM
WANT. Think an SRAD will be my next bike but probably not one at that price! Would love to bid if I had the money though.
Also, I never realised that the 750 SRAD had the same yoke and clock layout as a curvy.
husky03
26-02-11, 12:13 PM
lol might rev a wee bit higher though!
There have been a few of these come up on Ebay recently. Why would someone keep a bike in a crate for 10+ years then think they can sell it for the same price??
It may have 0 miles on it but it's still an 11 year old bike.
husky03
26-02-11, 12:18 PM
There have been a few of these come up on Ebay recently. Why would someone keep a bike in a crate for 10+ years then think they can sell it for the same price??
It may have 0 miles on it but it's still an 11 year old bike.
basically your right mate-but then again i'd still pay 8 grand+ for a mint mk2 escort rs2000.
I also think its criminal that they are encouraging someone to not use it and buy it as an investment.
Bikes should be ridden not stared at.
Specialone
26-02-11, 12:25 PM
basically your right mate-but then again i'd still pay 8 grand+ for a mint mk2 escort rs2000.
Oh yeah, now were talking :):):):)
Feck leaving it like that though, i would use and abuse it, they way they were designed to be used :cool:
radicalry00
26-02-11, 12:25 PM
I also think its criminal that they are encouraging someone to not use it and buy it as an investment.
Bikes should be ridden not stared at.
Agree with you there. Was just going to say that I can't believe someone would buy it to keep it in a crate.
Get a battery hooked up, fill her with oil and some unleaded and get her heart pumping as it was intended! :mrgreen:
Geodude
26-02-11, 12:28 PM
I also think its criminal that they are encouraging someone to not use it and buy it as an investment.
Bikes should be ridden not stared at.
+1 I would not of been able to leave that in the crate for 10 minutes never mind years.
maviczap
26-02-11, 12:35 PM
I remember reading a magazine article about Padgetts Suzuki, they also had bikes still in crates, never un boxed.
Some bikes don't sell, so stay crated up, although doesn't apply to this one
husky03
26-02-11, 12:44 PM
now if i could find me a GPZ750 turbo in the box well it would need to be mine.
I remember reading a magazine article about Padgetts Suzuki, they also had bikes still in crates, never un boxed.
Some bikes don't sell, so stay crated up, although doesn't apply to this one
Padgetts have a number of bikes still in crates that no-one is allowed near. It's rumoured they have 3 or 4 UK spec Honda RC30s tucked away still crated.
When I win the lottery I may take a trip up to Batley and take Clive out to lunch for a little discussion about righting his wrongs.
maviczap
26-02-11, 05:11 PM
Padgetts have a number of bikes still in crates that no-one is allowed near. It's rumoured they have 3 or 4 UK spec Honda RC30s tucked away still crated.
When I win the lottery I may take a trip up to Batley and take Clive out to lunch for a little discussion about righting his wrongs.
Yep, and haven't they got some brand new LC350's? I know there's bikes they've built up, which haven't done any miles, but are sitting in all their glory in Padgetts showroom?
dizzyblonde
26-02-11, 05:55 PM
I remember reading a magazine article about Padgetts Suzuki, they also had bikes still in crates, never un boxed.
Some bikes don't sell, so stay crated up, although doesn't apply to this one
Padgetts have a number of bikes still in crates that no-one is allowed near. It's rumoured they have 3 or 4 UK spec Honda RC30s tucked away still crated.
When I win the lottery I may take a trip up to Batley and take Clive out to lunch for a little discussion about righting his wrongs.
They do. Padgetts are so vastly over priced anyway, that they seem to be able to keep them crated up:rolleyes:
They also have have some RDs and the likes in there. I knows....cause I iz local innit;)
Not overly keen on the place, we asked them if they could do a service on the ZZR14, which is due a biggy for its 30k...they looked at us funny last year when we told them it was a 2008 model! They obviously weren't interested us throwing money their way
Padgetts have a number of bikes still in crates that no-one is allowed near. It's rumoured they have 3 or 4 UK spec Honda RC30s tucked away still crated.
When I win the lottery I may take a trip up to Batley and take Clive out to lunch for a little discussion about righting his wrongs.
Not Padgetts, but a Swedish dealer: :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvmnSiVpoH8&feature=player_embedded
They do. Padgetts are so vastly over priced anyway, that they seem to be able to keep them crated up:rolleyes:
They also have have some RDs and the likes in there. I knows....cause I iz local innit;)
When you buy from Padgetts you have to account for the PAT - Padgetts Added Tax.
The 350LCs were being sold at 6 grand each. They did sell some at that price too, so it was obviously worth them keeping some back in the 80s as they probably paid about £450 each from Yamaha when they bought them.
They have an amazing collection of very rare bikes and spares, but you do pay through the nose for them. Someone has to pay for all that racing and sponsorship I suppose.
dizzyblonde
26-02-11, 07:11 PM
When you buy from Padgetts you have to account for the PAT - Padgetts Added Tax.
.
:p certainly do!
Theres some lovely rare bikes, that they care to show off...behind the DO NOT TOUCH signs, and up on a mezzanine where the likes of YC can't put a grubby finger mark on them! I don't doubt theres plenty more hidden away
maviczap
26-02-11, 07:14 PM
Plus lots & lots of hard to find spare parts, brand new petrol tanksetc, long since discontinued.
All available and inclusive of PAT & VAT
A journo doing a feature on them was asked by Clive Padgett to name what he thought would be a rare spare part to see if they held it in stock, so he asked for RC30 standard cylinder heads... and Clive thought for a second then reached across and pulled some off the shelf for him. New RC30 heads are rare as rocking horse droppings
Luckypants
28-02-11, 09:47 AM
It may have 0 miles on it but it's still an 11 year old bike.Yeah, not as good as a nearly new sportsbike for the same money. Also far too much to spend on a 'Y-reg' GSX-R when you can still get good used examples of them for under two grand, the price difference is a lot of petrol/tyres/tax/insurance.
yorkie_chris
28-02-11, 11:51 AM
Yeah, not as good as a nearly new sportsbike for the same money. Also far too much to spend on a 'Y-reg' GSX-R when you can still get good used examples of them for under two grand, the price difference is a lot of petrol/tyres/tax/insurance.
Unless you really like them I suppose. SRAD is cool because it's basically the first of the modern GSXRs.
They should have kept some of the older stuff crated, like a GSX1100S or a GSXR750J nomnomnom.
vBulletin® , Copyright ©2000-2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.