Desperate for a Fizzy - SV650.org

_Stretchie_ · 01-06-10, 04:31 PM

OMG

How desperate is this guy to buy one of these

Have a butchers, just thought if one of you has one you could get rich..

http://bristol.gumtree.com/bristol/22/58406522.html

Sid Squid · 01-06-10, 04:37 PM

They've become properly 'collectable' - I'm amazed at the price stuff like this is changing hands for recently.

See also SS50 Honda and AP50 Suzuki. neither seem quite as searched for but are still going for silly money.

squirrel_hunter · 01-06-10, 04:57 PM

Its the rekindling of youth now the prospector has lost the kids and gained the beer gut.

And before you even suggest it, no.

01-06-10, 05:09 PM

My old one, having been restored by my lil sister and her eldest son. It cost her £199 to buy in 1982, and £2500 to restore about 3 years ago

dizzyblonde · 01-06-10, 05:44 PM

Fizzies have been a favourite for a couple of years or three now. They always have a new wave of enthusiast every now and again. Its a bit like Elsies they never go out of fashion, and a non runner can really bring on the pennies, as I found out when the ex sold both of his.

gruntygiggles · 01-06-10, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lozzo

My old one, having been restored by my lil sister and her eldest son. It cost her £199 to buy in 1982, and £2500 to restore about 3 years ago

That's an amazing jb Loz.....wish my garden was that tidy

Nah, seriously, that's an immaculate bike.

01-06-10, 06:39 PM

Her garden is only that well kept because I gave her my heyooge petrol mower with a drive gearbox, and she has an elderly neighbour who likes to do gardening.

When she bought that bike off my dad it was a wreck, having been under my abusive ar5e (and a few cars) for the best part of a year and 12000 miles. I'd kinda inherited it from my elder two sisters, each time dad bought it back off us for what we paid, £199, which is what it cost him new from Coburn and Hughes in 1972. She steadily got it looking reasonable and used it daily for about 2 years, then lobbed it in the back of her ex-husband's garage. It then got dragged out and shunted to different garages as they moved up the house chain but she refused to sell it. Eventually the boys took an interest and they restored it together - once it was finished the eldest decided it was too nice to ride and bought a shonky old trailie 50 and used that instead.

That photo was taken the day they finished it, and I saw it later in the day and declared it wrong in one respect. I'll bet no-one will guess what's glaringly obviously wrong about it (to me at least). It's got nothing to do with colour, or the wrong make of tyres... it's something a bit more obscure and only a true FS1E nut will be able to tell, but it sticks out like a sore thumb to me and has since been rectified.

squirrel_hunter · 01-06-10, 06:47 PM

Someones painted your front number plate white?

01-06-10, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

Someones painted your front number plate white?

Nah, it's been obscured at my sister's request so no-one tries to come and nick it. The front No. plate is the original black and white one that I removed in 1978 and nailed to the garage door at my parent's house. That didn't escape the retoration techniques either.

tigersaw · 01-06-10, 07:00 PM

I think mine had reflectors on the forks

01-06-10, 04:31 PM	#1
_Stretchie_ Large Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minsterworth, Gloucester Posts: 2,353	Desperate for a Fizzy OMG How desperate is this guy to buy one of these Have a butchers, just thought if one of you has one you could get rich.. http://bristol.gumtree.com/bristol/22/58406522.html __________________ How to amuze an idiot: Look right-> <-Look Left

01-06-10, 04:37 PM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Desperate for a Fizzy They've become properly 'collectable' - I'm amazed at the price stuff like this is changing hands for recently. See also SS50 Honda and AP50 Suzuki. neither seem quite as searched for but are still going for silly money. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

01-06-10, 04:57 PM	#3
squirrel_hunter Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sunny Swindon Posts: 3,579	Re: Desperate for a Fizzy Its the rekindling of youth now the prospector has lost the kids and gained the beer gut. And before you even suggest it, no. __________________ "A little enthusiastic?" May I add here, GG is awesome and I think I am in love with Stretchie...he rocks my world! SH2 \| 2MA \| GROM \| YSR

01-06-10, 05:09 PM	#4
Lozzo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Desperate for a Fizzy My old one, having been restored by my lil sister and her eldest son. It cost her £199 to buy in 1982, and £2500 to restore about 3 years ago

01-06-10, 05:44 PM	#5
dizzyblonde Da Cake Boss Mega Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a flying Horse Posts: 9,992	Re: Desperate for a Fizzy Fizzies have been a favourite for a couple of years or three now. They always have a new wave of enthusiast every now and again. Its a bit like Elsies they never go out of fashion, and a non runner can really bring on the pennies, as I found out when the ex sold both of his. __________________ Suzy, yellow 2001 SVS. Kitty, V-Raptor 1000, ZZR1400<<its my bike now Pegasus! Hovis 13.8.75-3.10.09 Reeder 20.7.88-21.3.12

01-06-10, 06:39 PM	#7
Lozzo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Desperate for a Fizzy Her garden is only that well kept because I gave her my heyooge petrol mower with a drive gearbox, and she has an elderly neighbour who likes to do gardening. When she bought that bike off my dad it was a wreck, having been under my abusive ar5e (and a few cars) for the best part of a year and 12000 miles. I'd kinda inherited it from my elder two sisters, each time dad bought it back off us for what we paid, £199, which is what it cost him new from Coburn and Hughes in 1972. She steadily got it looking reasonable and used it daily for about 2 years, then lobbed it in the back of her ex-husband's garage. It then got dragged out and shunted to different garages as they moved up the house chain but she refused to sell it. Eventually the boys took an interest and they restored it together - once it was finished the eldest decided it was too nice to ride and bought a shonky old trailie 50 and used that instead. That photo was taken the day they finished it, and I saw it later in the day and declared it wrong in one respect. I'll bet no-one will guess what's glaringly obviously wrong about it (to me at least). It's got nothing to do with colour, or the wrong make of tyres... it's something a bit more obscure and only a true FS1E nut will be able to tell, but it sticks out like a sore thumb to me and has since been rectified.

01-06-10, 06:47 PM	#8
squirrel_hunter Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sunny Swindon Posts: 3,579	Re: Desperate for a Fizzy Someones painted your front number plate white? __________________ "A little enthusiastic?" May I add here, GG is awesome and I think I am in love with Stretchie...he rocks my world! SH2 \| 2MA \| GROM \| YSR

01-06-10, 07:00 PM	#10
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Re: Desperate for a Fizzy I think mine had reflectors on the forks

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