Museum quality XJ650RJ

On eBay now, very nice and original bike up for grabs....
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/391974737054

 

As more time goes by the RJ gets prettier.
Let's see what it fetches.

 

I have seen one in a motorcycle salvage place it looks dirty and needs the usual clean and sync of carbs etc. It ran when parked job he wants $600 for it once im done with the 750 i may see about it.

 

Ooooh. Pretty darned nice. I wonder if eBay takes credit cards. I don’t think I can/should afford this one.

 

Rebuilt the carbs (3 times until they were PERFECT!)..........Tuned perfectly by Armand; a master mechanic
three times, master mechanic.....?
Our shop would charge over $4,000 for the work and parts invested in this bike
well your a rip

The oil cooler was added by Armand who purchased it NOS new, it looks and is factory correct.

well then it's not.... A Classic & Original 100% Stock Survivor ... is it
SOLD WITH A PREVIOUS REGISTRATION AND A NOTARIZED BILL OF SALE

just get me a dam title
A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO FUND THE NEW ENGLAND MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM
when i sell a bike some of the money goes to my motorcycle museum too

 

those were my thoughts also, master mechanics don't need 3 attempts to fix carbs LOL.

 

Yup, carbs jumped off the page... and no title.

Still, looks nice... $2K max?
If you look close the headers are pitting, although they look good....

 

Not an XJ, but mint inline 6 anyone?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1981-Honda-CBX/173132160387?hash=item284f7b1d83:g:DzsAAOSwkV5aWphy&vxp=mtr

 

Now that IS museum quality, the mileage (86) and the price proves it. $13,200 with multiple bidders for an 1981 CBX, that would be top dollar for one of those. I think its blasphemous not riding that all these years. It definitely needs to have its legs stretched and the cob webs blown out. I volunteer...

 

"Find one with less miles......"
Ok. I can do that

Notice bent turn signal mounts, scratches on the tank, scored rotors........

 

Exactly what I thought as well. Taking three times, just means you did it wrong two times before.

Heck, my first go around with carbs it only took me two times... and believe me, I'm NO master mechanic!

Dave, how many times does it take you?

Also, I'm curious if one of those lucky anonymous bidders is one of us here on the forum... hmmm....

 

Holy crap... someone bought it.

 

Don't ruin it for me. I was feeling better about how many times I've had to remove mine.

 

Hit the reserve... currently at $2,225.00!

 

Here's a sweet CB750f with only 46 miles, buy it now for $6900.00

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/292438623673

 

⬆️More blasphemy in not riding this machine....

 

That thing is sweet...

If only my Seca looked like that...

 

My number is $2415.00 for what the XJ650RJ sells for.

 

The whole "NO TITLE" thing bothers me. Could anyone with CT/NY DMV experience speak to this?

Can someone walk into a NYS DMV with a "A CT DMV Q1 SUPPLEMENTAL ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP/BILL OF SALE" as the listing states... And register it?

 

Says it has a registration and notarized bill of sale. Register it in CT by jumping through their hoops..... then once it's registered in your name, then go to nyDMV after a year

 

SOLD!!! $3,150.00

Not to Me.

 

It was at $2300 an hour ago. If you look at the bidding activity during the last few minutes of the auction, it shows that somene really wanted that bike.

We might have a new member potentially.
We could possibly find out how good Armand really did on those carbs. Or not.

 

Also interesting is that those who bid early were not the ones at the end... "Hey Joe, can you bid on my bike??? Yeah, I have it out on eBay right now... There's not a lot of interest yet...and I want to create some demand."

Also the winning bidder only bid once... minutes before the end of auction.

Probably Jay Leno.

 

⤴️my thoughts also. You see this kind of bid activity too often on eBay.

 

There are tools that go in for you at the last few seconds. They developed because early in eBay's history, lazy people learned who the experts were and outbid them, requiring no actual knowledge, just deep pockets. Auction Sniper is one; keeps you anonymous until it's too late for the competition to know you were bidding.

 

Very interesting. I makes sense that there is an app for that. What doesn't have an app these days.

 

i use https://www.gixen.com/index.php it's nice because when they end at midnight left coast time, it's past my bedtime. and regular auto bids just attract attention

 

Bump worthy!

Looks like this sale didn't take:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/391974737054?rmvSB=true

It's re listed:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-Yamah...ash=item5b45205508:g:AUsAAOSw8A1acItQ&vxp=mtr

The last auction "SOLD" at $3,150. Let's see where this one goes!

 

this same guy has some other gems
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-2018-...-00-/361506018699?vxp=mtr&hash=item542b70158b
i wonder if it comes with a bulb

 

sent him an offer of 1.00$

 

I'll see that and raise ya a dollar, if i get it i'am getting the 6 month protection plan

 

hope it covers the bulb

 

It's back up for sale again on eBay. The bidder must have stiffed the seller. Currently it's at $2075.00 with four days yet to go.
What caught my eye was this:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/173215163271

 

I heard the lens was pristine...

 

Poor 900....

 

Decimals are tricky.

 

counter offer of 18$ made
could this be the same turn signal for sale for two years ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...tem=361506018699&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2569
someone ask him if this is a left or right signal

 

I just did

 

dropped his price to 19.99

 

no wonder his prices are high
http://ride-ct.com/new-engand-motorcycle-museum-stalled/
needs more tax breaks

 

Got the eBay alert because I viewed that turn signal at some point...
They are never going to raise the money if they keep discounting their parts like this...


On the other hand, who doesn't want to save $1,475.01 ?

I mean... it is for a limited time.

 

Once the current ebay auction (at least the 2nd time around) is completed on their XJ650RJ, I'll fill you guys in on what happened with the earlier auction for this bike...so, more later...

 

CLIFF HANGER

 

Do Tell!!!

The funny thing is that the end of the first auction was what finally motivated me to pull the trigger on a different RJ. They don't come around too often...

 

I’d be completely stoked to have a xj650rj. I am positive of that, but I am saving my pennies for a 900 first. Just so long as Dave doesn’t hear of it before I would.

 

Hmmm. Inquiring minds here

 

When you're ready to pull the trigger, let me know. I have one sitting in the garage. It starts (well, until I took the carbs off) and needs to be thoroughly gone over before being road ready.

 

Your inbox is full

 

I got a reply.......

'It can go on either side.....its universal"
So I asked him......"oh, so then it must be a new aftermarket one?"
Haven't heard back

 

I just got a reply..

So I asked him to let me know the wire colors so that I could determine the correct side.