George

Me three.

I wonder if it's his one. Rolled off the car and all the way to Adelaide...

The car will realistically take me years to complete so something that's ready to enjoy right now and is a bit of cheap fun (rego/parts/maint) made a lot of sense. I got my L's a couple of weeks ago Gav. It was pretty easy as you might have heard from others - it just takes a bit of time... I was surprised to see how far in advance all of the weekend courses are booked out. I had to travel to St Ives (over an hour for me) in the end to get a booking less than a month away. I was looking at the Kawasaki ZR250A Balius and the Honda CB250F Hornet. Both imports from the mid to late 90's and both little screamers. Not very fast but with 20,000 rpm and 18,000 rpm redline respectively, they put a grin on your face without having to speed everywhere. After my old Z, I'm a sucker for driving a solid little engine hard instead of babying around barely past idle for fear of breaking traction.

So now I have two bikes and I don't know how to ride yet... The Postie I bought recently will be fine for short trips to the station and whatnot but I realised it's not ideal for longer distances so I was looking for a 250 with a 4 cylinder for a bit of fun on the weekends. Like most of you, I'm drawn to classic vehicles but I was looking for a more modern bike to save me the hassle of maintenance and reliability issues. That didn't happen obviously but at least I tried... I had my eye on the old CB Fours and this one came up in Melbourne. I've not ridden one nor even sat on one but it was just too good to pass up so I jumped on it and just as well because he had a fair bit of interest. It's a 1972 Honda CB350 Four that has undergone a nut and bolt restoration in the last year with a brand new crate engine sourced by chance from the States. I'm actually surprised at how cheap all this bike stuff is - well, relative to cars anyway. I figure this will enable me to have a play with modifying the bike to my taste without re-mortgaging the house... The owner sent me these two videos as well. Sadly, all of this means the MX5 really has to go now.

I'm a late scratch guys. Sorry but I have family commitments.

How to check for vacuum leaks. Brilliant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rumgJ5UBpCw

1975 2+2 in WA for $2500 http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/melville/cars-vans-utes/1975-datsun-260z-coupe/1093762836 More pics in link above. Text from ad: I am offering this 260z for sale as a rolling shell. has the larger R 200 Diff 3.7 ratio. This car would be good if you have a complete but damaged or rusty 260z. All the other parts we have avalable,from other cars, as we have other rusty 240z.260z.280zx cars recking. Also we have a complet and running 260z 2+2 with rust in body, but repairable $1900.00. $4000 for 2 cars, this 260z and the one complete and running but with rust. We have a tow truck ,so free delivery up to 50km.

Congrats on the purchase! Always great to see someone fulfil a long standing desire to own one.

D hubcaps US$1500 http://www.ebay.com/itm/111812906976?ul_noapp=true

Pete, at least you're making progress. I haven't been motivated to touch anything in the past couple of weeks. Keep it up man, the end is in sight.

eBay really wants me to buy your hoist.

Wow. Are you sure?

Sadly that sums it up

Nice one Dave. So, on the road in January?

You boys should write them a stern letter and tell them how to spend their money.

What a bargain.

Yep, this is my second SE and probably not my last MX5. I can see myself in an NA down the road.

Believe it or not but Kylie encouraged me to buy it. Shocked, I know. I can't see myself riding it out in peak hour traffic on King George's Rd or heading out to RNP for a blast. It really is just to commute a couple of k's to the station and you can't argue with running costs when it comes to that. I just paid over $1500 for rego/insurance on the MX5. That's 6 years worth of rego/insurance for the postie.

Meet Kevin. He's a 1976 Honda CT90 with a few mods. The previous owner styled him after a cafe racer so I guess that makes me a bit of a hipster now...? It has just undergone a complete resto. Nothing was left untouched on this thing and it includes a newer fully reco'd CT110 engine and basically new everything and I mean everything. The ad read like the guy bought parts from a catalogue and put the bike together from scratch. All this and he rode it around the block once so it has 2km on the clock. Despite all of the new items it is still a Postie so it's not the most safe and precisely tuned machine on the road. Posties max out at around 80kph so at least I can't get myself in to too much trouble. The idea is to just ride it to the train station and the odd squirt around the local suburbs. Certainly not one for the highways or twisties...

Ahh, no. Riding long distance would be a challenge that's for sure. I'm content with riding it to the station and to the local cafes to pose. haha. I was driving my MX5 yesterday and I had a moment of 'wtf am I doing selling this!?'. Such a nice car. C'est la vie.

Well, it has been a year so time to move it along. Picked up a Postie for runs to the station so if you know of anyone after a well sorted SE please pass on my details.

Get a cat? No insect will last more than a min.

US

Nice one Gav. I'm very pleased with all of my items from Steve. He's doing the community a fantastic service.

Ad taken down. Can't have sold this quick.