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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: R on February 03, 2025, 10:52:30 PM

Title: Waratah on fleabay
Post by: R on February 03, 2025, 10:52:30 PM

Hmmmm, quite a hefty price for an unfinished project ?

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/135173491874

Been trying to get a sale for quite a while now ...

Title: Re: Waratah on fleabay
Post by: 33d6 on February 04, 2025, 01:16:37 AM

Not the first time it’s been on flea bay. Much the same ridiculous price as last time.Needs a LOT of work to finish.
But then again, you only have to find one unwary buyer.

Title: Re: Waratah on fleabay
Post by: Rex on February 04, 2025, 09:20:59 AM

Gotta love those "centre compressed spring link front forks" though.

Title: Re: Waratah on fleabay
Post by: R on February 04, 2025, 08:25:23 PM

Perhaps AI doesn't know pressed tin pogo sticks ...

Quote from: 33d6 on February 04, 2025, 01:16:37 AM

.Needs a LOT of work to finish.

Aye.
Wonder what shape the engine is in. ?
Looks like has spent a small fortune on stuff already.
When you wonder what shape the original bits were in ..
For a budget bike, rijjinal is always best ?
And no tank cap ???

Title: Re: Waratah on fleabay
Post by: murdo on February 04, 2025, 09:29:10 PM

Too many '0' in the price for a 'display bike'.

Title: Re: Waratah on fleabay
Post by: cardan on February 05, 2025, 06:23:10 AM

Yes the price is silly - perhaps if the owner had some guidance during the restoration he might have saved on costly, unnecessary plating. The similar bike in the NSW Museum shows a bit more of the original purposeful finish. https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/61186

Interesting that the eng/frame prefixes are the same on the two bikes, but the numbers are so different. A reminder of course that without provenance we can't say if the bike started life as a Waratah or an Excelsior?

Hope it finds a new home, at maybe 1/3 of the listed price.

Leon

Title: Re: Waratah on fleabay
Post by: R on February 09, 2025, 10:18:49 PM

Quote from: cardan on February 05, 2025, 06:23:10 AM

Hope it finds a new home, at maybe 1/3 of the listed price.

Aye, that sounds more like it.
But there doesn't seem to have been much movement on the asking price.
Maybe thats how much has been spent already ?!

Title: Re: Waratah on fleabay
Post by: R on February 16, 2025, 10:11:48 PM

And, just for laffs, there is an "Excelsior Henderson" on FB
Not entirely complete, and asking a fairly hefty wad as is.
Inc missing engine bits and that monstrosity of a muffler.
And probably also having had a fair bit of $$$ already lavished on it ?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/8322811081154643

And as we all know, Henderson is totally uninvolved in this ..
And Excelsior of Tynsley UK being the maker of Waratahs, 'badge engineering' and all that.
The common thread here.