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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3772 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:34 am Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
Robbin Gits...I'll bet they have them...just too bone idle to find them.....£465 for Paolos DB4 seat unit.....no locking mech...or tank pad though...he does have the ally bimota tank flap...thats quite reasonable at 130 euros or somesuch.....The key is another 500 euros to open it though... |
I'll pass.... i'll just cut the sole off me old boots and attach it with self tapping screws _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3772 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:47 am Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
The key is another 500 euros to open it though... |
Plus 300 postage _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3772 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:15 am Post subject: |
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I suspect that this DB4 may have fairly low mileage on it. Unfortunately the clocks are one of the missing parts and the seller had no idea of the mileage. Some things that suggest low mileage to me are...
All of the brake rotors have almost no wear on them at all
Everything looks very clean with very few marks and little signs of wear and tear. Even the engine and exhaust system are very clean
_________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3772 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:22 am Post subject: |
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The bottom of the swing arm has almost no wear. This could just mean that the chain has always been properly adjusted though.
The photo below is of the bottom of the swing arm on my OTHER DB4 that has an original 23000 klm’s on it. It could just be that the chain on my other DB4 has been loose for most of its life
_________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3772 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if these are the original tyres
I doubt that the 297 is a date stamp as they usually have a 4 digit number. There’s nothing else on them that resembles a date stamp though. _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3772 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Probably the worst piece on the entire bike is the chrome side stand which is corroded and the chrome is peeling off badly. Also could be an indication of low mileage I guess as it may have been sitting on the side stand in a damp Japanese shed for many years
_________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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PaulDB2
Joined: 26 Apr 2014 Posts: 316 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Brian, regarding tyre date, before the year 2000 the date code was only three digits, so your tyres will be week 29 year (199)7, Well past it! _________________ Bimota DB1, Bimota YB5, Bimota YB6 Exup, Bimota YB9 SR, Ducati NCR Replica, Moto Guzzi 750 S3, Honda CR750 race replica, Seeley-Suzuki TR500 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3772 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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PaulDB2 wrote: |
Hi Brian, regarding tyre date, before the year 2000 the date code was only three digits, so your tyres will be week 29 year (199)7, Well past it! |
Well that’s actually very good news for me Paul! If that’s the case then these probably are the original tyres, the front and rear are a matching pair. This may well be a very very low klm bike . The DB4 would have been built in ‘99, so tyres dated ‘97 were probably fitted at the factory _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3772 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Its actually the "2nd Month" of 1997, or at least I've always though so.....as pre 2000 tyre codes were 3 digits as pointed out....the first digit was the month and the last 2 digits the year...86, 87, 91, 97 etc...… But then what would happen in October, November and December (10, 11,12)...It seems theres some vagueness of this on the Net...conflicting info that the first 2 digits are still the week and the last digit the year on pre-2000...but then you wouldn't be able to distinguish 97 from 87.....Most "info" on the net comes from tyre dealers...who basically want to sell you tyres....and thus if its a 3 digit code...
All immaterial really....Its defo pre-2000 and they just say "change them".....I'd say yeh....they are the original tyres...and wouldn't be 1987....tyre manufacturers can sell you a tyre within 3 years of its manufacture date legally |
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rpo83
Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 387 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:41 am Post subject: |
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Well, except for the scary looking tyres and crappy sidestand, it looks like you are onto a winner... It will be interesting to see what you end up doing. _________________ Cheers
Steve
YB5 #130, YB5 #196, YB7 #302, SB6 #949, Laverda RGS Executive, Laverda RGS Corsa. |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3772 Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:53 am Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
Its actually the "2nd Month" of 1997, or at least I've always though so.....as pre 2000 tyre codes were 3 digits as pointed out....the first digit was the month and the last 2 digits the year...86, 87, 91, 97 etc...… But then what would happen in October, November and December (10, 11,12)...It seems theres some vagueness of this on the Net...conflicting info that the first 2 digits are still the week and the last digit the year on pre-2000...but then you wouldn't be able to distinguish 97 from 87.....Most "info" on the net comes from tyre dealers...who basically want to sell you tyres....and thus if its a 3 digit code...
All immaterial really....Its defo pre-2000 and they just say "change them".....I'd say yeh....they are the original tyres...and wouldn't be 1987....tyre manufacturers can sell you a tyre within 3 years of its manufacture date legally |
2bims... You're missing my point! I want someone to bask in my glory of stumbling across a bargain bike still with it's factory fitted tyres _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Well I'm sure they'll end up as "wall Art"...and come whatever day of selling...way in the future...the advert will no doubt say "Original factory fitted tyres included in the sale...." |
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2bims
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Gammaboy
Joined: 25 Feb 2016 Posts: 188 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 2:46 am Post subject: |
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Curious that it's got a set of Mantara "clipons" on it |
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