E/bay cases
- Thread starter Bill Thomas
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Looks as if the `B` has been overstamped, judging by the fact that it`s on top of a slash. A 4____ number is hardly likely to be a `49, perhaps Vince could tell us a little more of the cases GG21. It looks as if whoever bored it out, thought to move the centres, because the liners would be passing through one another, halfway up the stroke ! and they still do ! How the front end is supposed to be held together is anyones guess.
Interesting to see that the person who is currently bidding £2000 for these cases has made 25 bids, on 12 items in the past month. All with this seller!
That is a little unusual.
That is a little unusual.
These cases were on US e bay a month or so for US $2000.by a well known club member,along with the reason they came to be in their present condition.When they were sold I assumed they would be used to 'rebirth' a set of Rapide cases (as people do) adding heaps to their value.Shows that you shouldn't expect the worst of people!
May be a Bit "Out there" but is it possible the cases were being modified to use as a pattern mold to make some chopped big bore cases, what with the extra bits added to the front and rear as fillers if you like, and done years ago when the numbers meant nothing, but everything nowerdays......well, to the investor/collector who never use the bikes anyway. As you say, the said cases are basically scrap now......what a shame. Greg.
I think so.The previous seller mentioned obtaining them from a person who intended to build a V4 motor.He offered them for sale with a machined spacer which fitted between the two halves now offered for sale.It must have got lost in the post.Even the E bay pictures look the same.
Howdy chaps,
Quick note on a mobile device, thus my apologies for lack of clickable inline link. Below are my pix of the cases in question taken at pat's party a couple of years ago at Daytona. Shame these are being sold without the spectacular artistic license the make had in mind. A V 4 Vin motor. We'd all concluded they'd make a great coffee table base at the time. They were a challenging lump for Somer and I to shag out for that gathering.
http://petergz.smugmug.com/Events/D...-2011/19890512_sFr5W5#!i=1565084474&k=xRr6Mrc
Quick note on a mobile device, thus my apologies for lack of clickable inline link. Below are my pix of the cases in question taken at pat's party a couple of years ago at Daytona. Shame these are being sold without the spectacular artistic license the make had in mind. A V 4 Vin motor. We'd all concluded they'd make a great coffee table base at the time. They were a challenging lump for Somer and I to shag out for that gathering.
http://petergz.smugmug.com/Events/D...-2011/19890512_sFr5W5#!i=1565084474&k=xRr6Mrc
