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Re: 1974 R90S in Oz

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:10 am
by SteveD
Roy Gavin wrote: .... - nice examples are fetching $15/17,000-
They might be asking that much, but what are they taking?

Re: 1974 R90S in Oz

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:24 am
by Garnet
Dammit you guys. I'm trying realy hard to forget about this bike: http://kelowna.en.craigslist.ca/mcy/2226003122.html and you keep telling me how much they are worth. :shock:

Re: 1974 R90S in Oz

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:35 am
by DanielMc
Garnet wrote:Dammit you guys. I'm trying realy hard to forget about this bike: http://kelowna.en.craigslist.ca/mcy/2226003122.html and you keep telling me how much they are worth. :shock:
Is that one still for sale?

Re: 1974 R90S in Oz

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:59 am
by Garnet
The add is still up, but I'm afraid to contact him in case I buy it. :?

Re: 1974 R90S in Oz

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:28 pm
by R90Steve
[quote="DanielMc"}

Although the speedo is correct for a '74 most of the rest is not. Seat's wrong, switchgear and levers are later , no kickstart and drilled front disks. Although it does have the angled throttle cable guides on the carbs which was '74 only...

Could be a genuine bike built late in '74 which would make it a '75 model year.[/quote]

As far as I know the speedo had a white trim ring around the outside of the bezel on all the 74 S bikes. I know the US bikes had them. The bike in the picture appears to have the black trim of the 75-76 models. The other unique thing about the 74 instruments is that the neutral light was marked with a 0.
I agree, the bike is probably a 75 model.