If anyone's interested I'll sell my K at a reduced price of $10K since it is only mostly original....I'd love to know if anyone is actually getting these kind of prices.  I've seen a few old Beemers (but definitely not collector's items) up at this price level

Personally I'm not into the cafe thing but if I could get $13K for an old K bike then that would definitely change my mind.

Over the years I've seen quite a few Brick Coffee racers been built. I used to go along with a mate, when unwanted parts were being sold off. And in twenty years I have only seen one completed and on the road and that was this year. Tackler and I scored some parts. So the big question is with all these Coffee racers being built where are they? Are they being hoarded away until the Zombie Apocalypse?
Regards Martin.

Martin, I too have never seen an actual cappuccino racer in the flesh.  I suspect that after/if they are completed they are trucked in closed vans to secret urban locations where they can be photographed surrounded by litter in front of a graffiti covered wall.  After the photos, they're loaded back up and trucked home.

Good theory, but I'm putting my money on the Zombie Apocalypse. Zombies eat brains!
Regards Martin.

I love brains, and sweet breads actually.

Perhaps if I go out in the streets chanting "Bring out your cafe k's" they will emerge 

My normal offer is $3.50 and a kick in the nuts.  eBay doesn't allow a kick in the nuts so I just made an offer of $3.50 as thats about what it's worth.  

Another spares bike.

Al

AL-58 wrote:My normal offer is $3.50 and a kick in the nuts.  eBay doesn't allow a kick in the nuts so I just made an offer of $3.50 as thats about what it's worth.  

Another spares bike.

Al

He sent a counter-offer of $11,000!

Hmmm, maybe I just up my offer substantially to $7

Al

Don't go nuts.  Counter at $5.

If he comes down $2000.00 for every offer and you go up $2.50 you should eventually get it for about $20.00 US. Surely there is enough of it left to at least double your money? Keep going this getting interesting.
Regards Martin.

I just went through Gumtree ads 6 K100 stock 6 K100 Coffee's, 5 K75 stock 4  K75 Coffee's. As I stated in a previous post it I've only ever seen one Coffee ever on the road. So looking at the Gumtree ads it looks very close to a 50-50 split, so where are all the Coffee racers.

I've owned one Coffee racer in my life a 69 BSA Lightning and it came with all he OEM bits. I was doing pretty big runs Albury to Melbourne and back every weekend. In the space of a month all the stock bits went back on. The seat was first to go, a slightly padded plank next were the rear sets and bars and the Bikini. the only thing left was the megas and they stayed for a while. The chrome peeled within a couple of months and the started to rust, so back to stock.

When I first bought it I fell in love with it's look, but the romance quickly soured. While it looked great it was totally impractical for any distance over 60 K's.
Regards Martin.

This isn't a good thread for me to read. I'm in the early stages of a K75 suppose-you'd-call-it-a-cafe-racer-for-want-of-a-better-name and, well, I sat on it for the first time a few days ago.

I say 'sat' on it. I wedged my toomuchbelly behind the tank and reached forward for the clip-ons, and failed. Took a breath and held it in and lunged for the clip-ons again. Did it with the fingertips, just. Tried to turn the steering to full left lock. Had to let go with my right hand or risk a chain reaction of twanging ligament injuries running from my wrist to my right knee. Straightened the steering. Took a breath. Tried to look up from the tank and vaguely ahead. Funny noise from neck.

I think if I ever finish it, I'll be looking for the nearest graffiti covered wall.

And I'll push the f****r there.

duck wrote:Don't go nuts.  Counter at $5.

It's just been relisted at $11,499.  I don'tknow if I should go all out at a $5 offer, he might accept it and then I'll have to pay to ship it to Australia.

Al

I made the $5 offer, Its $6.61 AUD !   How will I ever afford it?


Al

Price now lowered to a measly $11.5K.  Only 1 day 11 hours left to snap up this gem!

I've always found it a bit dubious when the seller writes "Too much to list here" when absolutely no one is limiting what they can describe in the space allotted on an eBay auction.

He rejected my generous $5 offer

You only get one offer that good he's a fool to knock it back.

Did you offer the 5 bucks in US or AUD?

$NZ.

chris846 wrote:This isn't a good thread for me to read. I'm in the early stages of a K75 suppose-you'd-call-it-a-cafe-racer-for-want-of-a-better-name and, well, I sat on it for the first time a few days ago.

I say 'sat' on it. I wedged my toomuchbelly behind the tank and reached forward for the clip-ons, and failed. Took a breath and held it in and lunged for the clip-ons again. Did it with the fingertips, just. Tried to turn the steering to full left lock. Had to let go with my right hand or risk a chain reaction of twanging ligament injuries running from my wrist to my right knee. Straightened the steering. Took a breath. Tried to look up from the tank and vaguely ahead. Funny noise from neck.

I think if I ever finish it, I'll be looking for the nearest graffiti covered wall.

And I'll push the f****r there.

I took a K1100RS out not so long back..........just reminds me why I don't want one and its nothing to do with the engine.

Saxon7 wrote:Did you offer the 5 bucks in US or AUD?

US,  so it was actually 6.61 pacific pesos?

Al

So i see the bike did not sell

But the link brought you to other  nice looking bmw 

My question is can you import an 1990 bike from the us into aus ?