How much did your twinshock cost?

[Reinald]

1 poor- fair condition TY175jc for a near new Jackson monza leather jacket.

[yamfan]

1978 TY250 from Eddie Grimsteds MC of East Ham UK, 699 Pounds and I rode it home 40 miles,1 week before my 17th birthday...naughty boy:)

[FM350]

I paid around £320 for a brand new kit form 247 Montesa, with some of the parts coming in sacks! Seem to remember I forgot to take the tank with the rest of the parts, so couldnt wait for the next morning to get back to the dealer so I could fit and ride the bike. Due to crap Spanish quality control it sheered the flywheel key, due to loose flywheel nut after only a couple of hours running, but no harm done and all was well after a new key and putting back together properly.

[NonstopRoss]

1976. Paid $1,400 for a '76 TL250 - one owner. Condition: rattling cam chain.
2012. Paid $750 for a '76 TL250 - unknown number of owners. Condition: not running for previous 10 years, some parts missing.
2012. Paid a further $1,500 in parts. Condition: still not running, some parts missing.

Summary: not a financial investment but rather an emotional one.

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1976. Paid $1,400 for a '76 TL250 - one owner. Condition: rattling cam chain.
2012. Paid $750 for a '76 TL250 - unknown number of owners. Condition: not running for previous 10 years, some parts missing.
2012. Paid a further $1,500 in parts. Condition: still not running, some parts missing.

Summary: not a financial investment but rather an emotional one.

wow, $1400 for a TL? thats like paying $25000 for a secondhand Honda/l Montesa today

[NonstopRoss]

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wow, $1400 for a TL? thats like paying $25000 for a secondhand Honda/l Montesa today [/quote]

Not as steep as it sounds as the $1,400 is 1976 Kiwi dollars. That same year I also bought a brand new XL250 for NZD$1,750 (couldn't stretch my budget to the extra for an XL350).

Here's another way of looking at it. I paid $4.66 per pound for my TL way back then. And in 2011, I paid a whopping $59.52 per pound for my Montesa 4RT.

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Oh ok ,I thought it was kiwi dollars.