hehe, that was an interesting angle Max

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Peter Kongsbak
South East Asia, USA, Central and South America and Scandinavia.

The Yamaha XS650 really is a great bike, and if you can find one from 1974 you can change over to an electronic ignition. A lot of them were used for flat track racing, so they hold up very well.

If you want to get an idea of what's out there, go to google and run a search like "Yamaha XS650 site:craigslist.org"

You can do it for whatever model tickles your fancy and all the ones being sold on craigslist in the US will pop up.

yup, I know craigslist.org, very nice site.

Thing is that I am mostly looking for +35 year old bikes in europe, and I haven't really found any xs 650 that are old enough there.

But will keep looking.

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Peter Kongsbak
South East Asia, USA, Central and South America and Scandinavia.

It's just taken me ages to find this thread again.

I can't remember if you mentioned you were against importing an old bike from another country but browsing on ebay the other day, I found this 1973 Ducati Condor and decided to watch it to see how much it went for.

The guy got one bid and it went for £900!

See here: Duacti military Condor A350 motor bike on eBay, also, Other Motorcycles, Motorcycles Scooters, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 31-May-08 09:24:51 BST)

BTW, you mentioned you tend to be hard on your bikes. I don't think hard riding and old bikes go together. Just a thought.

Good luck.

Indoors.

thread is still alive then, woohoo.


You are right about that and maybe I will just have to cheat and get myself a german registered bike.

I hope that noone feels that I am spamming the which bike forum, but I didnt start biking until 4 years ago and I dont really know alot about bike (or did at least) so I need to learn. What better way than to ask questions here?

thanks to all for their info.

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Peter Kongsbak
South East Asia, USA, Central and South America and Scandinavia.

I know its been two years since since there was any activity on this thread but I'm gonna fire away anyhow.

I have just completed 4 months of motorcycling on an Enfield in India with my girlfriend on the back. This is my only biking experience so far, but I'm totally hooked.

The reason why I'm writing this is that I also live in Denmark, and would like to buy a bike and try some off-roading. Normally I'm happy to pay my taxes, whatever they are, but the danish vehicle registation taxes are pushing it a little in my opinion. They somehow don't take into account that some people actually use vehicles out of interest and not just out of necessity. I think it's unfair that people in Denmark should pay up to three times as much for their hobby, as people in Sweden or Germany do.

Anyways, Peter(if your still using the Hubb from time to time) I'm just interested to know what you opted for in the end. Did you end up buying an old bike, og did you cheat the system?

I'm also considering buying a bike and registering it in Sweden. I know it's illegal, and if you get cought you are in trouble. But I'm not thinking of it as a daily commuter, but a fun bike so I won't be using it much on the road, at least not in Denmark.

I know people that live in Denmark and have used foreign registered bikes and cars as daily commuters for years, yet they have not gotten into trouble.

I would have to say any cb 250 350 or 750 honda would be ok. If you don't mind going just 45 miles per hour and like on road and off I would say the cheapest bike would be a honda ct90 or ct110 which is still in production after 40 years . the best 35 year old bikes aren't cheap anymore. honda Dream Sport 300," "CB92 Benly Super Sport," and "C100 Super Cub, are good bike from then. also any bmw that you can find is a good all round bike.