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Post by looey on Jan 23, 2020 13:52:11 GMT 1
Has anyone read the "How to spot the perfect LC today" article in MCN this week ?. I'm no expert but I'm reading quite a few things that are not my experience. Like No. "1 - Paint, Panels and Finish" - "Tanks rot through but you can buy Indian-built pattern tanks for £300 that are very good".
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Post by doohanno1 on Jan 23, 2020 14:16:24 GMT 1
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Post by stusco on Jan 23, 2020 14:28:18 GMT 1
Has anyone read the "How to spot the perfect LC today" article in MCN this week ?. I'm no expert but I'm reading quite a few things that are not my experience. Like No. "1 - Paint, Panels and Finish" - "Tanks rot through but you can buy Indian-built pattern tanks for £300 that are very good". I think it also says the riveted on alloy vin plate must match the frame and engine number! I haven’t seen an alloy vin plate on a 4l0 or 4l1 but I’m probably wrong
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Post by looey on Jan 23, 2020 14:36:19 GMT 1
Has anyone read the "How to spot the perfect LC today" article in MCN this week ?. I'm no expert but I'm reading quite a few things that are not my experience. Like No. "1 - Paint, Panels and Finish" - "Tanks rot through but you can buy Indian-built pattern tanks for £300 that are very good". I think it also says the riveted on alloy vin plate must match the frame and engine number! I haven’t seen an alloy vin plate on a 4l0 or 4l1 but I’m probably wrong Was that on Imports maybe, not UK bikes ?.
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Post by oldbritguy on Jan 23, 2020 15:54:19 GMT 1
Yeah, just read it. Not entirely sure where they got all of their facts from, especially the bit about "Indian made tanks being very good" (LMFAO) but delighted the artice has just upped the profile of our fav smokers. Might see some new converts now
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Post by steve h on Jan 23, 2020 16:39:55 GMT 1
Well, I've just thrown my 250 in the skip, as it hasn't got an ally vin plate and it has 4L0 on the pipes. Jeezus.. all the clued up people here and sites like Xavie's. The Indi.. no Cowboy made tanks...
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Post by shell2tx on Jan 23, 2020 17:44:53 GMT 1
Alloy vin plate on my German import untouched so I'm alright!! As always some yts start has probably been given the job of doing the article and told to go away and research lc,s and was probably an atom in the Atlantic when we were all running around on these things lol...
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Post by pdxjim on Jan 23, 2020 17:51:04 GMT 1
No alloy VIN plate on my JDM 4U0.
Pretty sure the Canada 4L0 just got a white VIN sticker like every other Yam of the era sold in North America.
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Post by tony2stroke on Jan 23, 2020 19:48:26 GMT 1
Alloy vin plate on my German import untouched so I'm alright!! As always some yts start has probably been given the job of doing the article and told to go away and research lc,s and was probably an atom in the Atlantic when we were all running around on these things lol... YTS that's showing your age mate, I haven't heard that for yonks
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Post by veg on Jan 23, 2020 19:54:07 GMT 1
Yeah coz we really need more bloody converts pushing the prices up and speculating on them. Mmmmmm grumble grumble feck bollix bas tard mutter mutter
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Post by headcoats on Jan 23, 2020 19:59:35 GMT 1
So my German frame with a Vin plate is worth more than a UK frame , according to MCN LOL
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Post by steve h on Jan 23, 2020 20:56:06 GMT 1
Yeah coz we really need more bloody converts pushing the prices up and speculating on them. Mmmmmm grumble grumble feck bollix bas tard mutter mutter I thought the same when I saw last weeks advert in MCN. But it aint all bad.. the investors will be looking for ones with ally vin plates.. !!
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Post by LC_BOTT on Jan 23, 2020 20:57:48 GMT 1
So overall is it worth buying, or waiting for the magazine mentioned at 3 times the price??
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Post by donkeychomp on Jan 24, 2020 0:17:25 GMT 1
Not sure as I neglected to buy a freaking copy for myself! Back to the newsagents tomorrow...
Alex
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Post by JonW on Jan 24, 2020 0:19:59 GMT 1
Wahooooo! All Aussie LCs come with an Vin plate riveted on! Ours are now worth a premium!!! Sigh....
Sounds like lazy journalism. Wait for the YPVS one and they will tout the old lines about the 350R. grr... I reckon the millennial journo trawled Fb for some of this info. Jyst lazy and the tank info is very scary. They should print a retraction to that. If youre reading this MCN, sort your shit out!
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Post by Jethro5 on Jan 24, 2020 0:31:22 GMT 1
Agree with you Jon. Average article. Read most of it before elsewhere but without the misinformation.
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Post by rigga on Jan 24, 2020 0:32:50 GMT 1
Not sure as I neglected to buy a freaking copy for myself! Back to the newsagents tomorrow... Alex Now that's funny
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Post by liffy16 on Jan 24, 2020 14:51:43 GMT 1
Sounds like the comic book is still talking bollocks since the last time i bought one !! about twenty years ago !
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Post by LC_BOTT on Jan 24, 2020 18:05:53 GMT 1
Yes think I might look at the magazine instead, usually something else worth reading in that as well which sort of justifies the cost. I dont buy any mags nowadays, just a sub to Practical Sportsbikes now.
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Post by veg on Jan 24, 2020 18:40:10 GMT 1
Got the mechanics magazine that’s even worse. They’ve done a feature on the lc club (I’m no longer a member left in 07)? And the pic of the members is shocking they are all
Old men! Wtf
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Post by rich on Jan 24, 2020 20:44:36 GMT 1
MCN living up to the old acronym then: More Crap than News!
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Post by tell7437 on Jan 24, 2020 21:00:34 GMT 1
The other LC article in mcn was written by Phil West, is that the same man who published the book about LC's ?
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Post by veg on Jan 24, 2020 21:21:40 GMT 1
Yes one and the same if you want a good lc book buy Rodger Taylor’s
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Post by rigga on Jan 24, 2020 22:12:58 GMT 1
Yes one and the same if you want a good lc book buy Rodger Taylor’s Shit drummer he was ..... Who gets it?
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Post by looey on Jan 24, 2020 22:16:13 GMT 1
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Post by earthman on Jan 24, 2020 22:18:22 GMT 1
Got the mechanics magazine that’s even worse. They’ve done a feature on the lc club (I’m no longer a member left in 07)? And the pic of the members is shocking they are all Old men! Wtf Yes, what a gruesome bunch in general I thought. To think how young we all were when we first owned an LC, that's the image that stays with us I guess.
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Post by shell2tx on Jan 24, 2020 22:19:50 GMT 1
Good bassist tho, i agree that the Inian tank thing is out of order tho, unless IDP Moto has a supplier in the Navajo nation making them out of old chevy pickups abandoned on the reservations..
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Post by shell2tx on Jan 24, 2020 22:20:55 GMT 1
sorry that was John Taylor lol
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Post by shell2tx on Jan 24, 2020 22:23:10 GMT 1
INDIAN TANK , shot down my own joke with an 88 there!!!
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Post by headcoats on Jan 24, 2020 22:27:46 GMT 1
Surprised there isn't anything online about the 40th Anniversary
If you see anything then post some links up :-)
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