GY5 Collectible?

katoranger · 01-21-2009, 02:44 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lifan...spagenameZWDVW

:roll:

AZ200cc · 01-21-2009, 03:40 PM

Some people will believe anything :?

Alaskan-Dad · 01-21-2009, 05:06 PM

I think they should have left it in the crate for 35 yrs and made it a real collectible :wink:

Note the headlight fairing does not have a big #1 on it, my 2009 which is also red has no #1 on it.

warrior91 · 01-21-2009, 06:13 PM

I notice it gets 102 mpg...Maybe that is why it is a collectors item. :roll:

culcune · 01-21-2009, 06:14 PM

We discussed the collectable ones here on chinariders a few years ago--only those with the "Cool Boy" side stickers and the "auspicious" handlebar pad will be collectable, circa '06 vintage. The things people will claim as collectable...

warrior91 · 01-21-2009, 06:17 PM

Is that the handle bar pad with little stars all over...or the cartoon lion?

Jim · 01-21-2009, 10:12 PM

the cartoon lion I believe...
I had only the cool boy covers, no handle bar pad...

I spotted this one on ebay too... It is a neat vin, but I think it will be quite some time before someone looks at a lifan as a collectors item.

liverchip · 01-22-2009, 12:41 AM

Umm....yep.

BigCountry · 01-22-2009, 03:12 AM

Has it on craigslist here in el paso. Quite funny to see it on ebay like that.

http://elpaso.en.craigslist.org/mcy/1001266002.html

Qingdao · 01-22-2009, 03:19 AM

So does this mean that every year there is a new "collectable" Lifan?

DDG1976 · 01-22-2009, 04:45 AM

Mine came with the blinkers wired up backwards, maybe I can get about $2500 for it? It's the only bike around that indicates left when you want to turn right.

Jim · 01-22-2009, 08:04 AM

Is it still like that? That is easy to fix, just follow the wires from the blinkers back a bit to the connector, and swap the left for the right...

DDG1976 · 01-22-2009, 04:27 PM

No, I fixed it when I assembled the bike, but it still indicates backward on the cluster.

culcune · 01-22-2009, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDG1976

Mine came with the blinkers wired up backwards, maybe I can get about $2500 for it? It's the only bike around that indicates left when you want to turn right.

I'd pay you at least $2.5m for it, if I had that much money to throw around!

Jim · 01-22-2009, 08:54 PM

That sounds like fun

01-21-2009, 03:40 PM	#2
AZ200cc Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Show Low Arizona Posts: 2,889	Some people will believe anything :? __________________ <br />2001 Suzuki DR200SE<br />1997 Suzuki RM250 YIKES<br />1995 Yamaha Breeze 125 daughters<br />1991 Honda XR80r Restored<br />maybe a 2003 Yamaha TTR90
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01-21-2009, 05:06 PM	#3
Alaskan-Dad Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Thorne Bay SE Alaska Posts: 131	I think they should have left it in the crate for 35 yrs and made it a real collectible :wink: Note the headlight fairing does not have a big #1 on it, my 2009 which is also red has no #1 on it. __________________ Three Greys Lifan GY-5's
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01-21-2009, 06:13 PM	#4
warrior91 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: N.E. Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 679	I notice it gets 102 mpg...Maybe that is why it is a collectors item. :roll: __________________ '91 Yamaha Warrior- stage 2 '83 Honda ATC 70 '08 Yongjiang 125cc mx (Loncin) '08 Yongjiang 150cc atv (Jinlong)
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01-21-2009, 06:17 PM	#6
warrior91 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: N.E. Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 679	Is that the handle bar pad with little stars all over...or the cartoon lion? __________________ '91 Yamaha Warrior- stage 2 '83 Honda ATC 70 '08 Yongjiang 125cc mx (Loncin) '08 Yongjiang 150cc atv (Jinlong)
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01-21-2009, 10:12 PM	#7
Jim Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Posts: 4,880	the cartoon lion I believe... I had only the cool boy covers, no handle bar pad... I spotted this one on ebay too... It is a neat vin, but I think it will be quite some time before someone looks at a lifan as a collectors item. __________________ "Be excellent to each other" "We are all human. Let's start to prove it!"
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01-21-2009, 02:44 PM	#1
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	GY5 Collectible? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lifan...spagenameZWDVW :roll: __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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01-21-2009, 06:14 PM	#5
culcune Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 9,035	We discussed the collectable ones here on chinariders a few years ago--only those with the "Cool Boy" side stickers and the "auspicious" handlebar pad will be collectable, circa '06 vintage. The things people will claim as collectable...
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01-22-2009, 12:41 AM	#8
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01-22-2009, 03:12 AM	#9
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01-22-2009, 03:19 AM	#10
Qingdao Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 351	So does this mean that every year there is a new "collectable" Lifan? __________________ <div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2ilH...s</a></div><br />
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01-22-2009, 04:45 AM	#11
DDG1976 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ringgold, Ga. Posts: 410	Mine came with the blinkers wired up backwards, maybe I can get about $2500 for it? It's the only bike around that indicates left when you want to turn right. __________________ I have all of soberday to satur up!!
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01-22-2009, 08:04 AM	#12
Jim Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Posts: 4,880	Is it still like that? That is easy to fix, just follow the wires from the blinkers back a bit to the connector, and swap the left for the right... __________________ "Be excellent to each other" "We are all human. Let's start to prove it!"
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01-22-2009, 04:27 PM	#13
DDG1976 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ringgold, Ga. Posts: 410	No, I fixed it when I assembled the bike, but it still indicates backward on the cluster. __________________ I have all of soberday to satur up!!
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01-22-2009, 08:54 PM	#15
Jim Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Posts: 4,880	That sounds like fun __________________ "Be excellent to each other" "We are all human. Let's start to prove it!"
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