01-21-2009, 02:44 PM | #1 |
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GY5 Collectible?
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01-21-2009, 03:40 PM | #2 |
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Some people will believe anything :?
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01-21-2009, 05:06 PM | #3 |
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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.
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01-21-2009, 06:13 PM | #4 |
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I notice it gets 102 mpg...Maybe that is why it is a collectors item. :roll:
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01-21-2009, 06:14 PM | #5 |
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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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01-21-2009, 06:17 PM | #6 |
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Is that the handle bar pad with little stars all over...or the cartoon lion?
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01-21-2009, 10:12 PM | #7 |
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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.
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01-22-2009, 12:41 AM | #8 |
Umm....yep.
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01-22-2009, 03:12 AM | #9 |
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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
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01-22-2009, 03:19 AM | #10 |
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So does this mean that every year there is a new "collectable" Lifan?
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01-22-2009, 04:45 AM | #11 |
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.
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01-22-2009, 08:04 AM | #12 |
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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...
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01-22-2009, 04:27 PM | #13 |
No, I fixed it when I assembled the bike, but it still indicates backward on the cluster.
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01-22-2009, 08:54 PM | #15 |
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That sounds like fun
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