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CHAPTER
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“How much do
you want for that” I asked, “how much will you give me” came
back.
Not wanting a
350 Jawa anyway, (especially a 2-stroke), those days ended many
years ago, so I said it’s not worth anything to me at all, then
looking at Chris I said, there you are Chris, you can have it in
your garage? Chris was in agreement I asked again what was his
price. You could see it in the poor chaps face that he was not
going to get any decent money from me and walked around the
garage scratching his head again. By now you could tell he
wanted to get both of the machines out of his workshop so he
could work on his sport bikes, some of which were very nice, if
you like that type of bike.
Finally he
came over and said “Tell you what, give me £300 for both
machines”. Not trying to say yes straight away I turned my head
and looked at Chris who was desperately trying not to give
anything away but managed to raise the eyebrow again in his
expressionless face. I also managed to indicate my agreement and
said to the dealer, “Well OK but the Jawa is scrap value really
but I’ll take them as they are a pair”. We shook hands and the
deal was done, I had managed to get both machines for £300 as
well as all the bits that came with them.
Very casually
we loaded the trailer with both machines and all the boxes, I
had only thought that I was going home with one not two
motorcycles. Now we had an agreement, Lea became very relieved
and relaxed about the whole thing, and it turned out that he
didn’t want them anyway and just needed to shift them for the
best price he could get. He then told us that he was also given
a Harley Tank and would make his money on that. I think he was
happy with the price he got, although I’m sure he wanted quite a
lot more for them but realized he was not going to get it. I
suspect other bikers had told him the same old story, Its
Russian crap and worth nothing. But in the real world away from
the sport bikes we know they are very good motorcycles.
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Having struck
the deal, you may now notice a pleased look on Grim the
younger’s face, we had just bought a 1990 350 Jawa for £50 with
a clock reading of 4,000 km. The engine had literally been
reduced to kit form, which means every nut, bolt, spring, washer
and stud has been removed and placed in boxes, why, who knows
but on inspecting the engine we found that the crankcase has
been damaged quite severely, but time will tell what the real
damage is.
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Having
loaded the trailer, which now had a little, more weight
on than expected we drove away, waving out of the window
to Lea who thought he had a good deal.
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It was only
when we got out of sight and round the corner both Chris and I
shouted together -
Yessssssss!!!!!
Had
we got a good deal or what? We stopped and got out to just look
at what we had got ourselves and again let another display of
completely childish expressions. Every few miles we had to stop
and tighten the ropes holding the machines on the trailer, and
each time those childish expressions kept coming out.
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