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General Discussion => Wanted / For Sale => Topic started by: MikeMurphy on January 12, 2010, 07:19:34 PM

Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: MikeMurphy on January 12, 2010, 07:19:34 PM
If anyone is looking for a 1974.5 Mint 400, I have a Pristine one for
sale. Frame # 407-75515   Motor # 4-5500377  Has a Virginia Title.
I have been trying to upload the pictures but it's not working out.
I can email the pictures direct to anyone or to a group member to load onto the site. I bought this with the idea that I would never sell it and did a complete restoration. BUT,I have found 2 ROKONS in Dallas that I can't pass up. This is a TURN KEY bike,needs nothing.
I have the original manuals,Petty lights for front & rear and a few other items.  My direct email: [email protected]



Michael Murphy
1974.5  400 Mint
And how many ROKONS can I sell you ?
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: garrettccovington on January 12, 2010, 08:34:25 PM
Hey Mike
There is this guy in So Cal that is trying to sell some rokons too.
I haven't see them but this is very interesting.
email me if you want more info [email protected]

G

72 six-day
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: Tim McKinney on January 12, 2010, 11:15:35 PM
Sent you an e-mail.

OLD BIKES RULE!!!
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: tooclose racing on January 13, 2010, 04:36:24 PM
Hi Mike - I'll post the pictures if you mail them to [email protected].  That way my fellow POGGERS and I can look at them late at night after our families have gone to bed. [:p]

Seriously (or not), I gotta believe any bike that MM has touched is going to be fast.  I watched ya wax the field on your post-vintage Arctic Cat, er...Rokon, at the Broome CC race last summer.  Nice ride, hombre.
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: Lew Mayer on January 13, 2010, 08:18:32 PM
Mike, I know you're selling it because you couldn't figure out that other lever on the handlebar.;)

Lew Mayer
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: brian kirby on January 13, 2010, 10:05:10 PM
Mike says he is selling it to buy more Rock-Ons, but he confided in me that its just too darn fast for him.

Brian

'72 Berkshire
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: MikeMurphy on January 14, 2010, 05:17:35 AM
Bob, I emailed you a few pics of the Mint to post here,thanks. Lew you are correct about the lever on the left, I thought is was a parking brake lever like my ATV. And Brian as you know the speed and power of this bike is beyond.[:0]


Michael Murphy
1974.5  400 Mint
And how many ROKONS can I sell you ?
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: tooclose racing on January 14, 2010, 06:00:43 AM
Check out this beauty.  Geez, wouldn't it be fun to offer this White Knight up to the right audience at a Barrett Jackson auction!

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Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: chicagojerry on January 14, 2010, 06:49:44 AM
wow. gorgeous machine. i'm impressed. alright, must i ask? whats the price for this beauty?  
by the way mike, i thought that i was going to be doing some battling with you on a 400 in the vintage wars. you staying more in the pv's?  chi jer
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: Britt Boyette on January 14, 2010, 08:11:05 AM
Very nice Mike, very nice indeed.

Britt Boyette
1976 125 MC5
1975 250 HS
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: paul a. busick on January 14, 2010, 08:17:38 AM
Mike,
Nice,very nice looking Penton.
I must make a comment. I thought for sure that an up front modern fellow like yourself would have in door plumbing rather then a out house.  Or is that where you hide the Rokons?  I always woundered what that odor was. All this time I thought it was the oil you were using. :D
See you down Old Dusty,
Amherst Paul ;)
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: MikeMurphy on January 17, 2010, 05:56:08 PM
Mint has been sold to a collector, don't think this one will see the woods.Thanks to all that emailed me about it. Chicago Jerry, I am building a Vintage Rokon for the +50 class to try to catch you,Ernie Phillips & Tim Hamilton. It will be a very light bike,only 280 lbs,down from the 290 pounder I ride now. And Paul,the plumber will be here next week.:)

Michael Murphy
1974.5  400 Mint
And how many ROKONS can I sell you ?
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: brian kirby on January 18, 2010, 12:14:53 AM
Mike, you better pack an extra lunch for the races this season, I'm gonna wear you out!

Brian

'72 Berkshire
Title: 1974.5 Mint 400
Post by: Ernie Phillips on January 19, 2010, 09:50:23 AM
Mike,

Jerry & Tim are solid experts in +50.  I just ride around the rear and try to stay out of you guys way.  However, if you are feeling real perky, you might want to try Open Expert – Grow, Tolly & Kid Christopher should be fun to watch.  The Kid rides the 250 like a 100.   He's not too smooth ... but when upright, forward motion is rapid.  A couple of years ago, he could not even lift his fallen 6-Day by himself.  Now, he can hustle a two-fifty!

And, as for Brian, he is riding regular and will be a force to reckon with if his boney butt can kick start his Mint.

Ernie P.
Chattanooga, TN
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