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helps alot! bike is a 250. First good news about this deal so far. Thanks

Bob,
I'm up in phoenix trying to get my penton together for a few of the AVDRA events this year. Not an expert but let me know if there is anything i can help with. good luck!   [email protected]

Looks to me like the two bikes ahead of you in the last pic are about to go a lap down!!!  Great pictures

I guess when I said value I didn't mean its value as an investment so much as its value as an "artifact". Money is just a easy way of measuring  its desirability. As far as investments go I was smart enough to hold off buying that mint '74 husky five years ago and instead bought lots of Enron stock, score! thanks for all the feedback, I think for now its a clean and buff and I'll hold off on the trip to the spray booth.

it's a '76 mint 400 (I've had it 27 years nwow so i guess its safe to say i'm not in a hurry to sell it.)

getting ready to start on my project soon let me know if you do some in white. thanx

Thanks for the info. I finally found the title it says '76 although for some reason i've always thought it was a '77. The serial # starts 54 509 so '76 manufactured in '75 ? Was there both a mx and gs 400 ?

nice looking '72 for anyone looking in carlsbad, CA Item number: 2442469525

Has anyone here brought a bike into the states from Canada? Is a noterized bill of sale all I need? And what about import duty?
Any info would be great. thanks

Many years ago I had a '53 bmw R25 that i lovingly restored, painting and restriping the tank and fenders only to be informed at a national rally that I'd halved the value of my bike. Is the same true with vintage dirt bikes? is unrestored original more valuable than a repaint? The bike is in great shape but missing paint from the frame.

is there a place to find production numbers for the various penton models and how does one read penton serial numbers?

the wife said no more than 3 bikes at a time! so which would you part with, '77 mint 400 or '82 ktm 495? (getting rid of my gs or the wife are not on the table....yet!) ideas, offers and ridicule welcome!