400 MC5 on ebay

[Auto5guy]

Heads up.

It's listed as a 77 but I think it's a 78 because of the orange frame. Correct me if I am wrong.  
Anyways it has a buy it now price of $499 which is a bargain if you are in the market for one!!!

Check it out.

Edited to add that the bike is not mine nor am I in any way connected to the seller
Auction # 2446954578

Matthew

[Rain Man]

IT must be gone, I searched for an hour for it and couldnt find it  4:00am 12/5/2003 damm. Thanks for the heads up

[Rain Man]

I found it and its been sold as of 8:00pm 12/4/03. Just to think, I use to give away parts to these things 25 years ago.
   Anybody up here in the East end of the country has a Penton or an early Katoom for sale Id be interested. E mail me [email protected]
 Ride Hard, Thanks  R

[Big Mac]

Not sure anyone missed too much...seller said it "runs and starts fine" , needs misc like fender, etc. and, oh yea, "left sidecase is missing." Whaaa?...Left side case is missing?? And it starts and runs OK---with no oil??!!

He said "don't worry, the guy who brought it in didn't ride it like that." Yea, nothing to fret over. Still not a bad deal for $500-- as long as it didn't cost another $400 to ship it, only to find you need to sink $500 into whatever it was that motivated someone to take off and lose the whole left side of the engine.

[vmx1963]

Now my eyes aren't so good, but I think it says "It runs starts and stops just fine....It is missing the left side cover and the rear plascic fender is broken"  So I reckon he means the airbox side cover.

Still, KTMs are pretty tough and oil really does need conserving.

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VMX1963
Western Australia
My KTM Shrine

[Big Mac]

I HOPED it was something as simple as airbox cover... would have driven to CO to pick it up if that was all it was. Got an e-mail back from the guy--left ENGINE cover gone. He said the shift lever and kicker came with it, so maybe that's how he got it running and did some oil-less spins around the block.

[vmx1963]

quote:Originally posted by Big Mac

He said the shift lever and kicker came with it, so maybe that's how he got it running and did some oil-less spins around the block.

Man, now that IS[/i] scary!  Must be the reason you only see the RHS in the photos

VMX1963
Western Australia
My KTM Shrine