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Reply #15 on: February 15, 2019, 02:20:40 pm
yep! hopefully pick it up Monday ride it Tuesday  and sell it Wednesday ...lol
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 I can pay holding deposit Wednesday and pick it  up with cash Thursday .
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Reply #16 on: February 15, 2019, 02:31:49 pm
Is that black thing it's on the shipping crate frame or something?  I wonder what they do with those? Return them to India? Am I the only one who sees the makings of a great little service lift there?
So badass my Enfield's actually illegal  in India. Yet it squeaks by here in Virginia.

 


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Reply #17 on: February 15, 2019, 03:59:40 pm
Wildbill you're killing me here. I want a INT650 so bad but after my latest trip to the hospital, and all the stuff they decided I needed to spend my money on, I can"t pay attention with a co-signer.

I DO expect a full and detailed write up though, so get out there and ride it like you stole it!
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Reply #18 on: February 15, 2019, 11:51:35 pm
old coot
here's a look at it



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Reply #19 on: February 16, 2019, 12:02:49 am
Having bought two quads that arrived in a steel frame they easily convert to great medium duty benches ???? and the one my trike kit arrived in is sitting on the bottom of a concrete swimming pool supporting water plants after converting to a frog pond ????
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Reply #20 on: February 16, 2019, 02:14:08 am
Mighty pretty Bill...but if you keep posting photo I'll have to report you to the mods....teasing a old sick guy with such a nice mahine...it's just not fair! ;)
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Reply #21 on: February 16, 2019, 02:40:21 am
well you can start it off with a thumb down...lol and in the comment section add -what happened to the chrome?


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Reply #22 on: February 16, 2019, 11:03:49 am
I hope you get lucky and this bike is the keeper that ticks all the boxes. Good luck old mate!
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Reply #23 on: February 16, 2019, 11:20:07 am
thanks gizzo-one can only try...loland try I will!


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Reply #24 on: February 16, 2019, 02:11:41 pm
That's a SWEET looking ride, Bill!
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Reply #25 on: February 16, 2019, 02:45:45 pm
I like the fact that the side panels say Interceptor As Honda has that name copyrighted here in the States so all the get is INT650 . If I do end up buying one I'll have to get someone in a far off country to send me new decals!
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Reply #26 on: February 16, 2019, 05:28:24 pm
Looks nice.
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Reply #27 on: February 16, 2019, 05:48:04 pm
Ravishing, two thumbs up!   8)  And what did happen to the Chrome one...?  ???
 
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Reply #28 on: February 16, 2019, 10:09:53 pm
I like the fact that the side panels say Interceptor As Honda has that name copyrighted here in the States so all the get is INT650 . If I do end up buying one I'll have to get someone in a far off country to send me new decals!

I'm no lawyer, but I do wonder how Honda might have any hope of successfully defending the trademark name "Interceptor" against a company like Royal Enfield, which was manufacturing an Interceptor model from 1960 to 1970, to say nothing of Mad Max's Jensen, an earlier model of which first saw the light of day in 1950.
So badass my Enfield's actually illegal  in India. Yet it squeaks by here in Virginia.

 


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Reply #29 on: February 16, 2019, 11:08:06 pm
thanks to all who liked the Ravishing Red..LOL

well if I had to be critical on the bike just on looking at photos etc I don't like the pattern on the seat. that might change when I actually see the bike. in real life it could actually look better.
back to the chrome model. well there might be a 6 week delay or more before that gets here in Australia. to me that's a bit of a gamble now and that would put me into the colder riding weather which I would not want to do and the bike would sit. so I thought it over and decided to take the opportunity and buy the first bike in stock
just say I think this bike is alright and it may be I don't know ...other have said so but they are test riders and test riders like to go back to bike shops and test bikes. after-all if they say all bikes they test were shit...well they wouldn't test or not do too many more...lol
my test won't be hard just a visual and a comparison ride against a c5 where roughly $800 splits them.
back again to the chrome. say I really do like this bike. well to be honest there is probably a good chance i will ride it for a short time and move it on and go for the chrome model and I guess some-one will get a used but not abused Interceptor.
then again I might say -shit this is a nice looking bike....honestly I just don't know but I will soon!